National Trust for Historic Preservation – October 25, 2017
By Nicolas Som
After spending more than a year on the road visiting sports stadiums and immersing himself in fanbases across the country, writer Rafi Kohan has learned almost everything there is to know about the iconic venues we gather inside to cheer and jeer. His book The Arena: Inside the Tailgating, Ticket-Scalping, Mascot-Racing, Dubiously Funded, and Possibly Haunted Monuments of American Sport was released in August 2017, and it offers a thorough, entertaining look into the hidden lives of stadiums and the communities they belong to.
We chatted with Kohan about his travels, the Houston Astrodome, and how our attitudes toward historic stadiums are reflected in ourselves.