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stadiums  

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  • Of all the activities of a sports organization, operating a stadium has one of the greatest environmental effects. Construction of sports facilities boomed as economies in the United States and Europe expanded in the 1990s and public investments in spectator sports were perceived as beneficial to civic identities. [Source: Encyclopedia of Consumption and Waste: The Social Science of Garbage; Stadiums]

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