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  • August 2008

    • Bird's Nest Stadium: Your Corporate Logo Here

      Wall Street Journal  |  Aug 15, 08 8:38 AM CDT

      Bird's Nest Stadium: Your Corporate Logo Here

      (Newser) - For a low, low price in the hundreds of millions of dollars, Beijing’s $500-million National Stadium, known as the “Bird’s Nest,” is peddling 30-year naming rights, courting six multinational corporations for logo privileges and other partnerships, the Wall Street Journal reports. The “Water Cube” Aquatics Center is also selling partnership rights, though only inside. More »

  • July 2008

    • Architect: China Stadium Is 'Trojan Horse' for Liberty

      Der Spiegel  |  Jul 30, 08 9:15 PM CDT

      Architect: China Stadium Is 'Trojan Horse' for Liberty

      (Newser) - There’s no shame in designing a cultural icon for China’s government, says Jacques Herzog, the man behind the already famous “Bird’s Nest” Olympic stadium in Beijing. Though he deplores the regime’s political record, Herzog saw taking the project as a way to change more in China than he would have by declining—and was able to sneak some subversive capabilities into its design, he told der Spiegel . More »

      Tags

      China  • 2008 Beijing Olympics  • human rights  • architecture  • stadium  • political freedoms  • Trojan

    • County Wants Stadium Payback if Steelers Are Sold

      Pittsburgh Tribune Review  |  Jul 16, 08 12:29 PM CDT

      County Wants Stadium Payback if Steelers Are Sold

      (Newser) - If the Pittsburgh Steelers are sold, someone will have to pay for the $281 million in taxpayer money used to build Heinz Field, Allegheny County’s controller told the owners in a letter today. He said even engaging in sales talk may violate the 2000 lease, and demanded the team remain in Pittsburgh, the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review reports. More »

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      NFL  • football  • Pittsburgh Steelers  • stadium  • Heinz Field  • stadium financing

    • Critic Cries in Beer Over Ballpark Brews

      Portfolio  |  Jul 14, 08 5:07 AM CDT

      Critic Cries in Beer Over Ballpark Brews

      (Newser) - Nothing like downing a cold one while watching the game at the ballpark—or is there? On a beer-tasting tour of select baseball stadiums, Portfolio's connoisseur Franz Lidz found the brew generally lukewarm, with a rank aftertaste. "Nobody tastes stadium beer," said his neighbor at Shea Stadium. "It tastes like nothing." More »

      Tags

      baseball  • beer  • Budweiser  • stadium  • Shea Stadium  • Dodger Stadium  • Miller Brewing

    • Obama Planning Huge Convention Rally

      Los Angeles Times  |  Jul 4, 08 9:24 AM CDT

      Obama Planning Huge Convention Rally

      (Newser) - Barack Obama isn’t canceling the last day of the Democratic National Convention, as was rumored earlier this week—he’s turning it into a massive rally at the Denver Bronco’s Invesco Field, sources tell the Los Angles Times. Obama is confident he can fill the 76,000-seat stadium for his acceptance speech—the Pepsi Center, where the first 3 days of the convention are being held, holds just 19,000—but some worries remain about security and the possibility of rain. More »

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      Barack Obama  • Obama 2008  • Democratic National Convention  • Denver  • speech  • stadium  • Invesco Field

    • Say, That Star-Spangled Banner Is Huge!

      New York Times  |  Jul 4, 08 4:30 AM CDT

      Say, That Star-Spangled Banner Is Huge!

      (Newser) - A decades-old trend for field-sized Stars and Stripes at sporting events shows no signs of flagging, writes the New York Times . A flag big enough for the Statue of Liberty to wear as a cape will cover Yankee Stadium's turf before the upcoming all-star game—and the giant 150-foot banner is considered small by modern standards. More »

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      patriotism  • stadium  • USA  • flag

  • June 2008

    • Take Me Out to the Ballgame, If You Can Afford It

      Sports Illustrated  |  Jun 18, 08 7:50 PM CDT

      Take Me Out to the Ballgame, If You Can Afford It

      (Newser) - Modern ballparks may have more conveniences and better food, but they've become more expensive for everybody—even if you're just looking for cheap seats and beer—writes Josh Levin in S ports Illustrated . Higher prices across the board pay for the luxury restaurants and malls in the parks, which make make big bucks for owners but don't do much for everyday fans. Insult to injury: The newest parks "have the look and feel of a mall food court." More »

      Tags

      baseball  • stadium

  • May 2008

    • For Sale: Stadium Seating, Lightly Used

      Guardian (UK)  |  May 27, 08 10:45 AM CDT

      For Sale: Stadium Seating, Lightly Used

      (Newser) - If Chicago wins its bid to host the 2016 Olympic Games, it might follow more closely in London 2012's footsteps than expected. The cities have begun discussing the possible sale of large parts of London's new stadium to Chicago, the Guardian reports. The deal could result in 55,000 seats crossing the Atlantic for reuse in a new Windy City arena. More »

      Tags

      recycling  • 2012 London Olympics  • stadium  • Chicago Olympics  • stadium financing

    • China's Olympic Wonders Dazzle—at First

      New Yorker  |  May 26, 08 5:27 PM CDT

      China's Olympic Wonders Dazzle—at First

      (Newser) - Beijing's new Olympic buildings will impress the world at first glance, Paul Goldberger writes in the New Yorker . The National Stadium boasts a lattice of crisscrossing beams, and the blue-gray Aquatic Center seems underwater with its translucent plastic pillows. But peel back the paint, and see evidence of what enrages the world about China. More »

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      China  • 2008 Beijing Olympics  • Beijing  • architecture  • stadium  • migrant labor

    • New Stadiums Don't Repay Cities That Subsidize Them

      American  |  May 4, 08 7:57 AM CDT

      New Stadiums Don't Repay Cities That Subsidize Them

      (Newser) - Professional sports stadiums have seen an enormous boom since 1990, often drawing on millions of dollars in public financing. Economics professor Dennis Coates, writing in the American , examines whether the expenditures actually benefit local economies—and  finds the answer a general "no." Stadiums actually reduce per-capita income, drive down wages, and divert spending from other areas. Further, he argues: More »

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      stadium  • subsidies  • stadium financing

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