Memorial Stadium expansion is on schedule, as upgrades to the home of the Oklahoma Sooners football team should be ready for the season opener this fall. (more…)
NFL shuffle continues: Raiders to San Diego?
If the San Diego Chargers end up sharing a new Los Angeles-area stadium with the Los Angeles Rams, the NFL shuffle may continue with the Oakland Raiders pursuing a more modest stadium proposal in San Diego. (more…)
Mercedes-Benz Stadium construction schedule slips
Mercedes-Benz Stadium construction has slipped by three months, and the delay to a June 1, 2017 opening won’t affect the Atlanta Falcons season, according to team owner Arthur Blank — but the price tag will go past the budgeted $1.4 billion. (more…)
Rams to Los Angeles; Chargers can move, Raiders denied
In one of the biggest realignments in NFL history, the St. Louis Rams received permission to relocate to Los Angeles for the 2016 season, with the San Diego Chargers also receiving permission and the Oakland Raiders passing on a move — for now. (more…)
Architect retained for new Redskins stadium: report
Owner Dan Snyder has reportedly retained Danish architecture firm Bjarke Ingels Group to design a new Redskins stadium in the region — the clearest sign the team is ready to leave FedEx Field. (more…)
Rams: NFL not viable in St. Louis
St. Louis Rams management says the NFL is not viable in the St. Louis market — the cornerstone of why the team should be allowed to move to Los Angeles and to a new Inglewood stadium. (more…)
FSU Begins Champions Club Addition
Work has begun on the Champions Club addition to Doak Campbell Stadium, a state-of-the art space that will provide new premium and private seating options, improved concourses, and upgraded video and game day production features. (more…)
Yale Bowl: Beginning of the Bowls
There was a time when enormous sporting venues were called bowls, describing their rounded shape, rather than named “Park” or “Stadium” or “Field.” Ignore the 19th century’s Baker Bowl (a diamond-shaped ballpark in Philadelphia) and give full credit to the trailblazing Yale Bowl, opened for play in 1914 with oval dimensions that fit over 70,000 […]
Oakland offers 60 acres, no new $$$ for new Raiders stadium
Local officials are offering infrastructure improvements and 60 acres at the current O.co Coliseum site for a new Raiders stadium — a proposal that Oakland team leaders are already calling a nonstarter. (more…)
Stakes are high in college rivalries: trophies, pigs, bacon and more
Floyd of Rosedale, if you have not made his acquaintance, is a traveling pig. A traveling bronze pig. (more…)