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Separating fact from fiction as Raiders prepare for relocation vote
Last week was a sports business headline grabber in the Bay Area. On Tuesday the Golden State Warriors went all Cirque Du Soleil for a groundbreaking ceremony for Chase Center in Mission Bay. Then, the Oakland Raiders filed their relocation papers on Thursday, making a pair of gut punches for Oakland sports fans. It’s time to separate the fact from fiction...
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Cautionary tale: State-of-the-art arena doesn't guarantee heart and soul
Since 2010 there have been many new stadiums, ballparks and arenas opened by professional franchises in North America totalling costs over $15 billion. The race to be the best building in the country is usually accompanied by extremely positive media reviews. “Most Technologically Advanced Venue in the World”—NY Times “The Highest-Tech Stadium in Sports is Pretty Much a Giant Tesla”—Wired...
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Top 17 Bay Area Biz Ball stories coming our way in 2017
With the new year underway, Biz Ball Insider Andy Dolich examines the Top 17 Bay Area sports business stories you can expect to read about in 2017… 17. MLB revenue sharing Baseball has five years of labor peace with the signing of a collective bargaining agreement with its players. The A’s revenue sharing agreement, which brought in over $30 million last year,…
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Futuristic, transforming stadiums offer intriguing solution in Oakland
New Oakland A’s President Dave Kaval knew that fans would be floating ideas past him at the first open session at his new Coliseum office. Indeed, Ibbi Almufti proposed that Kaval should explore building a floating stadium for the A’s in San Francisco Bay. Hotel kingpin Barron Hilton 52 years ago proposed a floating San Diego Stadium for the Padres. In 1963 the...
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One Warm Shirt: Make your donations count this holiday season
Today’s world challenges all of us in allocating our philanthropy to those who are having a rough go of it. We are lucky to have built careers, families and friendships that bring us great joy. Occasionally we might take for granted what we have. I have a very simple request. I Want The Shirt off Your Back. Over the...
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Is the NFL too big to fail? Part 2
The NFL is well aware of the challenges it faces on and off the field. It has an army of very smart business people, team executives and high priced consultants working to figure out how to move forward over the next few years with a strategic plan. In Part 1 of “Is the NFL too big to fail?” we examined those...
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Is the NFL too big to fail? Part 1
With the life-altering damage of traumatic brain injury, the rising cost of seat licenses and tickets, the lack of corporate sponsorships, experiential virtual reality, unsportsmanlike fan behavior, increasing ownership debt load caused by concussion lawsuits, the lack of young footballers in the pipeline, the global growth of basketball and soccer, advances in sensorial technology and a lack of NFL marketing momentum, it...
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Kings' Golden 1 Center era begins with glowing reviews, plenty of firsts
Building a throne for a sports franchise is more expensive than ever, even if your are the Kings. But the early reviews of the recently-opened $560-million Golden 1 Center are glowing… “Most Technologically Advanced Arena in the World”— NY Times “The Highest-Tech Stadium in Sports is Pretty Much a Giant Tesla”—Wired “The Kings New Arena was Designed with Sacramento in...
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Kap's jersey-sale donations could be less than anticipated
In the ongoing national conversation of his national anthem protest, Colin Kaepernick put his wallet alongside his bold position and agreed to give $1 million of his salary to “charities that help communities.” [REWIND: Kaepernick pledges $1 million, ‘I love America’] Then, he vowed to add the net proceeds from the sales of his 49ers jersey this season. [RELATED: As jersey sales…
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Ten things that will prevent Raiders from relocating to Las Vegas
Editor’s note: The above video was recorded on September 6 Last week the Southern Nevada Tourism Infrastructure Committee (SNTIC) recommended raising the hotel tax in Las Vegas to assist in paying for a 65,000-seat domed football stadium, which would be partially financed by Casino Executive Sheldon Adelson, that is being promoted for the Oakland Raiders. The next step is for...