As the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim and the city negotiate a new lease for Angel Stadium, a key issue will be the worth of land the Angels want to develop near the ballpark. The current proposal calls for the city to lease 155 next to the ballpark to Angels owner Arte Moreno for $1 […]
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Astros: We’ll look at other spring-training sites in Palm Beach
After Palm Beach Gardens politicos made it abundantly clear a preferred spring-training site there would not work, Houston Astros officials say they’ll look for other sites in Palm Beach County. The Astros had settled on Palm Beach Gardens parkland as a preferred site for a spring-training complex to be shared with the Toronto Blue Jays, […]
Ovations lands Oakland A’s concessions deal at O.co Coliseum
Ovations Food Services landed the food and beverage concessions deal at O.co Coliseum for the Oakland Athletics and the NFL’s Oakland Raiders, in a three-year deal announced yesterday. Ovation is a subsidiary of the Philadelphia-based sports and entertainment firm Comcast-Spectacor. Aramark will continue to handle merchandise operations at the stadium. “Ovations has established a national […]
Astros to take down annoying outfield signs at Minute Maid Park
The twelve Houston Astros sponsorship signs behind the Crawford Boxes — the ones partially obscuring the outfield train track for more than a season — are coming down and relocated elsewhere in Minute Maid Park. The signage came out of a good impulse: they were to honor members of the Community Leaders program, which began […]
New for 2014: Clark the Cub
For the first time ever the Chicago Cubs have a mascot in the form of Clark, a cute, cuddly bear cub who made his debut today at Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center’s Pediatric Developmental Center. “The Cubs are thrilled to welcome Clark as the team’s official mascot,” said Cubs Senior Director of Marketing Alison Miller. […]
Work begins today on Dodger Stadium ice-sheet installation
It is sure to be an interesting experiment, as trucks will arrive today to Dodger Stadium to begin laying down the ice sheet for the NHL’s Stadium Series. Putting ice down in a warmer climate, of course, will be a challenge. It’s been done before: in September 1991 the visionaries at Caesars Palace put down […]
Dodgers unveil plans for 2014 ballpark improvements
The Los Angeles Dodgers announced improvements to Dodger Stadium for the 2014 season, including expanded entry areas, new concessions and more. The improvements should be ready for the season opener. They’re not necessarily huge changes if you look at them on an individual basis, but cumulatively they’ll represent the biggest changes to the most popular […]
Astros invoke Arizona move in spring-training discussions
With a preferred Palm Beach Gardens location off the table, Houston Astros team lawyer Giles Kibbe says he plans on visiting Arizona in the next few weeks and will probably meet with folks pitching a Phoenix-area home for the team. We have more about Kibbe’s comments on our sister site, Spring Training Online. If you […]
Designing a new Atlanta Braves ballpark: hitting the road
This is, in many ways, the fun part: with the decision made to build a new ballpark, members of the Atlanta Braves front office have been touring other MLB ballparks in search of inspiration. There’s probably little the Braves can take away from Turner Field in terms of inspiration: with narrow concourses, a generic feel […]
Boca Raton site pitched for ‘Stros/Jays spring complex
With Palm Beach Gardens passing on a new Houston Astros/Toronto Blue Jays spring-training complex, Boca Raton may end up being considered for the development. A local developer is pitching Boca Raton as the perfect area for the spring-training complex, which already has $50 million in state money dedicated for its construction. While the Astros may […]
New year, new day for new Rays ballpark?
With Rick Kriseman taking over the mayoral reins in St. Petersburg, many are expecting some sort of resolution to the Tampa Bay Rays ballpark situation — whether in St. Pete or Tampa. Outgoing Mayor Bill Foster isn’t leaving behind a very strong legacy, criticized as being indecisive and inflexible on big issues, including the future […]
Wolff expected to meet with Coliseum City developer UPDATE
Another sign that Lew Wolff and John Fisher are warming to a commitment to Oakland: Wolff is expected to meet with Colony Capital officials about the proposed Coliseum City development. Coliseum City has been proposed by Oakland officials as a redevelopment of the current O.Co Coliseum/Oracle Arena site. It would contain new facilities for the […]
Football returning to Fenway Park in 2015
Football is returning to Fenway Park in the form of a Shamrock Series game between Boston College and Notre Dame on Nov. 21, 2015. Football was played at Fenway Park frequently over the years; Boston College played games there (as shown in the photo above), as did the NFL’s Boston Redskins (before a move to Washington) […]