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Pissed Off Diamondbacks Sue Because They Want Another Stadium<em></em><em></em>
The protracted fight between the Arizona Diamondbacks and Maricopa County has reached a boiling point. The Diamondbacks announced tonight that they had filed a lawsuit in Arizona Superior Court against the Maricopa County Stadium District, the legislative body that operates their stadium, in an atte...
Missouri Governor-Elect Takes Bazooka To MLS Hopeful's Stadium Financing Plans
Missouri’s recently elected governor, Republican Eric Greitens, is a former Navy SEAL, a devoted humanitarian, and a man who ran a campaign ad that was just 20 seconds of him firing a Gatling gun. All of that means he doesn’t take any shit, not when justice is at stake. The vampires trying to suck o...
Two Random Dudes Started A Twitter Rumor About The Vikings Sheltering The Homeless And A Lot Of People Bit
For a few hours yesterday, word raced around Twitter—and, ever-so-briefly, onto the blogs—that the Vikings would be opening up their stadium as a homeless shelter on a night of subzero temperatures in the Twin Cities. It wasn’t true, but everyone really, really wanted it to be. And in the end, isn’t...
Jamoke Running For Mayor Of Omaha: Let's Build An NFL Stadium
Taylor Royal, a 26-year-old accountant who is running as a Republican in Omaha, Nebraska’s mayoral election, has a really stupid idea:...
San Diego City Council Members Righteously Own Chargers President Dean Spanos
In November, San Diego residents voted against ballot Measure C, which would have provided the San Diego Chargers with $1.15 billion in taxpayer money for the purpose of building a new football stadium. It was the voters’ way of telling Chargers owner Dean Spanos to stop asking for handouts and to f...
Oakland City Council Approves Framework Of NFL Stadium Plan
Oakland is one step closer to helping Mark Davis pay for an NFL stadium. The Oakland City Council and Alameda County Board of Supervisors both voted to approve the framework of a plan that would require that Oakland pay $200 million and give up a $150 million piece of land. The County Board vote pas...
Rich Guys Want To Steal Money From St. Louis Citizens To Build Soccer Stadium
A group of rich guys out in St. Louis are trying to buy into the bottom rung of MLS’s ponzi scheme-esque racket. And like most rich guys trying to get a pro sports team in this country, they already have their hands out asking taxpayers to pay for a significant chunk of the future stadium costs....
County That Is $1 Billion In Debt Goes Looking For Money To Pay For Cavaliers' Arena Renovations
What happens when an NBA team wants to steal tax dollars in order to pay for arena renovations, but the county it wants to steal from is literally out of money? Does the billionaire who owns the team just go ahead and pay for the renovations himself? Of course not!...
Government Officials Are Living It Up For Free At Publicly Funded Vikings Stadium
The five-person Minnesota Sports Facilities Authority was created to control and operate the Vikings’ new stadium on behalf of taxpayers, who coughed up half a billion dollars to build it. But it turns out that the MSFA members, along with other public officials, are being well taken care of by the ...
MLS Playoff Game Delayed Over Turf Painting Error
The Montreal Impact are hosting their Canadian brethren Toronto FC tonight for the first leg of the Eastern Conference Championship, but the scheduled 8:00 p.m. EST kickoff has been delayed after the grounds crew at Montreal’s stadium had to repaint the 18-yard box lines. Players had already complet...
Pistons To Abandon Perfectly Good Arena, Move In With Red Wings
At a press conference today, the Detroit Pistons announced that the team will soon be playing its home games in downtown Detroit and sharing a new arena with the Detroit Red Wings....
Cobb County Plans To Bulldoze An Entire Neighborhood Next To New Braves Ballpark
The Braves’ new ballpark out in suburban Cobb County was built with $400 million in public money, even though the public had no say in negotiations. The politician who spearheaded the deal got voted out of office this summer, but the park is still scheduled to open next spring. Cobb County may have ...
The Premier League Should Bring Back Standing Sections
The introduction of safe standing was on the agenda at a Premier League meeting today, and reports coming out of it were cautiously optimistic that it could be introduced to the Premier League in the not-so-distant future. That would be a great thing for both fans who attend games and those who watc...
The Coyotes Want Taxpayers To Pay For A New Arena In Tempe
It’s becoming increasingly clear that the Arizona Coyotes are a hockey team that nobody really wants....
San Diego Stands Tall, Tells The Chargers To Fuck Off
Bad night last night, right? Real bad. Terrible night. Just the worst....
Arlington Voters Approve Hundreds Of Millions In Public Money For New Rangers Ballpark
By a significant margin, voters in Arlington, Texas, approved public funding for a billion-dollar stadium with a retractable roof to replace the Rangers’ 22-year-old ballpark. ...
Wizards And Caps Owner: I Suck Because D.C. Won't Pay My Bills For Me
This motherfucker. Here’s Ted Leonsis, majority owner of the Washington Capitals, the Washington Wizards, and the arena in which both those teams play their home games, D.C.’s Verizon Center, mewling to the Washington Post because he has to pay his own mortgage and building costs instead of passing ...
White Sox Didn't Want Giant Downward Arrow On Their Stadium; Corporate Sponsor Said "Too Bad"
When the White Sox announced a new, 13-year naming rights deal for their stadium (which you can continue to call whatever you’d like), the jokes were plentiful and justified: The name is awkward and bland, and could they really not do better than a medium-sized mortgage lender? But judgment was larg...
Report: Santa Clara Threatens To Take Over 49ers' Stadium For Misuse Of Taxpayer Dollars
The San Francisco 49ers secured a new stadium in Santa Clara on the condition that taxpayer dollars not be spent on NFL games or private events. But two years after Levi’s stadium opened, Santa Clara mayor Lisa Gillmor has concerns that the city is not being properly reimbursed for expenditures and...