Stadia

The Fox Group and NFL have held preliminary discussions to move the Los Angeles Dodgers to a new baseball stadium built next to the Coliseum, the Los Angeles Times reported Tuesday.

Wembley plc, the gaming and leisure operator, has announced another year of record profits.

Villa Park, home of English Premier League soccer club Aston Villa, will be expanded to a 50,000 all-seater stadium if plans for its redevelopment are given the go-ahead.

The group of investors that won the bidding war to buy SkyDome Corp., home of baseball's Toronto Blue Jays, is having to dig deeper into their own pockets to pay the $80-million price tag.

A $250 million grand plan for Australia's MCG, including a hotel and television studio, have been unveiled.

Irish property developer Jim Mansfield said he was considering plans to build a circuit capable of staging a Formula One grand prix in Dublin.

The on-going debate over the bidding countries for the 2006 soccer World Cup will spill over into a conference to take place at the home of English Premier League club Chelsea next month.

English Premier League soccer champions Arsenal has announced a #12million ($20m) sponsorship deal with Japanese video game giants Sega.

The St. Petersburg Baltiisky Bank has extended a $5.5-million loan to the Dvorets Sporta company for the construction of a sports complex for the hockey championship scheduled for the spring of 2000 in St. Petersburg.

Ireland's state-owned Telecom Eireann is set to pay IR#11 million for the naming rights to a planned 45,000-seat soccer stadium in southwest Dublin.

The Sydney Morning Herald has reported that Olympic organisers are considering moving the proposed beach volleyball venue from Bondi Beach, in east Sydney's.

The Davis Cup Centennial Celebration quarter-final tie between the United States and Australia at the Longwood Cricket Club this summer sold out in a lightning-quick 81 minutes, the USTA said.

A multi-million pound deal has been signed to build a new stadium in Doncaster, England, to house the town's football and rugby league teams.

The National Football League's owners will evaluate a new $800 million offer for the Washington Redskins and their stadium at in Atlanta on May 25-26, NFL spokesman Greg Aiello said.

Hundreds of Cuban exiles will protest when the Baltimore Orioles host a Cuban national team May 3 in a historic baseball series between teams from longtime political foes the United States and Cuba.

Among the diverse voices at this weeks Interactive Sports West 1999 Conference in Los Angeles Mark Cuban's stood out.