This book examines sport within contexts of urban regeneration, and looks at the place of sport within planning agendas for 'cities of culture'. It also examines sport stadiums in city 're-imaging' in relations to matters as public funding, environmental impact and urban infrastructure.

1. Introduction: Sport in the City: Cultural and Political Connections Michael P. Sam and John E. Hughson 2. Cultural Policy and the Dynamics of Stadium Development Costas Spirou 3. Sport and Economic Regeneration: A Winning Combination? Larissa E. Davies 4. Fitting a Square Stadium into a Round Hole: A Case of Deliberation and Procrastination Politics Michael P. Sam and Jay Scherer 5. Policing the Cyber Agenda: New Media Technologies and Recycled Claims in a Local Stadium Debate Jay Scherer and Michael P. Sam 6. Durban's future? Rebranding through the Production/policing of Event-specific Spaces at the 2010 World Cup David Roberts 7. Civic Representations of Sport History: The New Zealand Sports Hall of Fame G.Z. Kohe 8. The Southern Man City as Cultural Place and Speight's Space: Locating the Masculinity-Sport-Beer 'Holy Trinity' in New Zealand Sarah Gee and Steven J. Jackson 9. The Football-fan Community as a Determinant Stakeholder in Value Co-creation Patrizia Zagnoli and Elena Radicchi 10. Get into the 'Groove': Travelling Otago's Super-region John E. Hughson and G.Z. Kohe

Michael Sam is Senior Lecturer in Sport Policy and Management at the University of Otago, New Zealand.

John Hughson is Professor of Sport and Cultural Studies at the University of Central Lancashire, UK.