Critics of using public money to build sports facilities dismissed the bond sale, but some of the team’s devoted followers eagerly paid in.
Category: Stadiums and Arenas
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6 Places to Go to See College Football
Go for the energy of the mascots, marching bands and touchdown cheers, but don’t miss the museums, art, nightlife and more that make these places special.
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For the World Series, Fans Found Creative Ways to Reach Dodger Stadium
Anticipating the mess of traffic and parking at Dodger Stadium, many of the people who attended the first two games of the World Series found creative ways to get there.
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How Roger Goodell Made the NFL the World’s Wealthiest Sports League
Under the expansionist leadership of its commissioner, the National Football League is growing richer and richer. So, too, is Mr. Goodell.
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In Salt Lake City, Sports Drive a New Vision for Downtown
A proposal to remake the area would please the owner of the city’s N.B.A. and N.H.L. teams. But others, including classical musicians, aren’t so thrilled.
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Savannah Bananas Announce 2025 Schedule in MLB and NFL Stadiums
Everyone’s favorite dancing baseball team is taking its act almost exclusively to M.L.B. and football stadiums in 2025, with even more extreme changes on the horizon.
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‘A League of Their Own’ Grandstand Destroyed in Fire
The field and wooden grandstand in Ontario, Calif., were the backdrop for the 1992 movie about a women’s baseball league.
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In Oakland, Roots and Ballers Try to Fill Void Left by Raiders and A’s
The Raiders and the Warriors are gone and the A’s are leaving, but teams in lesser-known leagues are trying to fill the void and connect with the city.
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2 Teenagers Planned Attacks on Taylor Swift’s Vienna Concerts, Authorities Say
A suspect confessed to a plot using explosives and other weapons to kill as many attendees as possible, security officials said. The singer’s three-concert Vienna run was canceled.
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Before Paris, London Showed How the Olympics Could Be Sustainable
Paris aims to be the most sustainable Olympic Games in history, but it was London over a decade ago that proved host cities didn’t have to end up with empty stadiums in disrepair long after the Games were over.
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Inside the Factory Turning Trash Into Olympic Podiums
To help make the Olympic Games in Paris greener, Le Pavé, a manufacturing start-up, is making podiums and stadium seating out of recycled plastic.
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Coming to a City Near You: A Cricket Stadium?
Backers of the sport are negotiating leases and approvals for venues across the United States.