Maryland Stadium Authority

Ravens won't hold another fan event without tickets to control crowds

Ravens officials said Thursday they won't extend an open invitation to fans again without first passing out free tickets, after this week's Super Bowl celebration at M&T Bank Stadium where larger-than-expected crowds amassed and an 11-year-old boy was...

Tags: Anthony W. Batts, Ray Lewis, Ray Rice, Arts and Culture, National Football League

O'Malley, Rawlings-Blake will pay for Super Bowl tickets

Tags: Regional Authority, Services and Shopping, Executive Branch, Super Bowl XLVII, Kevin Kamenetz

Some see Stadium Authority role in school construction

Tags: Ocean City, Thomas V. Mike Miller, Grand Prix of Baltimore, Nathaniel J McFadden, Finance

Watch out for Ravens tickets scammers, BBB says

Watch out, Baltimore Ravens fans. High demand for tickets for Sunday's playoff game against the Indianapolis Colts will likely bring out scammers, the Better Business Bureau of Greater Maryland warned today. "Fans in a frenzy for last-minute tickets...

Tags: Services and Shopping, Indianapolis Colts, Craigslist, Inc., PayPal, Inc., eBay Inc.

Some see role for stadium authority in school plan

Some Baltimore legislators, determined to win state approval for the city's ambitious plan to launch a $2.4 billion, 10-year overhaul of its aging school facilities, are considering bringing in the Maryland Stadium Authority to provide construction...

Tags: Ocean City, Regional Authority, Thomas V. Mike Miller, Crime, Law and Justice, Executive Branch

Young re-invited to mayor's Ravens skybox

The Baltimore Sun

Unlike last year, Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake and City Council President Bernard C. "Jack" Young watched Sunday's home Ravens playoff game in apparent harmony. The Sun photographed Rawlings-Blake and Young proudly displaying their team spirit in...

Tags: Bernard C. Young, Elections, Stephanie Rawlings-Blake, Politics

SMG again wins bid to operate 1st Mariner Arena

Current operator SMG is the winning bidder for a new five-year contract to run 1st Mariner Arena and oversee its potential renaming, according to a memo from the city's top purchasing agent. SMG's proposal awaits approval by the Baltimore Board of...

Tags: Philadelphia (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania), Corporate Officers, 1st Mariner Arena, Companies and Corporations, First Mariner Bancorp

NFL games will bring economic boost to Maryland

The Ravens and Redskins will host playoff games Sunday, about 30 miles and 31/2 hours apart. Hosting two of the NFL's four playoff games in Maryland offers something of an economic double shot for the state. The games bring an increase in local taxes,...

Tags: Corporate Officers, Services and Shopping, Indianapolis Colts, FedEx Field, AFC Championship Game

CAA to move men's basketball tournament to Baltimore, sources say

The Baltimore Sun

The Colonial Athletic Association is bringing its postseason men’s basketball tournament to Baltimore, two league sources told The Baltimore Sun. According to one of the sources, the tournament will be held at 1st Mariner Arena beginning in 2013-...

Tags: Northeastern Huskies, 1st Mariner Arena, Old Dominion Monarchs, Virginia Commonwealth Rams, George Mason Patriots

New stadium idea pitched

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Hagerstown Suns majority owner Bruce Quinn finally spoke publicly Tuesday about his intentions, outlining a concept proposal for a stadium facility that would keep the ball club in Hagerstown for decades to come. Speaking to Mayor David S. Gysberts...

Stadium questions loom in Hagerstown, Annapolis

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When Hagerstown’s mayor requested state funding for a proposed multiuse stadium earlier this year, the reply wasn’t rosy. In August, T. Eloise Foster, the state’s budget secretary, wrote back to then-Mayor Robert E. Bruchey II,...

Tags: Regional Authority, Maryland General Assembly, Executive Branch, Local Elections, John P Donoghue

Hagerstown gets state advice on stadium options

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Maryland Stadium Authority officials have been to Hagerstown to advise the city on plans for a new or refurbished baseball stadium, authority Executive Director Michael J. Frenz said Wednesday. Frenz and Gary A. McGuigan, a project executive for the...

Tags: Baseball