1. Da Bears
With each game watched, confidence and a feeling of power will grow over the individual. They know that the game is meant to be watched with others. As each play is strategically planned and executed the fans are wondered by amazement. .
The father and son duo are looking for more than just a great game played. They want to achieve a bond that only a father and son may share. As stories are passed on from generation to generation, each of them knows they share something in common, a fan of the Chicago Bears. This is one link between two, three, or possibly even four generations that is worth sharing with one another. They all have been raised to root for the same team over the years and also to believe that the Bears might be National Football Champions. With each game attended, there is always a feeling of whether this year will be the year or not. Some feel that this ability to watch the game live is a symbol of success and others should look upon you with envy. Even though this duo of father and son are not concerned with jealousy, thy do look forward to their first steps into the new stadium together. Upon entering the field where this grand battle will take place, the fresh scent of brats and beer fill the air affecting all who pass. When watching the players perfect their final motions and stretch all limbs for agility and power, there is a rush of excitement that circles the crowd. Even though you are surrounded by thousands of others, it seems as though the only people at the game are you and your son. Being able to talk with one another about each player as they pass by is a great feeling in its own way. As quickly as possible, you each scan the field talking in short phrases about as many things as you see. The father may feel that he is fifteen years old again experiencing the same things he did with his father twenty-five years ago. It seems not that long ago after all.
But there are also the stadiums like Gillette that have fully banned smoking and the closest that you can get is 50 feet from the doors. ... You are saving money and being more environmentally safe. ... People might not see how they are saving money, but when you have to pay someone to go around and wasting time pick up all of the cigarette filters that everyone just throws on the ground it seems to take a lot. ... So by not allowing people to smoke in the stadiums would cut down on the people that get secondhand smoke. ... So far Robert Kraft, the owner of the Gillette Stadium and the New Eng...
How can a team with such a long and poor history have such great fan support? The Chicago Cubs deal with losing seasons year after year, but this does not stop their fans from filling the stadium. If you want to know what baseball stadiums were like over ten years ago, make a trip to Chicago and visit Wrigley Field. ... The answer to this matter can only be due to the stadium itself. ... Wrigley Field is one of the few stadiums in the major leagues where fans can step into the game's past and remember what the game used to be like. ...
I can tell you one thing; doctors sure don't risk their health nearly as much as professional athletes do. ... All of the people who work at the stadiums, arenas, and other sports complexes, wouldn't have their jobs if it weren't for the athletes. The peanut vendor at the ballpark, the ticket sellers at the stadium box office, and the security guards at the arena. ... Within Chicago, last year alone, the major sports teams made the city over $100 million in revenue. ... A key factor is how they use their money. ...
Overall Diamond in the Bronx was a well written documentation of the New York Yankees and their accompanying stadium, but more importantly exposes the perils from continued use of public money to build sports stadiums. ... As described "This pastoral setting would more than triple its population between 1900 and 1920. " (Sullivan 36), shows how quickly these changes were taking place. ... As simple economics dictates it does not matter how many people there are in an area, if they have no money to spend, they are considered useless to businesses. ... This new market were even more endear...
Before the Cubs were the beloved blue and red bear that adorns thousands of baseball caps throughout Illinois and the Midwest, they were known as The Chicago White Stockings Base Ball Club or "Chicago White Stockings " for short. ... This brings us to a bright, new decade. ... In 1902, The Chicago Daily news published an article that noted the young, new manager, Frank Selee, of the team and a youth movement, which led them to pin a new nickname on the club. ... I do not know if the name can be credited, but the Cubs proceeded to have their most successful decade in history. ... The three...
There are corporation buying out sports teams, buying stadiums, and buying everything that has to do with sports. ... If this was said in 1999, the boy's mother probably would have said, "Let's go to the store and buy you a baseball glove so you can start to practice." ... Who gets how much of the goods produced? ... We find that the PGA simply watches its game grow richer purses, more television exposure and more people playing golf. ... He said that companies are more demanding, they have a lot more options on how to spend their money." ...
Since they had operated Houlihan's Stadium for so many years they had a base idea on what to charge for such things as tickets and concession items. ... Raymond James Stadium had a project budget of $168.5 million. (3) This budget involves planning out how much you can afford over a certain time period. ... Right outside Raymond James Stadium is Legends Field, which is the New York Yankees spring training stadium. ... By including such things as club seats and luxury suites you can charge people higher prices, while generates more money. ... If they were to...