MSG 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.
Read moreThe Seattle Mariners’ stadium, T-Mobile field, is not fully compliant with the Americans with Disabilities Act, a federal court in Washington ruled. Seating dimensions, an elevator and bullpen and dugout access are not compliant, and further proceedings are required to determine whether there are enough accessible seats in the stadium.
Read moreA Texas appeals court ruled that a man convicted for shooting another man in the neck during a brawl that broke out during a tailgate party outside of the Dallas Cowboys’ stadium had no right to a self-defense jury instruction, because he said that he did not intend for the gun to go off and the victim did not provoke him.
Read moreA federal judge Thursday dismissed a lawsuit over the Oakland Raiders’ move to Las Vegas, finding the city of Oakland failed to show the National Football League’s relocation rules and 32-team structure are anticompetitive.
Read moreThe outdoor sports stadium will now be called the “United Airlines Field at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum” a compromise title that satisfies both veterans groups and United Airlines, which won naming rights last year.
Read moreIn yet another fight between the San Francisco 49ers and the public entities with jurisdiction over their stadium, Santa Clara County appealed a recent decision Monday that cut the team’s property taxes in half.
Read moreA California judge ruled Thursday to advance a housing rights group lawsuit against the City of Inglewood. The Uplift Inglewood Coalition claims that the city sold public land to the LA Clippers without giving first priority to affordable housing, in violation of state law.
Read moreThe Voice of San Diego brought a complaint under the Freedom of Information Act to obtain San Diego State University records on the financing and development of the former San Diego Chargers football stadium in Mission Valley.
Read moreTwo Milwaukee Brewers fans claim in a federal complaint that the club offers only “small, comparably inferior” seating to wheelchair-using patrons, in a “wheelchair ghetto.”
Read moreA Los Angeles city councilman said Wednesday he will introduce a motion requiring all concession stands at LAX, the LA Zoo, movie theaters, and all city-owned parks and entertainment venues to offer at least one “vegan protein option.” Councilman Paul Koretz said that encouraging a “plant-based diet” could help curb global warming.
Read moreThe New Jersey Supreme Court picked apart a state law Thursday to decide whether the public had been defrauded when it came to tickets for the first Super Bowl played outdoors in a cold-weather city.
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Saying he got “caught in the cross-fire” of the war on ticket resellers, a stock broker sued the New York Yankees on Thursday for voiding the nine season tickets he purchased for a whopping $134,000.
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