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Spectator Sports Sector

  • Blogs

    May 3, 2012

    Pro Sports Team Owners, New Stadiums and You

    Writer Jeremy Repanich has an interesting piece about his time working for the Seattle Sonics over at Deadspin this afternoon. Included in his account of the team's final years in the Emerald City is an insider's view of then-owner Howard Schultz's unsuccessful quest to force the public to build a n ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 29, 2012

    Stan Kroenke Advances to Next Round of Dodgers Bidding

    ​Billionaire sports fan Stan Kroenke has been approved by the Los Angeles Dodgers (and its investment bank) to meet with Major League Baseball concerning his offer to buy the team. Kroenke is not the only big-bucks guy to get that approval. According to the anonymous sources "very close to the sal ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 8, 2011

    How the Rams "Snookered" St. Louis: Details of the "Most Scandalous" Stadium Deal in History

    The Rams could leave the Edward Jones Dome if the stadium isn't a top-tier facility come 2015.​Neil Demause, author of the book Field of Schemes, penned an article last week on his favorite subject: stadium-financing. The story, which originally ran in The Nation and was re-purposed on NPR, begins ... More >>

  • Calendar

    February 3, 2011

    Neither Baller Nor Shot Caller

    The Rams could leave the Edward Jones Dome if the stadium isn't a top-tier facility come 2015.​Neil Demause, author of the book Field of Schemes, penned an article last week on his favorite subject: stadium-financing. The story, which originally ran in The Nation and was re-purposed on NPR, begins ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 13, 2010

    Edward Jones Dome Unlikely to Collapse From Snow, Unfortunately

    Built to withstand the elements, sadly.​After seeing that dramatic footage of the roof collapsing yesterday at the Minneapolis Metrodome, you know what was racing through the mind of Rams' owner Stan Kroenke: How can we make that happen in St. Louis? Just think about it for a second. A natural dis ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 31, 2010

    Five Reasons The Rams Will STAY in St. Louis

    Ignore Chad's Chicken Little impression. The sky is not falling on fans of the St. Louis Rams.While the franchise has already moved three times (from Cleveland to LA in 1945, from LA to Anaheim in 1979 and to St. Louis in 1995) it is definitely going to stay put this time around. Here's why:

  • Blogs

    August 24, 2010

    NFL Owners Could Approve Kroenke's Bid for Rams Tomorrow

    Fact: Enos Stanley Kroenke is named after Cardinals greats Enos Slaughter and Stan Musial. ​The owners of all 32 National Football League teams meet tomorrow in Atlanta where the main topic of conversation is expected to be the sale of the St. Louis Rams. The league owners could give approval this ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 25, 2010

    "Everybody" Wants Stan Kroenke to Own the Rams; Oh Really?

    Mr. Benson, meet Mr. Khan.​Did you see the comment from New Orleans Saints owner Tom Benson in today's Post-Dispatch? The NFL owners are in Dallas this week for their annual May meeting and yesterday met with Rams minority owner Stan Kroenke.  Kroenke wants the league to temporarily suspend i ... More >>

  • Music

    May 19, 2010

    Chiodos

    7 p.m. Friday, May 21. The Pageant, 6161 Delmar Boulevard.

  • Blogs

    May 12, 2010

    Solution for Blues Ownership: Award Team as Consolation Prize to Losing Rams Bidder

    ​The largest investor in the St. Louis Blues, TowerBrook Capital Partners, wants to sell its ownership stake in the NHL franchise. TowerBrook -- a New York-based, private-equity firm -- never planned on being with the Blues for the long run. The company is friendly with Blues chairman and principa ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 11, 2010

    Breaking Down the Kroenke Kaper

    ​As reported earlier by my colleague Chad Garrison, Stan Kroenke is attempting to convince the NFL to allow his wife, Ann Walton Kroenke, to purchase the St. Louis Rams outright, rather than doing it himself. Such a move would circumvent the NFL's cross-ownership rules which would seem to prevent ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 10, 2010

    Report: Stan Kroenke Wants His Wife, Ann Walton Kroenke, to Own Rams

    The new face of the St. Louis Rams?​The minority owner of the St. Louis Rams, Stan Kroenke, has reportedly asked the NFL if his wife could purchase the team outright. The move would circumnavigate league rules that prevent Kroenke (owner of 40 percent of the Rams) from being the full owner of a fo ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 5, 2010

    Report: Brett Hull Teaming with Wayne Gretzky in Bid to Purchase Dallas Stars

    Gretzky and Hull on the cover of Hockey News in March 2008.​Two former St. Louis Blues hockey players and two of the best athletes to play the game in the past quarter century are reportedly teaming up to purchase the Dallas Stars. As the Dallas Observer reports this morning, Brett Hull and Wayne ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 14, 2009

    Re: Limbaugh Responds to Critics of His Bid For Rams

    Don't count Keith Olbermann among those poo-pooing the cigar-chomping talk show host's bid to buy the Rams.On his show last week, Olbermann declared that his arch nemesis shouldn't be excluded from owning a sports franchise solely because he is a douche. Such a criteria would disqualify all but thre ... More >>

  • News

    February 14, 2001

    The Champ

    Bill Bangert wanted a world-class domed stadium in St. Louis County, but all he got was a tiny town. Now the 77-year-old dreamer is back in Missouri with a few more nutty ideas.

  • News

    February 7, 2001

    The Midas Touch

    Cardinals owner Bill DeWitt Jr. has a knack for making money without risking his own. Meet the guy who wants you to cough up $250 million for a new stadium.

  • News

    March 17, 1999

    Suffering in the Luxury Suites

    Cardinals owner Bill DeWitt Jr. has a knack for making money without risking his own. Meet the guy who wants you to cough up $250 million for a new stadium.

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