The New York Knicks and the Rangers filed suit against their insurers Friday for refusing to cover losses related to pandemic-related closures that have kept iconic venues like Madison Square Garden and Radio City Music Hall shuttered for roughly a year.
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An Alameda County judge ruled California Governor Gavin Newsom has the authority to certify plans to build a new stadium for the Oakland A’s baseball team.
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Los Angeles health officials hope mass vaccination sites like the one opened Friday at Dodger Stadium will turn the tide in a county ravaged by the Covid-19 pandemic.
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A coalition of trade groups looking to stall construction of a new Oakland A’s ballpark near the Port of Oakland argued in virtual court on Thursday that Governor Gavin Newsom doesn’t have the authority to fast-track the project.
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About 784,000 Californians have received the Covid vaccine, and Governor Gavin Newsom said Monday another 1 million will receive shots in the arm in the coming days.
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Officials in Japan are using some high-tech devices to see if they can fill sports stadiums closer to capacity during the Covid-19 pandemic.
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Adding another wrinkle to an unparalleled election, California elections officials hope to turn empty sports arenas and private businesses into polling sites come November.
Read moreFutbol Club Cincinnati’s soon-to-be completed soccer stadium has not hosted a game yet, but the battle over the stadium’s naming rights has spilled into the courts as the soccer club and its former consulting firm filed competing lawsuits on Monday.
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Faced with the threat of overburdened hospitals, states across the country are converting convention centers, sports facilities and performance spaces into backup treatment sites for coronavirus patients. Tennessee is no exception.
Read moreThe Los Angeles Clippers and their billionaire owner Steve Ballmer announced Tuesday their new company CAPSS will purchase The Forum for $400 million in a deal that clears legal roadblocks to construction of a new basketball arena in Inglewood.
Read moreA 12-year-old girl’s claim that she was seriously injured by a foul ball while watching a game at US Baseball’s national team trials is not precluded by the primary assumption of risk doctrine, an appeals court in California ruled. Recent steps taken to extend netting in baseball stadiums indicate that safety measures can be taken without fundamentally altering the nature of the game.
Read moreMSG Forum, owner-operator of the Forum sports venue, sued Gov. Gavin Newsom in superior court, claiming he and the Joint Legislative Budget Committee violated the California Constitution by granting environmental waivers to Murphy’s Bowl LLC, through Assembly Bill 987, to allow construction of a new arena for the L.A. Clippers.
Read moreT-Mobile Park, home to the Seattle Mariners Major League Baseball team, complies with Americans with Disabilities Act requirements, a federal court in Washington ruled. A group of wheelchair users claimed there were inadequate sightlines in the stadium and improperly distributed accessible seats.
Read moreA California state judge ruled Wednesday that Inglewood city officials did not violate a state housing law when they agreed to negotiate with the owner of the LA Clippers for a new basketball arena rather than first offer a 15-acre piece of land to developers for affordable housing.
Read moreResidents of the Los Angeles suburb of Inglewood argued in court Tuesday that city officials and the owner of the L.A. Clippers violated a state affordable housing law when they agreed to negotiations for a proposed new basketball arena.
Read moreThe City of Oakland sued Alameda County in superior court over the sale of the dually owned Oakland Coliseum, once home to the A’s and Raiders; the county wants to sell it, but the city says the sale should abide by the California Surplus Land Act, which requires a valid effort to sell public land for use as affordable housing, parks or recreation, or open space.
Read moreThe acrimonious relationship between the San Francisco 49ers and its home city of Santa Clara reached new heights Tuesday night after the city voted to strip the National Football League team of its rights to manage the stadium in which it plays.
Read moreA federal judge refused the Chicago Cubs’ request to dismiss a complaint that renovations at Wrigley Field have left a disabled fan without accessible seating along the first- and third-base lines.
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Threatening to derail the project, an environmental analysis found arsenic contamination more than double the legal limit at the site of David Beckham’s proposed $1 billion Major League Soccer complex in Miami.
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