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Spanos Really Wants L.A., Says Yahoo! Sports
I don't believe that a venue necessarily matters when it comes to sell-outs, Lambeau Field has sold out every Packers game since 1960. It was built in 1957 and renovated in 2003. The key isn't its age, the key is it was built exclusively for American Football. Lambeau isn't a beatiful state-of-the-art stadium, it is adequate and technically capable of hosting NFL football games with no issues. Winning did not necessarily pack Lambeau Field. From 1968 through 1991 the Packers had a record of 147 wins and 203 losses, yet all home games were sold out.
— September 11, 2010 5:22 p.m.
Five Oceanside Police Have DUIs?
Most LAPD officers are on steroids and steroids don't mix well with alcohol so they avoid drinking.
— September 11, 2010 4:50 p.m.
Spanos Really Wants L.A., Says Yahoo! Sports
Re #87 & #92: That story is absolutely true. I would love to write a detailed piece on that entire project, but last that I checked my ex-employer was still doing business with them, and to endanger that would be entirely unfair of me. What I took away from the change in art was this: The Chargers were not trying to send the City of San Diego a message. Many of my colleagues presented that theory but I shot it down immediately. There are channels to do that much more effectively, and in private. And, the Chargers obviously have not wanted to insult their fan base in their remaining years here. That would be horrible business practice. The removal of the reference to the City on those banners - which gets loads of air time on National television - served as advertisement. Sometimes when advertising to the Nation, it isn't what you include in your message that's important, it's what you leave out. In other words, the Chargers walked into the NFL/City hook-up bar, but they removed their wedding ring before they entered...
— September 11, 2010 4:21 a.m.
How Did You Quit Smoking?
You're SUPPOSED to be humbled, Mr. Burke, that's the reason writers drink so much booze, because we are forced to reread something we wrote so long ago. Booze keeps writers from making it to the culinary drawer and sawing off fingers ;) Speaking of long ago, anyone with information on Abe Opincar? I am friends with an old friend of his and she is asking for a current email address. Last she knew, he was headed back to Israel. Any info would be appreciated.
— September 10, 2010 9:10 p.m.
Spanos Really Wants L.A., Says Yahoo! Sports
Regarding the Spanos desire to move out of San Diego: If I related this before, all apologies. Now that I'm over two years out of that job, I feel much more comfortable relating this. The field wall banners that surround the entire field at Qualcomm? We made those. I made those. We didn't do the artwork, someone else did, hired by the Chargers. We printed them and constructed them and installed them, according to my design. I made many trips to that screwed-up mess of a stadium and measured. It's a dump. Too bad San Diego can't afford a new one, but that's how it goes. Anyway, with 2 1/2 weeks before deadline, we finally got the artwork. My part of the job was to design the banners, how they fit according to our printing and construction capabilities. A capable co-worker, he took my design and dropped the artwork into it. It's more complicated than that, but that's how we attacked the project. We were about 1/3 of the way into it and then we got a call from the Chargers: New artwork on the way. The new artwork? Basically, it removed the words "San Diego" from every portion of the graphics. Spanos does not want them here any longer. That was three years ago. I believe they are still using those same field-wall banners. They will be gone sooner rather than later, both the Chargers and the banners.
— September 10, 2010 7:57 p.m.
Spanos Really Wants L.A., Says Yahoo! Sports
But SP, there are SO many more people there now, and that location is ideal to be able to draw from 30 - 60 miles around it. Los Angeles has no personality, no sense of independence like San Diego has. They'll go because they're sheep. People can say what they wish about San Diegans, but they are very independent-minded folk in San Diego. Another thing to consider, stadium-wise: That area really doesn't have a large venue in which to have concerts and soccer games and other stuff, but the surrounding land has been completely developed in the last couple of decades. Basically, the closest place is Anaheim Stadium, or perhaps even The Pond (or whatever they call that place where the Ducks play these days). In San Diego, we have the amphitheatre and the forum and a couple of other large venues in close proximity, but up there it takes forever to get from one place to another, so I think they could host a lot of events that any San Diego stadium would likely not. And there is a ton of money up there. San Diego is paradise where Los Angeles is the armpit of paradise, so to speak. While I run into people with MBA's loading trucks down here because it's all they can find because EVERYONE wants to live in San Diego, I've never seen that sort of competition in Los Angeles. So, it's more of a employee's market up there (I made a lot more money up there than I've ever made in San Diego and it's cheaper to live there). People up there can afford to spend, afford to be sheep. Baa ;)
— September 10, 2010 7:34 p.m.
