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Report: AEG Throws In The Towel On Downtown L.A.'s Farmers Field
Sports and entertainment behemoth AEG has admitted defeat for one of its signature projects—Farmers Field, the proposed downtown Los Angeles NFL stadium—with the Los Angeles Times reporting that AEG “has informed city officials that it will not seek an extension of an April 17 deadline to secure a t...
AEG Invokes Terrorism In Bid To Halt Rival Inglewood Stadium Project
Sports conglomerate AEG has pursued the construction of an NFL stadium in Los Angeles for over a decade, and it has become clear that they'll resort to a hilariously deplorable campaign of dirty tricks to ensure that a competitor's stadium doesn't get built. ...
Inglewood Decides Not To Let Public Vote On Rams' Stadium
"We need to do the will of the people and we need to do it tonight," said the mayor of Inglewood, Calif., moments before fast-tracking approval for construction of a football stadium for the Rams so that the people will never get to vote on it....
Are Outdoor Hockey Games Really Sloppier?
On Saturday the San Jose Sharks will host the Los Angeles Kings at Levi's Stadium in what will be the 15th outdoor regular season game in NHL history. With the number of outdoor games on a steady rise, there's an open and important question of whether or not the quality of play differs between indoo...
Has Detroit Found An Answer To The Publicly Financed Stadium Scam?
When Marathon Petroleum received a $175 million tax break from the city of Detroit in 2007, they promised jobs for Detroiters. And, as of last January, the $2.2 billion expansion of Marathon's refinery on the city's southwest side had, in fact, created new jobs for tax-paying residents —all of 15 of...
Bathroom Sex Had At Bull-Riding Event
A tipster who attended a Professional Bull Riders event at Madison Square Garden this weekend sends along the above photo. Allow him to describe the scene:...
The Taxpayer Extortion Playbook: How To Ignore The NFL Playoffs Today
While all attention focuses on this afternoon's two championship games, the NFL is quietly and methodically running its taxpayer extortion playbook on the people of St. Louis. The Los Angeles trump card, the NFL's longtime key leverage in stadium negotiations, is being deployed with particular oomph...
Report: Rams Owner Bought Land, Threatening To Build L.A. Stadium
Going by a Los Angeles Times report posted early this morning, Rams owner Stan Kroenke is set to saber-rattle the fillings right out of the city of St. Louis. Kroenke got his hands on 60 acres of real estate adjacent to the old Forum in Inglewood, and has made plans to combine it and the 238 acres n...
Getting Screwed With Your Pants On: A Guide To Ignoring The NFL Today
Even by dismal NFL standards, the Colts' stadium deal is fucking bullshit. There's Jerry Richardson using the same extortion mechanics behind public financing to secure "private" construction financing via Personal Seat Licenses, and then there's the Indianapolis Colts just screwing the whole godd...
Taxpayers, Fans Winners As St. Petersburg Rejects Rays Stadium Deal
St. Petersburg's city council rejected an agreement with the Tampa Bay Rays that would have allowed the team to seek new stadium sites while providing the MLB franchise an out from its lease with the city that locks them into Tropicana Field through 2027....
The Bills Will Play At Home On Sunday
Despite having more success in Detroit than they've had in Orchard Park in years (though playing the Jets had a little something to do with that), the Bills will return home to a playable Ralph Wilson Stadium for next weekend's game....
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Looks Like Sunday's Bills Game Will Be Moved [Update: Yep]
It's still snowing in Western New York. (What the fuck, snow.) The Bills remain scheduled to play the Jets, but people are dying and trapped and stranded and there's probably no real reason 70,000 people should be on the road at the same time on Sunday. It's sounding like sanity is beginning to prev...
You Can Still See The Jaguars Logo At Wembley For Today's Soccer Match
England is playing Slovenia at Wembley today in a crucial Euro 2016 qualifier, and it appears they weren't able to entirely remove the Jaguars logo from last week's Jacksonville-Dallas game there. Expect England to lose by 40....
Report: Royals And Chiefs Concessions Are Disgusting, Unhygienic Mess
Were you one of those fans fortunate enough to see the Royals' magical postseason run in person, or perhaps you're a loyal Chiefs supporter? If so good for you, but it means you probably ate some mold or rodent shit. ...
Washington D.C. Politicians Being Shady As Shit About New Soccer Stadium
The debate over an arena for D.C. United—with a proposed site cost of $300 million, it would be by far the most expensive soccer-specific stadium project in the country—has been long and contentious but stands on the verge of a major step: the approval of the Washington D.C. City Council. But the da...
What The Royals' Pennant Win Sounded Like From The Parking Lot
It's the next-best thing to being inside the stadium! (No it's not. A bar would have been better. Or your couch in front of a TV. But I'm glad this video exists!)...
Chart: Stadium Distance From Downtown In Four-Sport Cities
This chart from Redditor jamintime shows distance between stadiums and downtowns in cities with NFL, MLB, NBA, and NHL franchises. Google Maps was used to track distance and define downtown and stadium locations. In cities with multiple pro teams in the same sport, the closest stadium to downtown wa...
Arkansas Player Hit In Face By Errant Pass While Watching Jumbotron
The gigantic video board at Jerry World has claimed another victim: this Arkansas player, who while sitting on the bench was staring up at it while an errant (or, maybe, thrown away) pass headed directly toward his face....
How To Call A Team's Bluff On Stadium Subsidies
Today, the Angels walked away from negotiations on a deal to renovate Angel Stadium, all because the city did something every city ought to do when its sports team comes looking for handouts: Anaheim did its homework....