Table of Contents

List of Figures and Tables

1. Historicizing the Hockey Spectator

2. Constructing the Preferred Spectator

3. Filling the Stands

4. Community in the Stands

5. The State of Smythe’s Respectability Project

Conclusion

Index

About the Author

Russell Field is an associate professor in the Faculty of Kinesiology and Recreation Management at the University of Manitoba.

Reviews

"Field succeeds in giving voice to NHL fans of the past; thus, A Night at the Gardens is a welcome addition to earlier works that profiled the spectators who flocked to English soccer matches and American baseball games." - Timothy Lewis, Vancouver Island University (Urban History Review)