Corporate America Keeps Profits Strong, Jobs Weak
"I'd like the names and some references of those who have studied ecological systems and evolution in the light of economics." Visit Cafe Hayek, just google it, you'll find the link. Somewhere on that page is also a link to Russ Roberts' site where every week he does a podcast interviewing someone - at times economists and at other times different people. Those podcasts are often enlightening. And yes, Roberts is a Smith/Hayek professor at George Mason, but he isn't particular about who he interviews; some of his best stuff is with neo-Keynesians. Which reminds me of my new favorite joke: Q: How many neo-Keynesians does it take to change a lightbulb? A: Print more money. And you may borrow my joke at no interest, just give me credit ;)
— September 10, 2010 7:09 p.m.
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— September 10, 2010 6:55 p.m.
Spanos Really Wants L.A., Says Yahoo! Sports
Re #70: SP, this is 2010. It's entirely different. There has been so much more development in Los Angeles since those teams left. You put one state-of-the-art stadium in the Los Angeles area for two NFL teams, and that place will sell out every week and the broadcasting revenue and merchandising and so on will be similar to that of the New York teams.
— September 10, 2010 4:49 p.m.
Spanos Really Wants L.A., Says Yahoo! Sports
While Roski technically HAS the money to break ground, I agree, he won't. That's never been his thing, he likes playing with other people's money. I completely agree about no football in Anaheim, and for similar reasons (regardless of McCourt's desires) I can't see it being played at Chavez. The configuration is all wrong. The Coliseum is out, they simply don't have the technical capabilities at this point to house American Football. The Rose Bowl could certainly manage that temporarily, and my guess is that they would if it was only for a year. It would be a mess though. Anyone who has ever attended a popular Rose Bowl knows why. Logistically, Pasadena is a nightmare. The COI spot that Roski has set aside (which includes approved infrastructure from taxpayer bonds) is where I grew up. There were no freeways there back then. Grand Avenue tee'd into Valley Boulevard. There was a cattle farm there, and the old Libbey Glass Company. And fields, lots of fields. Then the Pomona Freeway and the Orange Freeways were built, and then some housing. I played golf (if you want to call it actually "playing" golf) at the course directly south of the freeway. There are railroad tracks north of the stadium site, Southern Pacific and Union Pacific. When we were kids, we taped pennies to the tracks and waited for the long trails of freight cars to smash them for us. Good times.
— September 10, 2010 4:44 p.m.
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Spanos Really Wants L.A., Says Yahoo! Sports
I don't believe that a venue necessarily matters when it comes to sell-outs, Lambeau Field has sold out every Packers game since 1960. It was built in 1957 and renovated in 2003. The key isn't its age, the key is it was built exclusively for American Football. Lambeau isn't a beatiful state-of-the-art stadium, it is adequate and technically capable of hosting NFL football games with no issues. Winning did not necessarily pack Lambeau Field. From 1968 through 1991 the Packers had a record of 147 wins and 203 losses, yet all home games were sold out.— September 11, 2010 5:22 p.m.
Five Oceanside Police Have DUIs?
Most LAPD officers are on steroids and steroids don't mix well with alcohol so they avoid drinking.— September 11, 2010 4:50 p.m.
Spanos Really Wants L.A., Says Yahoo! Sports
Re #87 & #92: That story is absolutely true. I would love to write a detailed piece on that entire project, but last that I checked my ex-employer was still doing business with them, and to endanger that would be entirely unfair of me. What I took away from the change in art was this: The Chargers were not trying to send the City of San Diego a message. Many of my colleagues presented that theory but I shot it down immediately. There are channels to do that much more effectively, and in private. And, the Chargers obviously have not wanted to insult their fan base in their remaining years here. That would be horrible business practice. The removal of the reference to the City on those banners - which gets loads of air time on National television - served as advertisement. Sometimes when advertising to the Nation, it isn't what you include in your message that's important, it's what you leave out. In other words, the Chargers walked into the NFL/City hook-up bar, but they removed their wedding ring before they entered...— September 11, 2010 4:21 a.m.
How Did You Quit Smoking?
You're SUPPOSED to be humbled, Mr. Burke, that's the reason writers drink so much booze, because we are forced to reread something we wrote so long ago. Booze keeps writers from making it to the culinary drawer and sawing off fingers ;) Speaking of long ago, anyone with information on Abe Opincar? I am friends with an old friend of his and she is asking for a current email address. Last she knew, he was headed back to Israel. Any info would be appreciated.— September 10, 2010 9:10 p.m.
