Sports

Stadiums Get Sustainable

Many sport agencies are realizing the benefits of going green. John McHale Jr., executive vice president at M.L.B. said “just because you can’t do everything doesn’t mean you can’t do something.” Many others are doing their part to help as well.

27 October 2011 - 10:00am

The New York Times

Planning for the 2016 Olympics in Rio

The City of Rio de Janeiro announced the winner of its design contest for the 2016 Olympic Park. Contestants also designed a master-planned, mixed-use neighborhood to take over the space post-Olympics.

27 October 2011 - 7:00am

2016 Olympic Park Competition

Analyst Says Economic Benefit of L.A. Stadium Would Be Minimal

As the city of Los Angeles considers a plan to allow construction of a football stadium downtown, some have called into question the economic projections of developers.

1 September 2011 - 10:00am

Los Angeles Times

California Cities Hoping Projects Lure Teams and Development

Cities across California are proposing new stadium projects in hopes of luring football teams and economic growth as a result of their new megadevelopments.

30 August 2011 - 6:00am

The Architect's Newspaper

The Controversy Over Sports Stadiums Continues

It appears that everyone is talking about the impact that sports stadiums have on urban economic development. As soon as one person says they're a terrible idea, another article will retort the benefits brought to a given city.

23 August 2011 - 1:00pm

Initiative for a Competitive Inner City

Struggles and Success in Two Neighboring Stadium Towns

Two neighboring towns -- one with a bustling soccer stadium and the other with a struggling minor league baseball stadium -- offer a story of changing times in the U.S.

23 August 2011 - 9:00am

The New York Times

Community Building Through Soccer in Detroit

A neighborhood-based soccer league in Detroit is becoming a new community building effort in the city.

10 August 2011 - 7:00am

The Detroit Free Press

Olympic Preparations Spur Private Building Boom in Russian Resort City

Construction is underway to prepare the Russian resort city of Sochi for its hosting of the 2014 Winter Olympics. But it's not just venues for the games that are being built.

10 July 2011 - 11:00am

The Voice of Russia

Yacht Race to Bring New Cruise Terminal to San Francisco

As San Francisco prepares to host the America's Cup yacht race in 2013, one of the key building areas for the event is also being fast-tracked as the site of a new cruise terminal.

23 June 2011 - 8:00am

San Francisco Chronicle

Mega-Events Take Toll on Brazil's Slum Dwellers

This op-ed from Al Jazeera looks at some of the negative ways preparations for the World Cup and Olympics are affecting the poor in Brazil.

12 May 2011 - 1:00pm

Al Jazeera

Stadium Renovation Prices out Brazil's Poor from its Most Revered Public Space

As Brazil prepares to host the 2014 World Cup and 2016 Olympics, renovations to the Maracana, an infamous soccer stadium in Rio de Janeiro, are pricing out the city's poor. Some say the work is killing one of the city's few egalitarian public places.

6 May 2011 - 6:00am

The New York Times

10 Tips for Building a Stadium in L.A.

As the city of Los Angeles edges closer to approving the construction of a new sports stadium in downtown, this post from Curbed LA offers 10 suggestions on how the stadium could and should fit into the city.

9 April 2011 - 7:00am

Curbed LA

Pop Star's Statue Leaves English Soccer Fans Confused and Angry

The unveiling of a statue of musician Michael Jackson outside a soccer stadium in England has confused and angered some fans.

7 April 2011 - 10:00am

The New York Times

Cities See Mixed Returns on Spring Training Investments

While some cities in Florida have shelled out big money to build baseball stadia for professional teams' spring training, many of those teams are moving their spring programs to other cities, raising concerns about the wisdom of those investments.

22 March 2011 - 10:00am

Governing

Stadium Complex Seeks to Draw Pro Sports to Las Vegas

Developers in Las Vegas have announced a proposal for a three-stadium complex in the city intended to lure professional basketball, hockey, football and baseball teams.

11 February 2011 - 7:00am

The Las Vegas Sun

Billions to be Invested in Infrastructure Ahead of 2018 World Cup

As Russia prepares to host the 2018 World Cup, officials are predicting that infrastructure projects will see a major boost.

16 December 2010 - 7:00am

The Moscow News

Abandonment and Perseverance in Cleveland

Basketball star LeBron James was the king of Cleveland. Then he left town -- a move that says a lot about the city's past and its future.

3 December 2010 - 6:00am

ESPN

Nate Berg

Why Hosting a World Cup Doesn't Matter for Cities, and How it Can

Thu, 12/02/2010 - 01:25

Two major international decisions are being made today: which countries will host the 2018 and 2022 World Cups. The selected hosts will undoubtedly celebrate their victories, and look forward to the soft and hard benefits of hosting this most watched of sporting events. The host countries should also take care to prepare for negative impacts – short- and long-term effects that play out in physical, social and economic ways. Who gets selected is surely important in some ways, but when considering these mega-events in terms of their potential impact on the places in which they're held, who hosts the World Cup doesn't really matter.

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White Elephant Stadia Plague South Africa

Just months after the completion of the 2010 World Cup in South Africa, expensive stadia built for the event sit empty and unused.

15 November 2010 - 7:00am

Bleacher Report

A Planner in the Olympics?

Kimber Gabryszak is a county planner in Utah. She's also a competitor in the sledding sport of 'skeleton', and could be taking her first steps towards competing in the 2014 Winter Olympics.

11 November 2010 - 2:00pm

USA Today