News & Observer reports Cary town leaders want to build an indoor sports stadium: The 150,000 square-foot sports complex could host youth and amateur events and tournaments, and would fulfill…
For starters, I recently took a trip up to Minneapolis and got a look at U.S. Bank Stadium and it does look like a big cruise ship. So it’s the…
Mecklenburg County refuses to subsidize a stadium while Raleigh bid proposes stadium on state-owned land. Carolina Journal compares the two plans for the possible expansion of MLS into North Carolina. Details…
Simple answer: Because as the home viewing experience keeps getting better, there’s a tendency for people to watch the game at home. To combat that, teams are upping the ante…
I’ve written occasionally on the costly sports arenas and the gussied-up economic impact studies used to justify them, so I’m just going to quote a bit from this Yahoo! sports article…
So that the Checkers can move in come next fall. And again no mention as to why the Checkers moved back there or what this means for the city’s plan…
As the UPoR reports: The city’s plan to create an amateur sports complex and hotel near Bojangles’ Coliseum are on hold as the private developer hasn’t yet been able to…
In a shocking development given recent history, the city of Charlotte is actually attempting to negotiate with the Charlotte Hornets over upgrades to Time Warner Cable Arena. The Charlotte Hornets…
Winston-Salem Journal reports negotiations on a new lease for city-owned BB&T Ballpark and a new majority ownership group for the Dash: City leaders said the advantage of the new deal…
N&R front-pager: In 2017 at the Barclays Center in New York, if the tournament lands there as has been reported, fans would be able to see views of the game…
N&R’s Allen Johnson interviews Greensboro Coliseum director (and highest-paid city employee) Matt Brown as he prepares for what could be Gboro’s next to last ACC Tournament: Brown still prefers only…
Atlantic Coast Conference men’s basketball tournament is heading to D.C. in 2016. The Verizon Center has many nice amenities, least of which are “concessions and restaurants offering kosher, vegetarian, vegan…