MLS to double expansion fee to $200m, hopes world doesn’t run out of rich guys
Major League Soccer is preparing to announce another round of expansion — this time to a whopping 28 teams — and is clearly determined to grab all the money it can in the process, as deputy...
View ArticleCharlotte MLS backers asking for $113m in public cash for stadium, isn’t this...
So, let’s see, anything else been going on while we’ve all been focused on where the San Diego Chargers and Oakland Raiders were going to end up? How about Charlotte, North Carolina being asked for...
View ArticleCharlotte taxpayers now only being asked to spend $100m on a private MLS...
Great news, everybody! Mecklenburg County, where Charlotte is located, is now only being asked to spend $100 million on a soccer stadium for which the nonexistent team’s owner has only offered to put...
View ArticleCharlotte mayor tells council to email MLS stadium questions, because no time...
Today in everybody and their sister wants to build a damn MLS stadium to get a damn expansion team news: Charlotte’s plan for $100 million in city and county subsidies for a $175 million stadium could...
View ArticleCharlotte’s $100m MLS subsidy wins county approval, but city kills it
One day ahead of a scheduled Charlotte city council vote on $43.75 million in subsidies to billionaire racetrack owner Bruton Smith for a proposed $175 million MLS stadium, Mecklenburg County approved...
View ArticleEvery concentration of humans on earth now bidding to build MLS stadiums
Nashville is looking to build a new MLS stadium, and Indianapolis is looking to build a new MLS stadium, and San Diego is looking to get a new MLS stadium, and Detroit is considering providing free...
View ArticleCounty officials on Charlotte MLS stadium: If city won’t spend money, maybe...
When last we checked in with billionaire racetrack owner Bruton Smith’s demands for $100 million in stadium subsidies and free land for a new soccer stadium in Charlotte, the county had approved its...
View ArticleCharlotte could balk at spending $100m on MLS stadium, offer only $87m instead
When we checked in last week on would-be Charlotte MLS expansion franchise owner Bruton Smith’s demand for $100 million in public money for a new stadium, it wasn’t going too well, with Mecklenburg...
View ArticleCharlotte won’t get county money for MLS stadium, expansion race now bigger...
The Mecklenburg County commission voted 5-3 on Wednesday to hand over the site of 83-year-old Memorial Stadium to the city of Charlotte for a new soccer stadium for a potential MLS team — but no money...
View ArticleFriday roundup: More MLS expansion drum beating, more wasteful non-sports...
Getting a late start this morning after being out last night seeing Neko Case, so let’s get to this: MLS commissioner Don Garber is still beating the drum for two more expansion teams to get to a total...
View ArticleFriday roundup: Another Islanders arena delay, Wisconsin to wrap up Brewers...
My endorsement of Hmm Daily last month was so successful that this week the site announced it’s shutting down. I am now officially afraid to tell you people to give money to any other particular site,...
View ArticleCharlotte council considers $100-200m subsidy for stadium upgrades for MLS,...
Speaking of cities that don’t actually have MLS franchises yet but are hoping to, the Charlotte city council met in closed session on Monday night, according to WSOC-TV, to discuss spending $100...
View ArticleBoise votes to require vote on soccer stadium funding, Charlotte votes for...
It was an oddly slow Election Day for sports-related votes — the big Oklahoma City vote on the latest MAPS sales-tax surcharge that would provide public money for a USL soccer stadium isn’t until...
View ArticleGarber says Charlotte next MLS expansion frontrunner, fee to be part of...
MLS commissioner Don Garber was back on the expansion-franchise hustings this weekend in advance of the MLS Cup final, and had a bunch of newish stuff to let slip: In the race for the 30th and final...
View ArticleCharlotte mayor vows $110m in city funds to help Panthers’ billionaire owner...
There’s a smidge of new information on the city of Charlotte’s previously revealed plans to spend $100-200 million on renovations to the Carolina Panthers‘ stadium so that Panthers owner David Tepper...
View ArticleFriday roundup: Panthers owner donated to Charlotte officials during stadium...
Happy Friday, and try not to think about how much you’re contributing to climate change by reading this on whatever electronic device you’re using. Though at least reading this in text doesn’t require...
View ArticleFriday roundup: San Diego okays $1B arena complex, Manfred floats...
I am way too tired this morning from waiting for tranches of vote counts to drop to write an amusing intro, so let’s get straight to the news: San Diego voters have approved Measure E, which removes a...
View ArticleFriday roundup: Charlotte approves $35m in soccer subsidies, NYC spends $5m...
Even after dispensing with that crazy San Jose Sharks move threat story, there’s a ton of leftover news this week. So put down that amazing Defector article about how the British have fetishized the...
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Friday roundup: Dolan vows price hikes if he loses MSG tax break, Palm Desert...
There’s a construction crew with jackhammers outside my window digging up the exact same patch of sidewalk they spent most of last year digging up, so if you think you’re getting a clever Friday...
View ArticleFriday roundup: VA proposes spending a damn billion dollars on Commanders...
That Virginia bill to create a football authority to build a Washington Commanders stadium isn’t just authorizing legislation, it turns out — last night it also got financing details during a senate...
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