Profiles of American / Canadian Sports Stadiums and Arenas

About the Book

This book profiles histories of stadiums and arenas in America and Canada. How they came about and how they became known. Great performances, upsets, anecdotes, pageantry and traditions, all factors that glorifies these venues. Pageantry - Chief Osceloa intimidates Florida State Seminoles foes with flaming spear. Great performances - Don Larson’s perfect no hit World Series conquest and UCLA’s seven straight national basketball titles. Upsets - Jets downing Baltimore in Super Bowl III. Anecdotes - wrong-way run in football, sex as the main attraction and slinging octopus onto the rink. Statistics on 355 venues, 109 stories and 86 photographs makeup the book.

About the Author

Gene W. Knupke became hooked on the history of venues ever since experiencing his first sporting event. It took 20 years of researching to fullfil his vision of what makes a venue tick and the dramas that unfold. Although the original research was lost, he wouldn’t give up the dream. A member of the Society for American Baseball Research, he received a BA degree in journalism from the University of Denver. There he was sports editor of the student newspaper and worked part time on the Denver Post sports staff. He and his wife, Carolyn, live in Fountain Valley, California.