NOTICIAS DESTACADAS

NFL Training Camp dates & Locations

Following is the training camp list of sites and rookie and veteran reporting dates:AFC TEAM SITE LOCATION ROO...

10 Jul 2012 | 0 comments | Read more

NFL Minicamp & OTA dates announced

Following are the rookie and veteran minicamp dates for 2012, as well as the organized team activity (OTA) dates.Clubs are permitted to hol...

11 May 2012 | 0 comments | Read more
NOTICIAS

NFL Rules - A constant evolution

Rule changes have been made throughout the history of the NFL to improve the game, make it more exciting and reduce the risk of injury. Saf...

03 Aug 2012 | 0 comments| Read more

New NFL rules for 2012

A number of playing-rules changes were approved by NFL clubs for the 2012 season. The primary focus of those changes was enhancing player s...

03 Aug 2012 | 0 comments| Read more

NFL continues to emphasize players health and safety

As part of its focus on player health and safety, the NFL has made more rules changes, introduced enhanced sideline concussionprotocols and...

03 Aug 2012 | 0 comments| Read more

NFL.com Fantasy Football integrates Google+ Hangouts

First Google+ Hangout Integration Into Fantasy Game Only on NFL.com NFL.com Fantasy Football Presented by Verizon Introduces First-Ever Tab...

03 Aug 2012 | 0 comments| Read more

NFL BREAKING NEWS

    NFL.com

PARTIDOS ESTELARES

Super Bowl XLVI: Domingo 5 de Febrero 2012

NEW YORK GIANTS–NFC ESTE (12-7) EN NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS–AFC ESTE (15-3) SERIELÍDER (TEMPORADA REGULAR)GIANTSPATRIOTS 5-4RACHAS (TEMPORADA R...

01 Feb 2012 | 0 comments| Read more
FOOTBALL TOUR 2012

Todo sobre el Football Tour

Necesitamos mas Football y Varsity Travel te llevan al FOOTBALL TOUR 2012, 9 días a puro Football, juegos de ...

31 Mar 2012 | 1 comments| Read more
Columna de Germán Martinez

Mariscales en la mira

El mariscal de campo es una de las posiciones en la NFL con más presión y más responsabilidad. Los ...

03 Aug 2012 | 0 comments| Read more
Columna de Fernando Fumagalli

Selecciones de Equipos en la AFC

AFC NORTEBALTIMORESelecciones del draft 2012: • Ronda 2, pick 35 global: LB Courtney Upshaw, Alaba...

28 May 2012 | 0 comments| Read more
Reglas NFL

NFL Rules - A constant evolution

Rule changes have been made throughout the history of the NFL to improve the game, make it more exc...

03 Aug 2012 | 0 comments| Read more
Columna de Michael Ellis

Junior Seau que en paz descanse

El pasado Miércoles 2 de Mayo falleció Junior Seau, un excelente (sino uno de los mejores) Lineback...

10 May 2012 | 0 comments| Read more
Columna de Ezequiel Ramírez Beltrán

Colts intentan vender un total de 3,000 entradas

Hay una razón de optimismo en los Indianapolis Colts estos días, pero los fans aparentan estar toma...

04 Jun 2012 | 0 comments| Read more
Agentes Libres

NFL Unrestricted & Restricted Free-Agent

(Based on official notification to NFL office as of 5/29/12) 1) 143 UNREST...

30 May 2012 | 0 comments| Read more
NOTICIAS NFC

Redskins minicamp: RG3 speaks

ASHBURN, Va. -- Yes, I watched practice in the new bubble. And yes, I spoke with several different players on the roster. But Washington Redskins rookie quarterback Robert Griffin III gave a news conference at the end of the day,...

13 Jun 2012 | Read more
NOTICIAS AFC

Andrew Luck already looking like a pro on Day 1 with Colts

INDIANAPOLIS -- Tuesday was Day 1 for Andrew Luck in working with his veteran Indianapolis Colts teammates, but if you didn't know that beforehand, you'd probably have missed it.Yes, he threw one up for grabs down the middle of t...

13 Jun 2012 | Read more
COMBINE

Big numbers for 2012 NFL Scouting Combine

NFL NETWORK, NFL.COM & NFL MOBILE More than 6.5 Million Viewers Watched Combine on NFL NetworkSunday QB-WR-RB workouts set Combine viewership mark Unique Users on NFL Digital Properties Jump 37% Fans enjoyed the NFL Scouting Comb...

08 Mar 2012 | Read more
DRAFT

New draft rules an opportunity for A's, Giants

No matter how much baseball tweaks its draft and promotes it on its own network, it'll never carry the weight of the NFL and NBA drafts.Even if it steals the riveting idea of ping-pong poker.This year's draft, which runs Monday t...

04 Jun 2012 | Read more

LO MAS VISTO

SUPER BOWL

Chicago’s a great city

Chicago’s a great city, but it wouldn’t be a pretty site for Super BowlThe 2016 Chicago Super Bowl Committee, chaired by Ted Williams’ frozen head, has released its official tailgating menu. See if you can recognize a theme:Froze...

