Aug 15 2019
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Congratulations, St. Louis! According to the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, the city has successfully thrown enough money…
Jul 29 2019
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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]
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Jul 28 2019
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The Flames’ new arena deal, endorsed by the mayor and city council just a week before a (rubber-stamp) vote to be…
Jul 23 2019
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Calgary was—was—one of the success stories in the stadium scam. The city’s leadership had stood strong against a…
Jul 10 2019
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It is not exaggeration to say that the Cincinnati Bengals’ revised stadium lease with Hamilton County, agreed in…
Jun 27 2019
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Any self-respecting student of insane Machiavellian gambits should be familiar with the Madman Theory, Richard…
Jun 20 2019
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Given all of the problems with the Rays—and there are many—dire situations call for nontraditional thinking. Like…
Apr 29 2019
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Sometime in the next few days, Indiana Gov. Eric Holcomb—aka the guy who took Mike Pence’s job when Pence ascended…
Apr 9 2019
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Go to a New York Islanders game at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York, and you will be treated to a relatively…
Mar 22 2019
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Neil deMause
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For sports team owners seeking new stadiums or arenas—which is to say, for sports team owners—there are certain…
Mar 11 2019
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The New York Islanders have had one of the odder trajectories of any pro sports franchise. Winners of four straight…
Feb 12 2019
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It’s not like everyone hadn’t been thinking it, but it took Tommy Pham to mention the elephant in the room. The…
Jan 24 2019
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By a vote of 6-2, the Phoenix City Council approved public funding for renovations to the Suns’ arena and a lease…
Dec 21 2018
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A massive majority of D.C. residents want to give Dan Snyder nothing, save their middle finger. But a few of the…
Dec 18 2018
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In the nine years since Monopoly-man-come-to-life Joe Ricketts and his cartoonishly wealthy progeny purchased the…
Dec 18 2018
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Miami has arguably been hit harder by the pro sports stadium scam than any other city in America. When former…
Dec 14 2018
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Eventually Dan Snyder is going to get around to demanding public money for a new stadium for his crappy team, and…
Dec 13 2018
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Reports yesterday had Suns owner and overall dingus Robert Sarver threatening to relocate his shoddy-ass basketball…
Dec 12 2018
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This afternoon, the Phoenix City Council is set to vote on a mysterious bill that would authorize $150 million in…
Dec 11 2018
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This afternoon, Oakland City Attorney Barbara Parker announced that the city of Oakland had filed a federal…