The Ohio State Univ. Board of Trustees approved a $150M
renovation plan for the university's stadium. The renovated
stadium will have about 98,000 seats, including spots for
3,000 wheelchair users. It will be paid for by proceeds
generated from the stadium, including the sale of leases for
76 new luxury suites (COLUMBUS DISPATCH, 11/8)....The $102M-
renovated Oakland Coliseum Arena opened Saturday as a
sellout crowd of 19,283 attended the T-Wolves-Warriors game.
In San Jose, columnist Bud Geracie, on the renovated arena:
"There's not a bad seat in the house, just a bad team" (SAN
JOSE MERCURY NEWS, 11/9)....In L.A., California Planning and
Development Report Editor William Fulton wrote a commentary
urban benefits of the L.A. Coliseum: "All the things that
drive the NFL crazy about the Coliseum are all the things
that make it a great place for a football stadium. ... The
NFL notwithstanding ... it is possible to use football to
create the same kind of intimate urban experience that
baseball is thriving on these days. In fact, football is
still used this way all over the country"(L.A. TIMES, 11/9).
