State and Sport: The relationship between municipal authorities and the clubs in the city of Buenos Aires 1900-1940
Keywords:
Deporte, Políticas Públicas, Clubes, Espacio Urbano, Infraestructura Deportiva sports, public policies, clubs, urban space, spots infrastructure
Abstract
This article explores the relationship between sport and the state focusing on the origins of the current development model of sports infrastructure. In this model, sports clubs play a role by far much more relevant than that of the local government. The analysis pays attention to Buenos Aires City during the period of 1900-1940, stressing on the 1925 city plan of the Comisión de Estética Edilicia, the first urban plan that envisioned the city in an integrated fashion. I also examine the sessions of the Honorable Concejo Deliberante de la Ciudad de Buenos Aires, or city council, during the same period.
