The Giants unveiled their new scoreboard/video board just in time for the start of the season, and even on video it looks impressive. The new board is the centerpiece of several tweaks to AT&T Park, including the new ultra-premium Lexus Dugout Club. The new club has 108 padded seats with extra leg room and a [...]

I was going to compare the San Francisco and Santa Clara 49ers stadium concepts in this space, but I’ll refrain because Ann Killion’s column in the Merc captures my thinking almost exactly. For the the Niners it all comes down to one question: How does it get financed? Very little of the information released about [...]

So what we have here is your garden variety shoot first, ask questions later piece from a well-respected, longtime sports columnist. It does little to inform fans about the process, and frankly does a disservice to its readers. But what do I know? I’m a mere blogger.Dickey takes a little swipe at Fremont for being [...]

Last November we discussed how the A’s move to Fremont might affect the San Jose Giants. The move would invoke baseball’s Rule 52, which requires consent by or compensation for a team whose territory has been encroached. Now it appears that a decision is about to be made. With no likelihood for the $8 million [...]

Note: I’m picking this up from a previous post’s comments thread. We can all agree that the KNBR is skewed towards the SF teams and covers the W’s mostly because they’re under contract. The Oakland teams get token coverage, while the Sharks get mentioned because the Razor loves them. You can’t fault KNBR for catering [...]

The Merc’s Mike Swift has two good pieces today. The first covers the generally anti-public funding attitude for stadia in California. The other article has noted sports economist Roger Noll’s skepticism over the 49ers’ Santa Clara stadium plans, while also saying that the Fremont site is “much more viable.” The only thing missing from Swift’s [...]

Lew Wolff sat down with long-time A’s beat man Mychael Urban to talk shop. There are a few quips here and there about the state of the baseball side of the team, soccer, and the talked-to-death tarp matter. There’s also a little insight into planning for the ballpark, though you shouldn’t expect me to get [...]

Silicon Valley Leadership Group, the Valley’s biggest lobby, has officially endorsed the A’s move to Fremont. There’s no drama here, since Lew Wolff has spoken recently at Silicon Valley functions and was a guest on SVLG head Carl Guardino’s radio show two weeks ago. The actual endorsement was mainly a formality, since the tide changed [...]

It seems like everyone building a new stadium is struggling with land problems. In Minneapolis and DC, eminent domain actions were able to get the ball rolling but the different municipalities and private landowners still have not settled on final prices for the parcels. In DC’s case, the final land cost threatens to break the [...]

The Bay Area will receive 70% of the Prop 1B money earmarked for Northern California. In total, the MTC will receive nearly $1.3 billion in funds, more than Los Angeles County’s almost $1.2 billion. Two projects that didn’t make the cut two weeks ago now just got over $160 million in new financing, and they’re [...]