Sports Stadiums

It's every Shoupista's favorite day of the year.

April 12, 2017 - Streetsblog USA

Backers hoped a soccer stadium would ease the pain of losing the St. Louis Rams to Los Angeles in 2016. Now St. Louis sports fans will have to go back to the drawing board.

April 6, 2017 - St. Louis Riverfront Times

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September 17, 2016 - Planetizen

Are you ready for some football…stadiums to receive massive subsidies from the federal government?

September 12, 2016 - Brookings

Critics say the HUD program is meant to fund more direct anti-poverty measures, like affordable housing—not office, retail, and attractions.

September 1, 2016 - NextCity

Cobb County, Georgia recently approved the "Accessory Special Event Parking" ordinance to limit parking operations around the Atlanta Braves' new stadium.

July 7, 2016 - Atlanta Journal-Constitution

An investigation by WFAA-TV finds that the 50-50 deal promised by city officials to build a new baseball stadium in Arlington is more likely going to end up being an 80-20 deal.

June 23, 2016 - WFAA

For a little while there, it looked like the Texas Ranger were going urban.

May 25, 2016 - Fort Worth Business

The St. Louis Rams will become the Los Angeles Rams. What now becomes of the city of St. Louis?

January 15, 2016 - The New York Times

A group of business students completed an analysis finding reasons to support a proposal to build an NFL stadium on the riverfront in St. Louis.

September 21, 2015 - St. Louis Post-Dispatch

An ongoing planning study by Events DC, commenced by a previous mayoral administration, could conflict with the desire of the current mayor for the site of RFK Stadium

September 18, 2015 - Greater Greater Washington

HBO's John Oliver wants cities to do one thing when professional sports teams come asking for public money to build new stadiums: "Make them pay!"

July 17, 2015 - The Washington Post

One city is prioritizing fiscal sanity over a new football stadium—at least for now.

May 27, 2015 - SFGate

Evidence is building up that the Brazil's extravagant spending on the World Cup soccer championships last year won’t have the last positive impacts promised by government officials. Next up for Brazil: the Olympics.

May 13, 2015 - NPR

Ending the use of tax-exempt bonds to finance the construction of pro sports facilities has high level support from President Obama's 2016 draft budget, but it's too early to tell if the proposed ban on such financing mechanisms will be approved.

March 12, 2015 - The Wall Street Journal

The deal is not yet done, but the home team of the LeBronaissance, the most ostensible sign of Cleveland's resurgence, have reportedly asked Cuyahoga County officials to split the cost of an arena renovation.

February 26, 2015 - Northeast Ohio Media Group

Los Angeles Dodger Senior Vice President of Planning and Development Janet Marie Smith reflects on her efforts to breathe new life into downtowns through sports stadiums.

December 23, 2014 - The Planning Report

With a $1 billion NFL stadium on the way, and a $400 million mixed-use development that recently broke ground next door to the new home of the Vikings, stakeholders have high hopes for Minneapolis' downtown.

May 30, 2014 - New York Times

In renovating Dodger Stadium to enhance the fan experience, the baseball team's ownership brought together a team of architects and planners known for integrating stadiums into the urban fabric of their surroundings.

March 30, 2013 - The Planning Report

The decade-long transformation of Toronto's historic Maple Leaf Gardens into a new centerpiece for its neighborhood may serve as a model for one of the trickiest types of adaptive reuse, reports Mark Byrnes.

January 18, 2013 - The Atlantic Cities