A look at the burning issue of the day, if you’re a Yankee fan without a taste for ballpark prices: Will the team try to level a ban on bringing in outside food when they move to their new city-financed … Continue reading
Just got back from filming/taping a half-hour appearance on the TV/radio show Democracy Now! about the new Yankees stadium – U.S. Rep. Dennis Kucinich and Good Jobs New York director Bettina Damiani were on hand as well, but I got … Continue reading
A flurry of recent media appearances for me, none of it, oddly, connected with this past week’s Yankee Stadium All-Star Game media frenzy: Mark Yost, author of the NFL business history Tailgating, Sacks, and Salary Caps, quotes me on the … Continue reading
…and still more, including new figures for the amount of public subsidy the Yanks would be getting. (And if you’re worried about the technical details being too dry, note that I’m now officially “someone who can write about [stadium finance] … Continue reading
More on the New York Yankees’ latest demands for city-backed bonds… When the rich want to get richer off the public till, one trick is to make the theft so boring that only a trained accountant could understand it without … Continue reading
With the cost of the New York Yankees’s new stadium project running close to $2 billion, the team has asked the city for another $350 million in city-backed tax-exempt bonds to help raise money for the project. I break down … Continue reading
I weigh in on stadium financing in two far-flung corners of the nation today: In the Whittier Daily News I analyze a report by Los Angeles sports promoters on the economic impact of sports in Southern California (key quote: “I … Continue reading
In which I consider the latest rumors that the New Jersey Nets could be headed to Newark instead of Brooklyn, and whether that might not be best for Brooklyn in the long run: The recent news that a group of … Continue reading
I neglected to mention that I was going to be on Sports Byline USA‘s overnight program on Friday, talking about the new edition of Field of Schemes, whether the Sonics will move to Oklahoma, and other sundry topics. As penance, … Continue reading