01/07/2009
Bloomberg Gives Up Luxury Boxes At New Stadiums (NY1 News)
Facing criticism, the Bloomberg administration is giving up its luxury boxes at the new Yankee and Mets stadiums. A spokesperson for Mayor Michael Bloomberg said the city has worked out a deal instead to get extra money from the Yankees and return it to the community.
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01/07/2009
City: Costs (and Benefits) of Yankees, Mets Stadiums Increase (The New York Observer)
The city has released a cost/benefit analysis of the new Yankees and Mets stadiums, as the city plans to issue a fresh set of tax-free bonds for the projects. For the Yankees project, costs directly to the city are up substantially since the last analysis in 2006 (from $34.3 million to $209.5 million, excluding new parkland that has also risen in cost); though, somewhat curiously, so too are ...
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01/05/2009
Organisers fretting over World Cup stadiums (Times Online)
World Cup organisers have admitted that the deadline for completing two of the five stadiums being built for the 2010 finals in South Africa is “very, very tight”.
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01/07/2009
Pocono Wednesday: Power line, school projects progress; no luxury boxes for NY stadiums (Pocono Record)
PPL has taken another step toward a power line in the Poconos. The company
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01/07/2009
CITY IS OUT AT HOME (New York Post)
Seared by relentless criticism of pricey luxury boxes the city scored at the new Yankee and Mets stadiums, Mayor Bloomberg gave in yesterday and said he'll sell back the perks to pump up a cash-starved treasury. The administration is asking both...
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01/08/2009
Wylie Stadium in Limbo (KRBC - KTAB TV Abilene)
There's been a small problem that could possibly slow down the construction of the new Wylie stadium; the current plans for the stadiums press box are too tall!
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01/07/2009
Suite Sorrow: Mayor to Sell Back City's Stadium Boxes (NBC New York)
Mayor Michael Bloomberg has vowed to sell back the city's pricey luxury boxes at the two new baseball stadiums and pour that money into the treasury.
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01/07/2009
Bloomberg backs off ballpark suite deals for city (AM New York)
Mayor Michael Bloomberg no longer wants the city to have luxury boxes at the new Yankees and Mets stadiums, instead opting for more money from the ballclubs, a spokesman for the mayor said yesterday.
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01/07/2009
Kimanzi blasts balls, Ouma keen on Boot (The Monitor)
Kenya coach Francis Kimanzi has said the soccer balls used in Cecafa are substandard. “The footballs we are using (in the Cecafa Senior Challenge Cup) are substandard. They are so light and the stadiums here are open, so the wind keeps drifting the football from the desired path,” said Kimanzi.
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01/07/2009
Tribute: Al Hancock served on many boards and put the seats into the stadiums (The Kansas City Star)
Who: Al (A.T.) Hancock, 82, of Blue Springs. When and how he died: Nov. 10 of natural causes. Early life: Al Hancock attended Northeast High School, where he participated in ROTC. After high school he spent two semesters at Westminster College in Fulton, Mo., before joining the Navy and serving for two years during World War II.
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