Trutor, Clayton, <br/><br/>
Loserville :  how professional sports remade Atlanta-and how Atlanta remade professional sports / 
Clayton Trutor. 
 - 1 online resource (495 pages) 
<br/><br/> Description based upon print version of record. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographies and index. 
<br/><br/>Cover --  Title Page --  Copyright Page --  Contents --  List of Illustrations --  Acknowledgments --  Introduction --  1. Forward Atlanta --  2. America's Virgin Sports Territory --  3. Franchise Free Agency --  4. The Greatest Location in the World --  5. Wisconsin volume Milwaukee Braves --  6. Gravitating toward Atlanta --  7. Not Catching On around Town --  8. Losing but Improving --  9. Atlanta Stadium, a Center of Gravity --  10. Outside the Stadium It's the City --  11. Atlanta Stadium, a Meeting Place --  12. Madison Square Garden of the Southeast --  13. The Developer Is Boss 14. The Politics of Metropolitan Divergence --  15. Probably Room for Basketball --  16. The Logical Choice --  17. How the Falcons Lost Atlanta --  18. Atlanta's Ice Society --  19. Just What Atlanta Needs --  20. I Think the Fans Showed Poor Taste --  21. Instant City --  22. Keep Hockey a Southern Sport --  23. Loserville No More --  24. How the Sunbelt Became Loserville, U.S.A. --  Notes --  Bibliography --  Index 
<br/><br/> Clayton Trutor examines how Atlanta's pursuit of the big leagues invented business-as-usual in the business of professional sports. 
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<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781496230096 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Professional sports--History--Georgia--Atlanta--20th century.<br/>Sports franchises--History--Georgia--Atlanta--20th century.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic Books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>GV584  / .L674 2021