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Get in line, Chargers
aardvark., The point I was making is that even the lowliest of team uaually average above 85% capacity. In a typical 70k stadium, such as Qualcomm for example, that's only about 10k or so empty seats spread out through the expanse of the stadium. That's not a lot, at least from my view point. I can imagine a stadium in Vegas drawing well. I could see a lot of people in town anyway sticking around for an afternoon to take in an NFL. Just my opinion. Opinions vary— January 6, 2015 2:33 p.m.
Get in line, Chargers
aardvark, despite the owners' protesting otherwise, the real money doesn't come from the live gate, it comes from the TV contracts. From 2014 to 2021, the networks will pay about $40 billion+ for the broadcast rights. That's more than 5 billion a year! Ticket revenue is split 60/40 with the visiting team. The BIG money from the stadium is from the sale of luxury boxes. That money is static; the box is paid for in full and it doesn't matter how many people show up to the stadium.— January 6, 2015 10:24 a.m.
Get in line, Chargers
"The notion that the NFL dislikes Las Vegas because of the gambling is utterly laughable." don bauder, You still have never commented on the fact that the NFL, along with the NHL,NBA,MLB and NCAA were successful in getting a federal judge to issue a permanent injunction preventing sports gambling in New Jersey casinos. Could it be that you believe this to be a gambit to keep all of the sports gambling centralized in Vegas?— January 6, 2015 10:13 a.m.
San Diego lawyer helps defend Dzhokhar Tsarnaev
don bauder Clarke has been a part of the defense team for almost 2 yrs. Her appointment to the case was approved before that of Bruck. Here are some interesting figures I found after the Loughner trial. Since 1988, when federal death penalty laws were first passed, federal prosecutors have sought the death penalty in 492 cases. Of those 492 cases, 215 cases went to jury with the death penalty attached. Of those 215 cases, they chose death in 72 cases, 34 % of them. Of those 72, only 3 have been executed, with the remainder on appeal or the defendants having died in prison awaiting appeal. So with less than 15% of cases seeking the death penalty resulting in a death sentence, one might think that the odds are in her favor. But with 3 dead and over 260 injured, this time she has her work cut out for her. BTW, it wouldn't have been difficult to find a better photo of Clarke. BTW2, at one time, there were also 3 lawyers from the Boston public defender office, including one who speaks Russian, William Fick from Yale LS, assigned to the case. Are they still part of the defense team?— January 6, 2015 8:03 a.m.
Appellate court weighs grisly pit bull death scene
I like obdurate; same thing really, just sounds cooler!! LOL— January 4, 2015 7:11 p.m.
The case of the Caltrans engineer's illicit remodel
Ken Harrison Yes there actually is a "California Military Department". I looked this up for you: http://www.ebudget.ca.gov/2013-14/StateAgencyBudg…— January 4, 2015 12:37 p.m.
Burger nation
Ya know, I can remember when IN-N-OUT opened up in San Juan Capistrano back in the 80's, making it, at the time, the closest one to San Diego. Being IN-N-OUT aficionados, yes, we would drive up their just to eat. And now, I read that San Diego County will so have IN-N-OUT location number 19. I think that's about the same number as in the Phoenix metro. WOW. San Diego, you're growing up so fast. I guess you're truly not the sleepy little beach town any more.— January 4, 2015 7:06 a.m.
Turning tale of the tuna
Sometime in the earliy 80's, they closed their cannery in Oregon and moved all of their US canning operations to Sante Fe Springs. Don't know the address but it's just off the 5 at Carmenita.— January 1, 2015 8:40 a.m.
New faces at CPUC. But new broom unlikely
don bauder I believe that the song you are referring to is Waist Deep in the Big Muddy, by Pete Seeger. He had performed it on the Smothers Bros Show, but CBS cut it because Seeger wouldn't cut one of the verses which at the time was a reference to LBJ and his policies on the Vietnam war. The only major personality that I can think of who lost a show under the circumstances you describe id Phil Donahue. Anyway, I have some guests arriving shortly so Happy New Year, Good night, good night everybody Everybody everywhere Good night.— December 31, 2014 7:48 p.m.
New faces at CPUC. But new broom unlikely
It was banned do to the reference to NIxon, which Young left in the lyrics even though Nixon had nothing to do with the NG being there. The mayor of Kent requested the presence of the NG and the Governor agreed and sent in the Ohio Army National Guard.— December 30, 2014 7:05 a.m.