syndetics-lc

The billion dollar game : behind the scenes of the greatest day in American sport : Super Bowl Sunday / Allen St. John.
Authors: St. John, Allen.
Call number: 796.332648 STJ
Publisher: New York : Doubleday, c2009.
Publication date: c2009.
Subject: Super Bowl.
Super Bowl -- Social aspects.
Super Bowl -- Economic aspects.
Title: The billion dollar game : behind the scenes of the greatest day in American sport : Super Bowl Sunday / Allen St. John.
Edition: 1st ed.
Physical description: vi, 264 p. ; 25 cm.
Summary note: More Americans watch the Super Bowl than vote in presidential elections. Cities compete for the lucrative rights to host a game, and ad agencies, merchandisers, security personnel, and celebrity party planners quarterback their own teams starting a year in advance. Super Bowl Sunday is a national holiday for sports fans, who purchase 1.5 million large-screen TVs in the week before the game, attend one of 7.5 million parties, and eat more food than on any day other than Thanksgiving. Here, sports journalist Allen St. John gets rare access to the people and corporations that mastermind this iconic event. He visits a broadcast booth, a Madison Avenue conference room where a massive advertising campaign is tested, and a stadium architect. Covering the political snafus, the organizational nightmares, and the hype machine, St. John weaves a fascinating portrait of the biggest cultural phenomenon in American sport.--From publisher description.
ISBN: 9780385523547
0385523548
LCCN: 2008044582
Url for this record: http://sherloc.imcpl.org/?itemid=|library/marc/dynix|1182047
Bib No.: 1182047

Show Available
Item availability
Location Collection Call No. Status
Central Library Nonfiction, Adult 796.332648 STJ Checked In
Central Library Nonfiction, Adult - Non-Floating 796.332648 STJ Checked In
Glendale Library Nonfiction, Adult 796.332648 STJ Checked In
Warren Library Nonfiction, Adult 796.332648 STJ Checked In