The Arizona Diamondbacks opened their home season last night at Chase Field, one of the flagship venues of the modern stadium era, with its retractable roof and a swimming pool beyond the outfield fence and—oh, wait, I’m sorry, this is … Continue reading
With Sacramento’s new basketball arena set to open in October, local station FOX40 sent a reporter to find out what the new home of the Kings (being built at a public cost of $226 million) is doing for the city’s … Continue reading
Today’s Madison Square Garden (born 1968) is now the oldest arena in both the NBA and NHL, but it almost didn’t make it to its twentieth birthday. In 1982, noting the flurry of sports teams then moving to New Jersey … Continue reading
Well, that was quite an evening. After a day of meetings—relentlessly tweeted and retweeted despite being held behind closed doors—to debate which NFL teams, if any, would be allowed to move to Los Angeles, the league’s 32 owners decided that … Continue reading
Russian billionaire Mikhail Prokhorov, who already owned 80 percent of the Brooklyn Nets and 45 percent of the Barclays Center where they play, completed his full set by buying the remaining shares of those two items from developer Bruce Ratner … Continue reading
Last winter, the process of deciding which NFL team or teams would be the first to return to Los Angeles in two decades was in shambles. St. Louis Rams owner Stan Kroenke, having used an “all the other kids have … Continue reading
With the San Diego Chargers, the St. Louis Rams, and the Oakland Raiders seeking to pick up and move to Los Angeles, and with representatives from those three cities set to present the NFL with stadium proposals to keep their … Continue reading
With the league’s relocation window not opening until January, the never-ending game of multidimensional chicken over which NFL teams will or won’t move to Los Angeles has settled into a slow simmer. In the meantime, we’ve been getting a steady … Continue reading
For those who have not been paying attention to the Atlanta Braves lately, here are some important things to know:1. The team is very, very bad.2. The team likely to be very, very bad for the immediate future.3. After next … Continue reading
It’s been quite a week for St. Louis and the Rams, with St. Louis’s plans for a new stadium to keep the Rams in St. Louis, and also the Rams’ plans to move to Los Angeles, as well as the … Continue reading