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Louisiana State University LSU Digital Commons LSU Doctoral Dissertations Graduate School July 2019 Examining the Evolution of Urban Multipurpose Facilities: Applying the Ideal-Type to the Facilities of the National Hockey League and National Basketball Association Benjamin Downs Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College, [email protected] Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.lsu.edu/gradschool_dissertations Part of the Other Kinesiology Commons, and the Sports Studies Commons Recommended Citation Downs, Benjamin, "Examining the Evolution of Urban Multipurpose Facilities: Applying the Ideal-Type to the Facilities of the National Hockey League and National Basketball Association" (2019). LSU Doctoral Dissertations. 4989. https://digitalcommons.lsu.edu/gradschool_dissertations/4989 This Dissertation is brought to you for free and open access by the Graduate School at LSU Digital Commons. It has been accepted for inclusion in LSU Doctoral Dissertations by an authorized graduate school editor of LSU Digital Commons. For more information, please [email protected]. EXAMINING THE EVOLUTION OF URBAN MULTIPURPOSE FACILITIES: APPLYING THE IDEAL-TYPE TO THE FACILITIES OF THE NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE AND NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION A Dissertation Submitted to the Graduate Faculty of the Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in The Department of Kinesiology by Benjamin Downs B.A., The College of Wooster, 2008 M.S., Mississippi State University, 2016 August 2019 This dissertation is dedicated to my daughter Stella Corinne. Thank you for being my source of inspiration and provider of levity throughout this process. I love you Birdie. ii ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS First and foremost, I would like to thank my doctoral advisor, Dr. Chad Seifried, for giving me the opportunity to pursue my doctoral degree at Louisiana State University. Dr. Seifried, you have helped prepare me for a career in academia as a writer, presenter, and educator. Moreover, you have shown me how to be a leader and mentor to students. I truly appreciated our work lunches, discussions about B-Horror movies, professional wrestling, mid- 1990s college basketball, appreciation for Arnold Palmers, and the occasional rant about your favorite used car salesman. In all seriousness, thank you for being so understanding and for always providing quick, insightful feedback to me regarding my work. I look forward to treating you to lunch in the near future. Next, I want to extend my thanks and gratitude to the members of my dissertation committee, Dr. Kwame Agyemang, Dr. Mike Martinez, Dr. Matthew Katz, and Dr. Mark Walker. To Dr. Agyemang, thank you for being a sounding board for my occasional frustrations throughout my time at LSU and for challenging me to think about the broader social implications and responsibilities of sport businesses, which helped me better articulate my arguments in this project. To my fellow Coke Zero enthusiast Dr. Martinez, first thank you for so willingly joining my committee on short notice. I appreciated your questioning not just facility design, but also reminding me that event operations are a critically important component of facility management. To Dr. Katz, thank you for your insights related to the job search, your positive energy, and your willingness to share in stories about graduate history in-class experiences. I am glad that I was able to get to know you and look forward to the opportunity to collaborate on a sport management history project in the future. Finally, to Dr. Walker, thank you for being so gracious with your time and service, as well as reminding me to carefully consider my choice of words iii when discussing the future propositions of modernization theory. I can honestly say you are the only Utah Jazz fan I have ever met. I would also like to extend my gratitude and appreciation to Dr. Adam Pfleegor, who first encouraged me to pursue my Ph.D. Beginning with my first semester as a master’s student at Mississippi State University, you encouraged my interest in history, sport management, and facilities. From suggesting we submit a paper to the North American Society for Sport History conference in 2015, to showing me some of the perks of a career in academia, and our mutual appreciation for Dave’s Darkhorse Tavern, I have greatly appreciated your mentoring friendship. I also want to thank my academic support system in the Ph.D. program at LSU, Khirey Walker (#4), Jeremy Foreman (#5), Yoseph Mamo (#6), Mr. Seungmin Kang, and Ms. Marcella Otto. Thank you all for forming an academic support foundation in HPL 049. I consider each of you as a member of my squad. I will fondly remember our coffee (or ice cream) walks, cookouts, and our collegiality. I would like to specifically thank Marcella Otto for her willingness to babysit Stella and serve as her surrogate aunt. I also want to acknowledge my graduate assistant classmates at Mississippi State University, for making the pursuit of my master’s degree a memorable and welcoming experience. I would also like to extend my gratitude to Dr. Adam Love, Dr. Alan Morse, and the faculty at Mississippi State University for the role they played in my pursuit of graduate education. To Dr. Love, thank you for advising my master’s thesis, as well as challenging and encouraging me to continue my graduate education. I also owe you a debt of gratitude in giving me the opportunity to lecture undergraduate classes as a second-year graduate student. That experience was invaluable. To Dr. Morse, I have taken more away from your style in the classroom than any other professor, so thank you for showing me how a great lecturer carries themselves in the classroom. I also want to thank you for your encouragement in graduate school iv and willingness to vouch for me on many occasions. To the faculty at Mississippi State University, particularly my thesis committee members Dr. Gregg Twietmeyer and Dr. Marsha Barrett thank you for challenging me to think about history and sport in a more conceptual way. Also, to Dr. Younghan Lee thank you for providing me with insightful academic experiences, as well as restaurant tips in Los Angeles. My journey into academia was first nurtured at the College of Wooster. Therefore, I want to acknowledge and thank my various academic advisors at the College of Wooster: Drs. Martha Banks, Azaria Mbughuni, Josephine Wright, Marc Goulding, and Boubacar N’Diaye. Each of you challenged me to expand my worldview, explore my intellectual curiosity, and cherish the production of academic research. More than a decade after our in-person interactions I remember you all fondly and cannot thank you enough for nurturing my interests as an undergraduate student. To my parents, Roger and Tracey Downs. Both of you have been incredibly supportive throughout my life. In the last few years your unwavering support of me, Danielle, and Stella as we have gone through this process has been tremendous. I can only aspire to be the kind of parent (and grandparent) each of you are. Thank you for everything, including for your trips from Latrobe to Baton Rouge so I could grade projects or meet a paper deadline. I hope to make you as proud of me as I am to be your son. Finally, I would like to thank my wife Danielle. You have been so supportive throughout this process. Not only have you made it possible for me to pursue this degree, but without your encouragement, I may not have pursued graduate education, and I certainly would not have been able to complete this project. You have been a source of stability for five years, my best friend for six years, and, most importantly, you are the best mother to a daughter that I could ever hope for. v TABLE OF CONTENTS AKNOWLEDGEMENTS ............................................................................................................. iii LIST OF TABLES ...................................................................................................................... viii LIST OF FIGURES ........................................................................................................................x ABSTRACT .................................................................................................................................. xi CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION ..............................................................................................1 Purpose ................................................................................................................................3 Limitations ..........................................................................................................................5 Delimitations .......................................................................................................................5 Significance .........................................................................................................................7 Rationale for Subject Selection ...........................................................................................8 Summary ...........................................................................................................................10 Project Outline ..................................................................................................................11 Definition of Terms ...........................................................................................................14