Marquette Sports Law Review Volume 10 Article 7 Issue 2 Spring Sports Facilities, Redevelopment, and the Centrality of Downtown Areas: Observations and Lessons from Experiences in a Rustbelt and Sunbelt City Mark S. Rosentraub Follow this and additional works at: http://scholarship.law.marquette.edu/sportslaw Part of the Entertainment and Sports Law Commons Repository Citation Mark S. Rosentraub, Sports Facilities, Redevelopment, and the Centrality of Downtown Areas: Observations and Lessons from Experiences in a Rustbelt and Sunbelt City, 10 Marq. Sports L. J. 219 (2000) Available at: http://scholarship.law.marquette.edu/sportslaw/vol10/iss2/7 This Symposium is brought to you for free and open access by the Journals at Marquette Law Scholarly Commons. For more information, please contact
[email protected]. SPORTS FACILITIES, REDEVELOPMENT, AND THE CENTRALITY OF DOWNTOWN AREAS: OBSERVATIONS AND LESSONS FROM EXPERIENCES IN A RUSTBELT AND SUNBELT CITY MARK S. ROSENTRAUB* I. INTRODUCTION The engines of wealth and economic activity for cities have changed. In the past, center cities were manufacturing, industrial, retail, and ser- vice centers. Today, while industrial output is still important for the eco- nomic health of some cities, consumption, recreation, tourism, and the provision of services are now the principal engines of urban wealth.' In- surance, banking, legal and financial services joined with experiential consumption, traditional retailing, and various forms of entertainment define the new focus for core cities that try to maintain their centrality in a regional economy. This transformation has been continental in scope, as center cities have dedicated substantial amounts of their urban space to these activi- ties.