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Wilf’s foot-dragging on revealing finances could delay Vikings stadium, state official warns 27 Aug 2013 | 06:42 pm
And Minnesota Vikings stadium supporters are officially freaking out about the state wanting to investigate team owner Zygi Wilf’s little racketeeting problem before giving final approval to his stadi...
Tampa voters oppose using tax money for Rays stadium by 20% margin 27 Aug 2013 | 06:29 pm
Another day, another poll showing that the general public is way less excited about spending taxpayer money on sports stadiums than their elected officials are. The latest is of voters in Tampa, and t...
Warriors waterfront arena plan hit with more cost hikes, schedule delays 26 Aug 2013 | 09:08 pm
The now-$1-billion Golden State Warriors arena plan in San Francisco is now at $1.05 billion, according to a city memo, thanks to the increased projected costs of refurbishing the piers that it would ...
Gauging the opposition to D.C. United stadium deal 26 Aug 2013 | 08:59 pm
The Washington Post ran a long feature yesterday on the D.C. United stadium battle, most of it focused around Ed Lazere, the D.C. Fiscal Policy Institute director who led the charge to raise questions...
Former Glendale city attorney switches sides to work for Coyotes 26 Aug 2013 | 08:39 pm
The Glendale city attorney who was in charge of negotiating with the Phoenix Coyotes until April is now the attorney for the Phoenix Coyotes. That is all. Except that Rick Eckstein is really prescient...
Reed’s claim on Falcons stadium land spending limits ruled false, overturned on instant replay review 26 Aug 2013 | 08:07 pm
Hey, everybody, I’m back! Let’s see what we missed while I was gone … hey, it looks the Atlanta Journal-Constitution’s Truth-o-Meter has called into question Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed’s statement that ...
Orlando county official’s crazy idea: If we pay for part of stadium, how about we get equal share of revenues? 22 Aug 2013 | 05:35 pm
So Orlando’s latest plan to build an $85 million soccer stadium for Orlando City Soccer Club (currently a minor-league team, but hopeful of landing an MLS franchise) with $30 million from the team and...
The “operating subsidies” epidemic: How sports teams get cities to throw good money after bad 21 Aug 2013 | 07:27 pm
I’m on the road the next couple of days, so posting will be lighter than usual. First, though, I’ll leave you with some reading material: My debut article for Al Jazeera America’s relaunched website, ...
Islanders return to Nassau unlikely, but shared custody could work 21 Aug 2013 | 07:18 pm
Now that Forest City Ratner, owner of the Brooklyn Nets‘ Barclays Center, has been picked to renovate the Nassau Coliseum, there’s been increasing speculation whether this could mean the New York Isla...
Kings arena proponents: People who signed petitions distributed with Hansen money shouldn’t count 21 Aug 2013 | 07:00 pm
I genuinely didn’t think the Sacramento Kings arena-funding petition drive story could get any crazier than yesterday, but here we are: Sacramento’s arena boosters want Chris Hansen to do more than a...
