On Thursday night, just days before the Bucs’ home opener, two pee-wee youth football teams ran out of the tunnel at Raymond James Stadium and played a scrimmage on an NFL field under the lights.Their pint-sized game was used as a dress rehearsal for the huge new video boards in both end zones of the
It couldn’t be less Hollywood as Brian Grant squints from the top of the stadium’s aged concrete steps. A deep marine layer dulls the sky and covers views of the famous sign. All Grant can see is a decades-long to-do list. Inside the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, all is quiet except for the tiny cardinal and gold
The stories of NFL games at the Coliseum are legendary, but not the nostalgic kind that fans remember fondly. Fights in the stands broke out like brush fires, so frequent and so spirited in those old Los Angeles Raiders days that players would turn around on the sidelines to watch the action in the seats. “Raider fans
The seats creak and the rows are so narrow that Rams fans might find their knees in position to do duty for the cup-holders that they won’t find in their armrests. The low entrance tunnels feel like they were built for hobbits. The Rams return Sunday to Los Angeles to the same stadium they left 37 years
NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell visited U.S. Bank Stadium during its construction in November 2015 and expected grand things. After strolling through multiple areas — from clubs and suites spaces to upper bowl seats — of the 1.75-million-square-foot sparkling facility before the Vikings hosted the Packers in the first regular-season game on NBC’s Sunday Night Football, Goodell
An oversight committee has voted in favor of spending $750 million in public money to help pay for a Las Vegas NFL stadium. The Southern Nevada Tourism Infrastructure Committee met today to make a decision on whether the plan should move forward on the $1.9 billion stadium. The cost of the stadium will be split between Sheldon
Not every NFL stadium revolves around a Colin Kaepernick controversy. Most attract attention on their own merit. With 20 glistening, über sleek pro football venues modernizing cityscapes in the last 20 years, it’s time to take inventory—a stadium tour. These massive, fan-friendly structures boast monster LED video screens, retractable observatory-style roofs, transparent façades, hybrid turfs,
Amid rising city costs to cover upgrades, repairs and upkeep of Nashville’s two main professional sports facilities, Metro government is hiring a firm that will explore the condition of both Nissan Stadium and Bridgestone Arena. The Metro Nashville Sports Authority will consider a proposal Thursday from Mayor Megan Barry’s administration to pay $355,000 to hire Venue
As the Rams prepare for their first regular season game representing Los Angeles since 1994 (they take on the 49ers tonight at Levi’s Stadium), work is moving right along on the team’s new stadium in Inglewood. So far, workers have reduced the construction site to a massive pile of dirt. And we mean massive. The nearly
The Buffalo Bills’ home officially has a new moniker. The team announced on Twitter on Thursday morning what’s been reported by a number of media outlets: Ralph Wilson Stadium is becoming New Era Field. While the team declined to disclose the terms of the naming-rights deal, it will last seven years, the team announced in a news