Construction costs on the new Las Vegas baseball stadium for the former Oakland A’s have ballooned to $2 billion. The Nevada Independent reports the 33,000-capacity stadium was initially budgeted at $1.5 billion, only to be raised last year to $1.75 billion. Team...
A Phil Hall Op-Ed: On this day in 2024, I wrote an op-ed column titled “Stop Using Public Funds to Build Sports Stadiums.” Unfortunately, no one listened to me – in fact, it several cities opted to do the exact opposite of what I suggested. Last week, the Wall Street...
A new office building in Chicago, good news on FHA’s MMI Fund and Nevada teachers fighting against public funding of a baseball stadium. From the wild and wooly world of real estate, here are the hits and misses for the real estate week of Nov. 13-17. Hit: A New...