Creating Arenas (original) (raw)

Gains and Losses, 2022

Abstract

This chapter finds players who create new arenas rather than only using preexisting ones. In 2014, Seattle was the first major American city to pass a $15-per-hour wage law. A set of diverse players—an avowed Socialist, the owner of Seattle’s iconic Space Needle tower, many representatives of the city’s labor movement, and a newly elected mayor—wrangled in a series of old and new arenas, each making gains and incurring losses along the way, before arriving at a legislative outcome. Arena creation comes with a particular package of gains and losses: increased control for the creating player on the one hand, but corresponding losses and risks—the alienation of excluded players and increased perception of responsibility in the broader public. Owning an arena means that a player is more likely to be blamed for its failures than to be credited with its successes.

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