Last year, Tom Dundon bought the Portland Trail Blazers for $4.25 billion from a trust created by Paul Allen, who died last year (Blazers Ownership Group). The state of Oregon also passed legislation last year…
8 mins readIn 2019, the Anaheim Angels (I will not call them the LA Angels) agreed with the city of Anaheim on an extension to keep the team at Angel Stadium through 2050. The Angels owner, Arte…
8 mins readYesterday, WUSA9 had an incredible story on Monumental Sports and Entertainment posting several claims in support of their proposed arena. The issue is that everything Monumental Sports said was incorrect. As WUSA9 wrote, Monumental was called…
4 mins readThis week, I noticed that the Milwaukee Brewers were spending some of their recently acquired taxpayer money on upgrades to their ballpark. This week, the team installed three new items: Added a “new main scoreboard”…
6 mins readIf the rumors are true, city leaders from and around Milwaukee are preparing to give the Milwaukee Brewers roughly $520 million dollars in taxpayer money to upgrade America Family Field. Over the last few years,…
7 mins readLast month, WLOX did a fantastic story on whether the city of Biloxi was getting what was financially promised from a new ballpark that was built 10 years ago. The short answer is not even…
3 mins readFor the last few months, the Brewers have been begging city/state leaders to give them money for so-called ballpark upgrades. Last month, the Governor of Wisconsin proposed giving the Brewers almost $300 million in public…
6 mins readIn early February of this year, the Governor of Wisconsin heralded a plan that would keep the Brewers in Milwaukee until 2043. The city/state simply needed to give the Brewers a “one-time investment of $290…
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