Sports News Without Fear, Favor or Compromise

Sports News Without Fear, Favor or Compromise

Stadium financing

Report: MLS Will Expand To St. Louis, Might Not Completely Fleece The City For A Stadium

Report: MLS Will Expand To St. Louis, Might Not Completely Fleece The City For A Stadium

Congratulations, St. Louis! According to the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, the city has successfully thrown enough money…

By

Luis Paez-Pumar

8/15/19 11:14AM

Save

A new analysis of the deal to build a stadium for MLS’s FC Cincinnati shows it will cost taxpayers $213 million, or more than four times what was described in the 2017 agreement between city and county leaders and the team’s ownership. Even “favorable” public-private stadium deals wind up screwing taxpayers. [WCPO]

By

Save

Calgary Cut $60M In Social Services One Day After Endorsing $275M For A New Flames Arena

Calgary Cut $60M In Social Services One Day After Endorsing $275M For A New Flames Arena

The Flames’ new arena deal, endorsed by the mayor and city council just a week before a (rubber-stamp) vote to be…

By

Barry Petchesky

7/28/19 11:43AM

Save

Calgary Really Doesn't Want To Let The Public Have A Say On New Flames Arena Deal

Calgary Really Doesn't Want To Let The Public Have A Say On New Flames Arena Deal

Calgary was—was—one of the success stories in the stadium scam. The city’s leadership had stood strong against a…

By

Barry Petchesky

Save

Officials Respond To Public Records Request On Bengals' New Stadium Deal With 275 Pages Of Redactions

Officials Respond To Public Records Request On Bengals' New Stadium Deal With 275 Pages Of Redactions

It is not exaggeration to say that the Cincinnati Bengals’ revised stadium lease with Hamilton County, agreed in…

By

Barry Petchesky

7/10/19 10:39AM

Save

The Madman Theory Of The Montreal/Tampa Bay Rays

The Madman Theory Of The Montreal/Tampa Bay Rays

Any self-respecting student of insane Machiavellian gambits should be familiar with the Madman Theory, Richard…

By

Neil deMause

Save

Rays Suggest Playing Half Their Home Games In Montreal: Seriously, What The Hell?

Rays Suggest Playing Half Their Home Games In Montreal: Seriously, What The Hell?

Given all of the problems with the Rays—and there are many—dire situations call for nontraditional thinking. Like…

By

Barry Petchesky

Save

Pay-To-Play Is The Stadium Grift That Keeps On Giving

Pay-To-Play Is The Stadium Grift That Keeps On Giving

Sometime in the next few days, Indiana Gov. Eric Holcomb—aka the guy who took Mike Pence’s job when Pence ascended…

By

Neil deMause

Save

Who's Keeping The NHL Out Of Quebec City?

Who's Keeping The NHL Out Of Quebec City?

Go to a New York Islanders game at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York, and you will be treated to a relatively…

By

Save

The 7 Laws Of Vaportecture, Stadium Art's Fever Dream

For sports team owners seeking new stadiums or arenas—which is to say, for sports team owners—there are certain…

By

Neil deMause

3/22/19 12:11PM

Save

Where Do The Islanders Belong?

The New York Islanders have had one of the odder trajectories of any pro sports franchise. Winners of four straight…

By

Neil deMause

3/11/19 12:07PM

Save

What’s The Matter With Tampa Bay?

It’s not like everyone hadn’t been thinking it, but it took Tommy Pham to mention the elephant in the room. The…

By

Neil deMause

Save

Well, The Phoenix Suns Arena Financing Vote Got Weirder Than You Can Possibly Imagine

By a vote of 6-2, the Phoenix City Council approved public funding for renovations to the Suns’ arena and a lease…

By

Barry Petchesky

Save

Cubs Owners Discussed Moving Team Out Of Chicago During Beef With Mayor

In the nine years since Monopoly-man-come-to-life Joe Ricketts and his cartoonishly wealthy progeny purchased the…

By

12/18/18 3:16PM

Save

Reports: Dan Snyder Is Conspiring With Congressional Republicans And The White House To Screw D.C. Residents

Eventually Dan Snyder is going to get around to demanding public money for a new stadium for his crappy team, and…

By

12/14/18 2:31PM

Save

Suns Owner Robert Sarver Refutes Report Of Relocation Threat, Says The Suns "Are Not Leaving Phoenix"

Reports yesterday had Suns owner and overall dingus Robert Sarver threatening to relocate his shoddy-ass basketball…

By

12/13/18 10:25PM

Save

Suns Owner Robert Sarver Threatens To Move The Team If He Can't Bully Phoenix Out Of More Money

This afternoon, the Phoenix City Council is set to vote on a mysterious bill that would authorize $150 million in…

By

Patrick Redford

12/12/18 3:35PM

Save

Oakland Sues Raiders And NFL, Which Could Bring An Even Earlier End To Team's Time In Bay Area

This afternoon, Oakland City Attorney Barbara Parker announced that the city of Oakland had filed a federal…

By

Patrick Redford

12/11/18 6:01PM

Save

Advertisement