The 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.
Read moreA federal judge rejected a class action Thursday by a New York Jets season ticket holder who says the team devalued seat licenses he bought at $4,000 a pop.
Read moreThe city of Santa Clara is celebrating a legal victory against the San Francisco 49ers on Monday, touting the decision of an arbitrator to award the city an additional $10 million over the term of a 40-year lease.
Read moreA Fourth Appellate District panel rejected the San Diego City Attorney’s bid to remove competing measures on what to do with Qualcomm Stadium from the November ballot, finding the public’s say in the matter trumps the city’s desire to save money.
Read moreSan Diego filed two lawsuits in Superior Court, asking whether the city clerk and registrar may submit initiatives asking voters what to do with the San Diego Chargers’ former stadium: one would make it a “SDSU West Campus Research Center, Stadium and River Park,” and the other a “San Diego River Park and Soccer City.”
Read moreThe use of $56 million of voter-approved school tax funds for the relocation of the Detroit Pistons basketball team was challenged in the Sixth Circuit on Thursday.
Read moreIn an attempt to keep a Major League Soccer franchise in Columbus, the city and Ohio filed a lawsuit claiming the league and team are subject to a state law imposing restrictions on sports owners who use taxpayer money.
Read moreA federal judge properly dismissed a lawsuit to force Major League Baseball teams to install safety nets at stadiums, finding the plaintiffs lacked standing because one refuses to go to games until nets are installed and the other’s chance of being hit by a foul ball is about 0.0027 percent, the Ninth Circuit ruled Friday.
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Saudi Arabia will allow women into sports stadiums as of next year, the kingdom’s latest step toward easing rules on gender segregation — but they will be seated in the so-called family section, an area separate from the male-only crowd.
Read moreIn a hearing that shows the depth and breadth of the acrimony between the San Francisco 49ers and its landlord the city of Santa Clara, the city denied the team’s request for curfew extensions for concerts while noting it’s owed hundreds of thousands of dollars in unpaid bills.
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An audit commissioned by the city of Santa Clara says the San Francisco 49ers owe taxpayers as much as $2 million in unpaid bills, prompting an angry retort from executives with the professional football team.
Read moreThe self-described industry leader in retractable-roof technology claims in court that its trade secrets were stolen and used to build a roof over Arthur Ashe Stadium, the home of the tennis U.S. Open.
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The ongoing dispute between the San Francisco 49ers and the city of Santa Clara over the management of Levi’s Stadium has finally landed in court, with the team hoping to score a favorable ruling on its contractual compliance.
Read moreA community fund established to benefit residents living near Turner Field, the soon-to-be former home of the Atlanta Braves, claims in court the team failed to share promised parking fee revenue, shortchanging area nonprofits by hundreds of thousands of dollars.
Read moreThe city of Santa Clara escalated its battle with the San Francisco 49ers, giving the National Football League team 30 days to either provide key financial documents relating to the operation of Levi’s Stadium or stand in breach of contract.
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