Tag Archives: Ed Roski

The Hideous Ugliness of the Coliseum Deal — This Is As Dirty and Corrupt As It Gets Even in Chinatown

Posted on April 18, 2012 by

THE REBUILT COLISEUM PLAN THEY WON’T EVEN LOOK AT Let’s see if we got the facts straight: For 30 years, the LA Coliseum Commission made up of city, county and state elected officials and their appointees chased away two NFL … Continue reading →

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Field of Schemes: Crony Capitalism Is Alive and Well in L.A.’s Pursuit of Pro Football.

Posted on October 18, 2011 by

EDITOR’S NOTE: Troy Senik,a senior fellow at the Center for Individual Freedom and a contributor at Ricochet.com, wrote this article for City Journal.  By Troy Senik, City Journal California, a state whose greatest innovation in recent years has been finding … Continue reading →

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Billionaires’ Bragging Rights, Boosters’ Benefits and the Brutal Battle for Big-time Football

Posted on September 22, 2011 by

While AEG was busy gutting the heart of California’s environmental protection law with the help of business, labor and environmentalists, competitor Ed Roski’s NFL football team was rounding up support from the Boards of Supervisors of.neighboring Orange, San Bernardino and … Continue reading →

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Lots of big questions remain about proposed AEG stadium project

Posted on July 25, 2011 by

EDITOR”S NOTE: Here’s the Op-Ed piece I wrote for Monday’s edition of the Daily News. Councilwoman Jan Perry — leading advocate for the stadium — is holding public hearings at 5:30 p.m. Wednesday at City Hall and 5:30 p.m. Thursday … Continue reading →

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What a Town Without Pity Can Do — Build a Luxury Football Stadium But Close Parks and Libraries

Posted on January 6, 2011 by

Nearly two years in the making behind the scenes, a plans to tear down the old wing of the LA Convention Center and build an NFL stadium has suddenly gained enormous momentum. The goal is to give AEG’s Tim Leiweke … Continue reading →

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8th Wonder of the World: AEG’s NFL Stadium in L.A.– It’s Cheap, Gawdy and Free of Public Money

Posted on December 15, 2010 by

HKS’ STADIUM IN DOWNTOWN L.A. GENSLER’S STADIUM IN DOWNTOWN L.A. HTNB’S STADIUM IN DOWNTOWN L.A.Carefully orchestrating the selling of AEG’s plans for a downtown NFL stadium, Tim Leiweke stepped up his campaign to drip out details Wednesday by releasing renderings … Continue reading →

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The Deal of the Century: Leiweke’s Pitch for an NFL Stadium Downtown

Posted on November 5, 2010 by

Honing his narrative Thursday for the big battles that await in the months ahead, super-salesman Tim Leiweke — the shining star of LA’s civic-business-political culture of the last decade — offered the city a deal so fantastically sweet that it … Continue reading →

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