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Horse die-offs and high roller dearth cut Del Mar take
And there were no horse deaths during the recently completed fall meet.— December 16, 2014 12:50 p.m.
No NFL team in LA next year?
The stadium is outdated (as per their lease with the city) in that it must be in the top 25 percentile of stadia in the NFL. Great lease done by the Rams, and not so great for the city of St Louis. Since the dome in St Louis is one of the smallest NFL venues, and other stadiums have passed it by in terms of technology and luxury boxes and bigger locker rooms, etc., etc., The Rams lease with the city allows them to leave after this season (with no $$ penalty) if the stadium is not improved to the top 25 percentile. St Louis has offered somewhere in the neighborhood of $125 mil in improvements, but the Rams want something in the neighborhood of $700 mil in changes. The Rams can announce their intentions in February--if they decide to stay in St Louis, the lease becomes year-to-year (I believe). Recently, the city of St Louis has been frantically trying to come up with other stadium sites or basically anything that will keep the Rams there.— December 16, 2014 11:52 a.m.
No NFL team in LA next year?
That would make multiple sites available, as The League still also likes the site downtown (but only if the NFL can get AEG to drop the demands for partial ownership of any team who plays there), and The League has always liked the site adjacent to Dodger Stadium (but would have to deal with ex-Dodger owner Frank McCourt as he controls that property). Also--ironically, that site is adjacent to where the Chargers held training camp for 2 years, and for those familiar with the Goodyear Blimp--it's mooring site in Carson is also adjacent to the possible stadium site.— December 16, 2014 11:26 a.m.
Could that have been Padres money?
Don: It just proves that people read every word of your articles.— December 9, 2014 4:26 p.m.
An empty Holiday Bowl still means a fat check
I never knew Binkowski made that much. Looks like he's come a long ways from doing radio locally and being the PA announcer at Qualcomm Stadium.— December 9, 2014 1:48 p.m.
Could that have been Padres money?
It was corrected--it originally said 90 billion.— December 9, 2014 1:43 p.m.
Could that have been Padres money?
$90 BILLION? Typo, perhaps? $90 billion seems a little high--even for the New York market.— December 9, 2014 10:52 a.m.
Attorney Mike Aguirre sues CityBeat for libel
Don: On the stadium issue, I fear you are correct. I still wonder if the delay on putting a stadium proposal on the ballot (until 2016) has less to do with coming up with an actual plan, or more to do with the "powers that be" trying to find a way to completely avoid the voters.— December 6, 2014 11:29 a.m.
Attorney Mike Aguirre sues CityBeat for libel
Don: Comparing Filner to Aguirre in any way is a great disservice to Aguirre. Mike is abrasive, but I think he wanted want was best for the city. Filner, on the other hand--let's just say that Filner did enough that even his own party turned against him in the end.— December 6, 2014 11:09 a.m.
Walmart protest a call to unionize
Not entirely true. I worked for Home Depot for 25 years, and the first half of that time, wages were well above what was usually paid for non-union retail work. Unfortunately, that ended around the year 2000, when Bob Nardelli took over HD and heeded Wall Street demands to take care of the shareholders first (at the expense of the employees, who ironically used to own lots of HD stock). As the wages started to lag, more employees couldn't afford to even buy stock, let alone afford to pay for little things like health insurance. Or housing. As their hours continue to be cut along with meager annual raises, HD has joined the ranks of many other retail companies. But good for the shareholders, since HD stock is near historical all-time highs.— November 30, 2014 11:15 p.m.