04 Jun 2012 | Read more
ENTREVISTAS

Goodell - 2012 NFL Draft Pop-up store

Commissioner Roger Goodell2012 NFL Draft Pop-uo Store Media Availability April 2, 2012 On how suspended Saints personnel’s appeal will differ from recent conversations on the bounty-rule violation:That is what we will have to wai...

02 Apr 2012 | Read more
FANTASY NMF

NMF Fantasy

CAMPEONES NMF FANTASYComo todos los años de en NMF se consagra un Campeón en el NMF Fantasy Football, algunos de los que compiten lo hacen desde que empezamos a competir hace res años tras, por el momento el campeón no ha sido el...

31 Mar 2012 | Read more
Roger Goodell

Roger Goodell appears a few moves ahead of everyone in the NFL

Roger Goodell is winning. He hasn’t met a player or an issue he couldn’t beat with a superior gaze. You have to admit that he is a success as NFL commissioner, if the definition of success is exercising control over 1,700 athlete...

04 Jun 2012 | Read more

LIGAS LATINAS

L.A. downtown stadium an economic boon? Not so fast - Ingles

The office that advises the California Legislature voiced doubts Friday about the level of economic benefit that would come from an NFL stadium in downtown Los Angeles, saying studies commissioned by the project's developer "likely overstated" the financial boost it would deliver.

Speaking to a state Senate panel reviewing the plan by developer Anschutz Entertainment Group, policy analyst Mark Whitaker warned that football stadiums typically have a minimal effect on a region's economic growth, largely because they become a magnet for household entertainment dollars that were already being spent elsewhere in the area.

In many cases, families that have bought tickets to events at the Home Depot Center in Carson, the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum and other local venues would probably shift those same dollars to the proposed Farmers Field in downtown Los Angeles, said Whitaker, who works in the Legislative Analyst's Office.

"This wouldn't be the case with all events.... There's no NFL team in L.A. right now, so that would be new economic activity," he said.

Whitaker gave his testimony during a three-hour hearing of the Senate's Select Committee on Sports and Entertainment, which was reviewing the economic benefits of the project and the potential for a bill that would allow AEG to curtail legal challenges to the project on environmental grounds. The written report received by the committee was even more blunt, with analysts saying the state and region would see "minimal" economic benefits from the project.

"The overall economic activity across the region would not necessarily increase but instead shift to Los Angeles … with little net benefit to the region or state," it said.

Tim Leiweke, AEG president and chief executive, also appeared and said his company "will not move forward" with its stadium plans unless a bill is passed. And he criticized "those who occasionally come out of classrooms and question whether or not sports facilities have an economic impact," saying his company provides $100 million a year in tax revenue.

"Not only have we been an economic juggernaut for the state, the city and the county, but this organization has given back almost $80 million in charity and through our foundations, back to this community," said Leiweke, whose company owns Staples Center and the L.A. Live entertainment complex across from the stadium site.

The committee's chairman, Sen. Kevin De Leon (D-Los Angeles), arranged the order of the speakers so Leiweke would immediately follow Whittaker. Although he would not divulge his legislative plans, De Leon sympathized with AEG's fears that the stadium would become a target for out-of-state litigants, such as a Texas businessman who is at odds with the company and cities upset over possibly losing their NFL team to L.A. "They could abuse this process," he said.

Still, the proposal drew opposition from county Supervisor Michael D. Antonovich, who said state officials should rewrite environmental law in a way that benefits government construction projects, not just AEG. He sent letters to lawmakers Friday urging them to oppose AEG's request.

The question of the statewide benefit from a stadium could influence questions about the rationale for altering the California Environmental Quality Act, long a target of business interests and chambers of commerce, exclusively for AEG.

Whitaker, the state analyst, said he expected some benefit to the city of Los Angeles from the stadium and the accompanying remodeling of the Los Angeles Convention Center, which would have its West Hall demolished and rebuilt to make room for the NFL facility. He also said the city's review of the two projects was "probably a little more realistic" than the report for AEG.

"But we found that both of them likely overstated the benefits," he said.

The city's report found that the stadium and Convention Center projects would attract, at minimum, an additional five major conventions a year. AEG's report put that number at 14. Whitaker said those additional events would benefit California only if Los Angeles were luring conventions away from out-of-state destinations — not competitors like Anaheim, San Diego and San Francisco.

Also Friday, Leiweke used the committee hearing to lash out at Majestic Realty, which is pursuing a competing stadium plan in the City of Industry. In remarks to the media, he said the Majestic team, including company Vice President John Semcken, had gone on the attack in Sacramento and left legislators "shocked" at how they "trashed" AEG verbally.

"They've questioned our character, including me personally," said Leiweke, adding that he assumed from such behavior that Majestic would sue over the L.A. stadium.

In 2009, lawmakers gave Majestic a separate waiver from state environmental law, shielding it from legal challenges to its stadium project.

Semcken responded with a statement that said, "In over 70 years Majestic Realty has never sued a competitor and has no plans to sue a business partner. We are 100% committed to returning the NFL to our region and have shown the league … the tremendous economic upside of our project." This article was written by David Zahniser and appeared in The Los Angeles Times.

Posted by Necesitamos Mas Football on 10:26 a. m.. Filed under . You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0

0 comentarios for L.A. downtown stadium an economic boon? Not so fast - Ingles

Publicar un comentario

Photo Gallery