The Trolley Dodgers In 1890‚ the Brooklyn Trolley Dodgers professionals’ baseball team joined the National League. Over the following years‚ the Dodgers would have considerable difficulty competing with the other baseball themes in the New York City area. Those teams‚ principal among them the New York Yankees‚ were much better financed and generally stocked with players of higher caliber. In 1958‚ after nearly seven decades of mostly frustration on and off the baseball field‚ the Dodgers shocked the
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The funding of sports stadiums has recently been a very hot topic in the sports media. Most of the modernly built stadiums have been publicly funded‚ which begins a large debate. What rewards does the community receive when a stadium comes to town? Is a sports stadium a positive or negative investment for the community? This debate hits close to home with the city of Cincinnati recently constructing two new stadiums for the local pro teams. When addressing this debate I broke the problem into
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behind with the help of Eminent Domain. The LA Housing Authority had told the inhabitants that low-income housing was to be built on the land‚ but‚ because of a sequence of events‚ the public housing project was never built there and instead Dodgers Stadium was built on Chavez Ravine. Although Chavez Ravine public housing project was the result of the goodwill and intent of the government‚ rather than helping the people Chavez Ravine with their promise of low-income housing‚ the project ended up
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course of time‚ Los Angeles has had many successes and failures. Many such success and failures are overlooked and forgotten due to time. Other successes and failures are buried by the government. One such example is Chavez Ravine‚ better known as Dodgers Stadium. Chavez Ravine‚ made up of three main neighborhoodsPalo Verde‚ La Loma and Bishop‚ was home to generations of Mexican Americans. The Federal Housing Act of 1949 gave Mayor Fletcher Bowron‚ the business opportunity of a lifetime. In July 1950
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was a small community in one of the busiest places in Los Angeles‚ it was in Downtown Los Angeles. Many people might now it now as Dodgers Stadium. That’s right‚ where professional now play baseball and hit home runs‚ was where many people grew up and formed part of their lives. It was a long‚ and ugly process‚ but what peoples homes was‚ then became Dodgers Stadium. Was it necessary to move
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benefits of a new stadium vastly outweigh the economic ones. One could argue that the sole purpose of building a new stadium is to appease to the intangible benefits of the city. First and foremost‚ a new stadium will ensure that the professional sports franchise stays in the city. As shown with the Rams recently‚ fans take a great pride in supporting teams in their cities and even the thought of losing them creates headaches. Additionally‚ another intangible benefit of a new stadium is the marketing
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The new FAU football stadium has had a big impact on the school and is going to continue to greatly impact the school. FAU football and other teams have had to play off campus for their games until this stadium was built. Not having an on campus stadium has had quite an effect on the school‚ students‚ and staff. This new football stadium impacts FAU in different ways such as financially‚ economically‚ and school spirit. The impact of this new stadium is nothing but positive for the school and the
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Football Stadium Recommendation The residents of Springfield have a big decision to make; “Springfield finally has a surplus in the budget after years of being in debt‚ and all citizens have to decide if building a new NFL stadium is a good investment of their tax dollars.” Building the stadium would initially cost the taxpayer’s $90 million dollars‚ but “the team promises that the voters will be paid back the money to build a new stadium through tax revenues that the new stadium will generate
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My Trip to a Baseball Stadium My first trip to a baseball stadium was an experience that will make a long lasting impression on me. Having played on a little league team and having the experiences of playing on a little league field‚ it is nothing compared to what I saw the first time. It was a night game in the month of May. It was a warm night the bright yellowish-orange sun hit my body; my excitement was growing in anticipation of what was going to be a completely new experience for me‚ I was
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time there is a game played. People will go to the stadiums to watch and a lot of fans will watch the game on television. Since there are so many people watching these games‚ advertising has become more and more apart of every baseball stadium due to the amount of exposure a company can receive by using the many types of ads found in a baseball stadium. The stadiums use billboards‚ fences‚ green screens‚ merchandise‚ airplanes‚ names of stadiums‚ and scoreboards as all different ways to advertise
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