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Demolishing Sports Welfare Two court cases could mean the end of publicly funded stadiums.   |
Sports Illustrated
September 27, 2001
Lester Munson |
Bears may lose stadium deal In the wake of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, a football stadium has been destroyed -- and it had yet to be built. By 2003, a new home was to be constructed for the Bears, an extravagant lakefront colossus. Much ridiculed, the project looks now to be in jeopardy... |
U.S. Banker
January 2002 |
Banks Look Smart -- by Contrast Sometimes banks don't look so dumb -- at least compared with some hot-shot stocks, ranging from Enron to the once high-flying dot-com companies. A litmus test may be how much companies pay for naming rights to sports arenas... |
Salon.com
August 28, 2001
John Solomon |
One, two, many Enron Fields! Purists complain about corporate names for new sports arenas, but it's better than subsidizing them with public money... |
Sports Central
April 26, 2012
Ross Lancaster |
Queen City Quagmire After eight years of incompetent leadership, moronic draft decisions, and embarrassing attendance, professional basketball in Charlotte has reached the ultimate nadir. |
Popular Mechanics
February 5, 2010
Jeremy Repanich |
Top 5 Technologies in NFL Stadiums From retractable grass to one giant sunroof, stadiums have unusual features. |
BusinessWeek
November 21, 2005
Mark Hyman |
The Improbable Flight Of The Hornets How George Shinn and his bedraggled NBA team found happiness in Oklahoma City. |
Reason
May 2008
Radley Balko |
So Long, Seattle In November 2006 voters in Seattle overwhelmingly approved a ballot initiative prohibiting taxpayer subsidies to professional sports teams, so the SuperSonics are looking to leave. |
Reason
January 2004
Matt Welch |
If You Build It, They Will Leave Sports teams fleece the taxpayer, again, by threatening to leave even after taxpayers pay for new stadiums to placate team owners. |
AskMen.com
Troy St. Louis |
The Cost Of Owning Stadium & Arena Naming Rights Of the current 121 teams that play North America's top four pro sports games (baseball, hockey, football, and basketball), 83 teams have their home stadiums and arenas named after corporate sponsors. |
Sports Illustrated
June 10, 2002
Phil Taylor |
The name game Corporate bids bring blandness to sports arenas. |
Sports Central
March 16, 2006
Alfons Prince |
Nats Have New Stadium, But at What Cost? While the city remains divided over the stadium, the bigger problem may be trying to justify the stadium to those high school children who see bigger issues in the city. |
AskMen.com
July 26, 2000
Mark Simmons |
Baseball Finances: Owners & Players Whether it's players asking for astronomical salaries, or owners complaining about million dollar losses, the public in general is bombarded with messages advertising the greed of owners and players alike. |
Sports Central
July 29, 2006
Greg Wyshynski |
Seattle's Sonic Bust The Seattle SuperSonics have been sold to an ownership group headed by Clay Bennett, who is president of the Oklahoma City-based investment firm Dorchester Capital. |
Sports Illustrated
April 23, 2002
Rick Reilly |
Here's Looking Up at You Nothing is ruining sports in this country like the hideous luxury box... |
Sports Illustrated
March 21, 2001 |
Rough times ahead? Volatile economy could have major impact on sports |
Salon.com
February 19, 2002
Eric Boehlert |
A Super snow Bowl? Football's big game has never been played outside in the cold North. But Giants Stadium needs some new luxury boxes... |
Reason
February 2009
Radley Balko |
Rain Delay $720 million stadium, 10-cent roof |
Salon.com
May 2, 2001
Allen Barra |
Damn Twins! The standings better turn upside down, or baseball's "small markets can't compete" argument is going to look pretty silly... |
Fast Company
July 2006
Paul Lukas |
"Take Me Out of This Eyesore..." The latest in a series of tales inspired by past visions of a perfect future: Shea Stadium was the first of a now-scorned generation of circular, characterless complexes designed for both baseball and football. |
Sports Illustrated
November 29, 2001
Frank Deford |
Owners, aiders and abetters There are plenty to blame for baseball's current woes... |
BusinessWeek
February 21, 2005 |
No Stadium, No Games An interview with Deputy Mayor Dan Doctoroff, who says that in order for New York City to win the 2012 Olympics, "we don't have an alternative" to the proposed project. |
Reason
May 2005
Matt Welch |
Subsidies and Lies Few corporate welfare tales are filled with as many tawdry lies as the return of professional baseball to the nation's capital. |
Registered Rep.
June 19, 2012
Alan Lavine |
Best Small Business Insurance Strategies Few financial advisors counsel their small business owner clients on insurance, but they should. Insurance funded by buy-sell agreements is essential for most of these clients. |
BusinessWeek
February 21, 2005
Brian Hindo |
Not So Fast, Mr. Mayor Is a new stadium critical to New York's Olympics bid? Mayor Michael Bloomberg and Deputy Mayor for Economic Development Daniel L. Doctoroff call it crucial to landing the Olympics. |
CFO
Tim Reason |
Diamonds in the Rough Minor league baseball is afraid of becoming a victim of its own success... |
BusinessWeek
October 13, 2003 |
A New Bid to Oust Venezuela's Chavez Venezuela's opposition has started the ball rolling yet again to oust embattled President Hugo Chavez before the next scheduled elections in 2006. |
The Motley Fool
February 9, 2009
Matt Koppenheffer |
Are Stadium Naming Rights a Stock Hex? Here's a theory -- when any one industry starts to snatch up all the naming rights for sports stadiums, like banks now, it's time to start selling stocks in that industry. |
AskMen.com
March 26, 2004
Harry Marks |
Top 10: Euro 2004 Stadiums Several stadiums have been erected or renovated in Portugal for Euro 2004. If you're a big soccer fan, consider visiting Portugal and checking out a world-class soccer match at one of these 10 great venues. |
Sports Illustrated
April 2, 2002
Jack McCallum |
Make room in the hive A long, hard road leads to Charlotte's bandwagon... |
Financial Advisor
February 2008
Rebecca Pomering |
Adding New Owners Across the industry -- and in the minds of most advisors -- the debate between internal and external succession continues. Read on for some pros and cons on this important issue. |
The Motley Fool
November 9, 2004
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
DirecTV Touchdown The NFL continues to load up on broadcasting contracts. |
Reason
January 2005
Jeff A. Taylor |
Foul Ballpark Now THIS is a culture war: baseball vs. drag queens. One of the few groups concerned about a world-class fiscal error coming down the pike in Washington, D.C., is the city's gay community. |
Sports Central
August 4, 2008
Diane M. Grassi |
Gaming Congress, Yanks Could Strike Out The issues raised with the public financing of the new Yankee Stadium in Bronx, NY may have a broad impact for cities across the United States. |
