In today’s Merc, it was revealed that the Quakes’ soccer stadium initiative will be pushed back a couple of weeks due to a heavy agenda. Later in the article is a quote from Baseball San Jose leader and Santa Clara County Assessor Larry Stone regarding a joint soccer/baseball facility initiative: “I wouldn’t mind frankly having [...]

I’ve put off writing much about Las Vegas since this blog’s inception. This is not because of any opinion about whether Vegas is a viable relocation candidate or not. Instead, real information about Sin City’s plans has been scarce. Now that the Marlins are in active discussions with potential relocation candidates including Vegas, some details [...]

From the Chronicle: Chip Johnson’s Friday column substantiates the rumor from a couple of weeks ago in which Wolff scrapped his original vision for something smaller. That’s the good news. The bad news? He’s not funding the project entirely himself. The City of Oakland came up with the two site alternatives, both of which amount [...]

Not surprisingly, the City of Oakland and Coliseum Authority officials have admitted that efforts to get the land deal for Wolff’s 100-acre Coliseum North development are going nowhere. And for the first time, Wolff has become upset over the process. So what’s Plan B? Building on the existing Coliseum parking lot, of course. As indicated [...]

MLB COO Bob DuPuy wrote an opinion piece in today’s Washington Post. In it he describes the trials and tribulations that the DC government has gone through in getting the Navy Yard/Anacostia ballpark project off the ground. Since it is his piece and he is representing MLB, one can assume a certain amount of bias. [...]