Spanos Really Wants L.A., Says Yahoo! Sports
Regarding the Spanos desire to move out of San Diego: If I related this before, all apologies. Now that I'm over two years out of that job, I feel much more comfortable relating this. The field wall banners that surround the entire field at Qualcomm? We made those. I made those. We didn't do the artwork, someone else did, hired by the Chargers. We printed them and constructed them and installed them, according to my design. I made many trips to that screwed-up mess of a stadium and measured. It's a dump. Too bad San Diego can't afford a new one, but that's how it goes. Anyway, with 2 1/2 weeks before deadline, we finally got the artwork. My part of the job was to design the banners, how they fit according to our printing and construction capabilities. A capable co-worker, he took my design and dropped the artwork into it. It's more complicated than that, but that's how we attacked the project. We were about 1/3 of the way into it and then we got a call from the Chargers: New artwork on the way. The new artwork? Basically, it removed the words "San Diego" from every portion of the graphics. Spanos does not want them here any longer. That was three years ago. I believe they are still using those same field-wall banners. They will be gone sooner rather than later, both the Chargers and the banners.— September 10, 2010 7:57 p.m.
Spanos Really Wants L.A., Says Yahoo! Sports
But SP, there are SO many more people there now, and that location is ideal to be able to draw from 30 - 60 miles around it. Los Angeles has no personality, no sense of independence like San Diego has. They'll go because they're sheep. People can say what they wish about San Diegans, but they are very independent-minded folk in San Diego. Another thing to consider, stadium-wise: That area really doesn't have a large venue in which to have concerts and soccer games and other stuff, but the surrounding land has been completely developed in the last couple of decades. Basically, the closest place is Anaheim Stadium, or perhaps even The Pond (or whatever they call that place where the Ducks play these days). In San Diego, we have the amphitheatre and the forum and a couple of other large venues in close proximity, but up there it takes forever to get from one place to another, so I think they could host a lot of events that any San Diego stadium would likely not. And there is a ton of money up there. San Diego is paradise where Los Angeles is the armpit of paradise, so to speak. While I run into people with MBA's loading trucks down here because it's all they can find because EVERYONE wants to live in San Diego, I've never seen that sort of competition in Los Angeles. So, it's more of a employee's market up there (I made a lot more money up there than I've ever made in San Diego and it's cheaper to live there). People up there can afford to spend, afford to be sheep. Baa ;)— September 10, 2010 7:34 p.m.
Corporate America Keeps Profits Strong, Jobs Weak
"I'd like the names and some references of those who have studied ecological systems and evolution in the light of economics." Visit Cafe Hayek, just google it, you'll find the link. Somewhere on that page is also a link to Russ Roberts' site where every week he does a podcast interviewing someone - at times economists and at other times different people. Those podcasts are often enlightening. And yes, Roberts is a Smith/Hayek professor at George Mason, but he isn't particular about who he interviews; some of his best stuff is with neo-Keynesians. Which reminds me of my new favorite joke: Q: How many neo-Keynesians does it take to change a lightbulb? A: Print more money. And you may borrow my joke at no interest, just give me credit ;)— September 10, 2010 7:09 p.m.
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Mr. Haupt, you might wish to request a rate card and simply advertise as do other businesses here. Unless, that is, you are offering free food in exchange for me and other blog readers having a presence in your restaurant.— September 10, 2010 6:55 p.m.
Spanos Really Wants L.A., Says Yahoo! Sports
Re #70: SP, this is 2010. It's entirely different. There has been so much more development in Los Angeles since those teams left. You put one state-of-the-art stadium in the Los Angeles area for two NFL teams, and that place will sell out every week and the broadcasting revenue and merchandising and so on will be similar to that of the New York teams.— September 10, 2010 4:49 p.m.
Spanos Really Wants L.A., Says Yahoo! Sports
While Roski technically HAS the money to break ground, I agree, he won't. That's never been his thing, he likes playing with other people's money. I completely agree about no football in Anaheim, and for similar reasons (regardless of McCourt's desires) I can't see it being played at Chavez. The configuration is all wrong. The Coliseum is out, they simply don't have the technical capabilities at this point to house American Football. The Rose Bowl could certainly manage that temporarily, and my guess is that they would if it was only for a year. It would be a mess though. Anyone who has ever attended a popular Rose Bowl knows why. Logistically, Pasadena is a nightmare. The COI spot that Roski has set aside (which includes approved infrastructure from taxpayer bonds) is where I grew up. There were no freeways there back then. Grand Avenue tee'd into Valley Boulevard. There was a cattle farm there, and the old Libbey Glass Company. And fields, lots of fields. Then the Pomona Freeway and the Orange Freeways were built, and then some housing. I played golf (if you want to call it actually "playing" golf) at the course directly south of the freeway. There are railroad tracks north of the stadium site, Southern Pacific and Union Pacific. When we were kids, we taped pennies to the tracks and waited for the long trails of freight cars to smash them for us. Good times.— September 10, 2010 4:44 p.m.