"The initial reports are good, but our commitment to ownership is to give a full report back by tomorrow night -- Thursday night -- and that will cover the stadium, the hotel facilities that we will be using, and also the airport" -- NFL Exec VP/Int'l Mark Waller, on the state of Estadio Azteca in Mexico City after this week's earthquake. The site is scheduled to host Patriots-Raiders on Nov. 19 (NFL.com, 9/20).
“It has to happen. As time goes on, to have all these tours competing against each other and having to change dates and this and that, it’s counterproductive” -- Golfer Rory McIlroy, on the possibility of golf’s governing bodies eventually creating a “world tour” (“No Laying Up Podcast,” NOLAYINGUP.com, 9/20).
"We’re obviously also speaking to the mixed martial arts companies and boxing promoters. Our plan is to really blow out the opening and have as much diverse content on as many days as possible" -- Raj Saha, GM of the Bucks' new arena, on being able to host multiple forms of entertainment (POLLSTAR.com, 9/19).
