Recent and planned renovations of horse racing sites create simulcast monitor- viewing spaces to accommodate different forms of social interaction at racetracks, and, at new off-track betting facilities (OTBs), they are made to re-semble upscale sports bars. Furthermore, interactive horse race wagering services are now accessible in private space. Competition with other sports and leisure options has made viewing racing, even in person, an increasingly mediated event, raising questions about how technologies organize space and about the nature of our experiences in the physical spaces—including those devoted to sporting events—created by interactive media.
Benjamin, W. (1985). The work of art in the age of mechanical reproduction. In H. Arendt (Ed.) & H. Zohn (Trans.), Illuminations. New York: Schocken .
3.
Castells, M. (2000). The rise of the network society (2nd ed.). Oxford: Blackwell .
4.
Cole, C.L., & Howell, J. W. (2000). Chelsea Piers: New York City's new point of pride . Journal of Sport & Social Issues, 24(3), 227-231 .
5.
Di Ilio, J. B. (1993, May 15). How to plan an integrated facility. Gaming & Wagering Business, pp. 42-44.
6.
Dissinger, D. H. (1995, May 1). Track to the future. International Gaming & Wagering Business, pp. 58-60.
7.
Durston, E. (2001, December 14). Sports Xanadu. USA Weekend,p.14.
8.
Eadington, W. R. (2000). Review of the book Designing casinos to dominate the competition. Retrieved April 2003 from the Institute for the Study of Gambling and Commercial Gaming Web site: http://www.unr.edu/gaming/pubs/despref.asp
9.
Evernden, N. (1992). The social creation of nature. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press .
10.
Foucault, M. (1979). Discipline and punish: The birth of the prison. New York: Vintage .
Hillier, B. (1996). Space is the machine: A configurational theory of architecture. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press .
20.
Innis, H. A. (1951). The bias of communication. Toronto, Canada: University of Toronto Press .
21.
Jensen, J. (1998). The Nashville sound: Authenticity, commercialization, and country music. Nashville, TN: Country Music Foundation Press .
22.
Jhally, S. (1993). Communications and the materialist conception of history: Marx, Innis and technology . Continuum: The Australian Journal of Media & Culture [Electronic version]. 7(2).
23.
LaMarra, T. (2002, October 29). Canterbury out front with plan for racino. The Blood- Horse, p. 5733.
24.
Lash, S. (2002). Critique of information. London: Sage .
Rosentraub, M. S. (1997). Stadiums and urban space. In R. G. Noll & A. Zimbalist (Eds.), Sports, jobs, and taxes: The economic impact of sports teams and stadiums (pp. 178-207). Washington, DC: Brookings Institution .
