On his HBO show Last Week Tonight, John Oliver provides an entertaining and enlightening encapsulation of America's ridiculous habit of taxpayer subsidies for sports stadiums. MORE: The new Major League Baseball commissioner, perhaps inspired by the NFL holding LA relocation over the heads of existing NFL cities, sees the value...
Posted by Michael Bates on July 15, 2015 12:32 PM
The Wall Street Journal reports that the economic downturn is hurting corporate sources of revenue for sports teams and venues, including luxury boxes, club seats, naming rights, and other forms of sponsorship: In a case of monumentally bad timing, this year three of the biggest names in pro sports --...
Posted by Michael Bates on March 6, 2009 11:13 PM
This is what Tulsa will do to City Hall in a year or two and in 20 years or so to the BOK Center and to the new downtown ballpark as well, assuming the current design concept is used: RCA Dome, 1984-2008, rest in pieces. Meanwhile, Wrigley Field, age 94,...
Posted by Michael Bates on December 22, 2008 12:04 PM
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