This is remarkably similar to the shit the NFL is pulling here in Minneapolis where we were "awarded" the Super Bowl in 2018. From the local newspaper:

"Free police escorts for team owners, and 35,000 free parking spaces. Presidential suites at no cost in high-end hotels. Free billboards across the Twin Cities. Guarantees to receive all revenue from the game’s ticket sales — even a requirement for NFL-preferred ATMs at the stadium."

The NFL's secret (secret!) list of specifications runs to 153 pages.

Fuck pro sports and everyone involved.

When "Walking with Dinosaurs" comes to a stadium near you, buy tickets.

Ok, The reality of replacing roads at this point is near impossible. the Gradual replacement makes sense. Consider starting with parking lots.
Parking lots, then the odd connection between parking lots, and then public spaces, (I like the Time Square idea). but the project has huge merit.

Forget about the small time claims, like melting snow. Think of real time uses, like Stadium parking, Shopping Malls, Playgrounds.... Fast food restaurants, Wall Mart Parking lots...

Maybe we should stop replacing stadiums every 10 years and get to work on those bridges that are falling down. Or hell, how much fiber could you string for the cost of one of these?

OH MY GOD Someone film a Zombie movie IN THAT FUCKING STADIUM RIGHT NOW.

Just get some cameras, I'll start on the script, GOGOGOGOGOGO!!!

9 years on the epitaph... What a fucking cruel life it is. I gave some money to a children with cancer collection man before, glad i did.

The wrestling is often hard to watch when not done by people who are really good at what they do. But holy shit some of those guys do things that money can't buy for some of the most vulnerable people. Ok, so that kid didn't get to grow up and live his life and do whatever he wanted to do out in the world, but right there and then at 8 years old he wanted to be a wrestler, and god fucking damned if he didn't get to pin HHH in a stadium in front of a crowd of respected wrestlers!

Most people will never get to do anything remotely like that in their whole lives, but that kid did and i think that counts for something, at least to him, and that's all that matters really. Ok a lot of them are getting paid well and a lot of people profit from the business but the wrestlers do go through a lot of immediate and exponential long term pain, and deliver one of a kind experiences to kids who don't get as long as the rest of us to find and have such experiences.

I think on balance i'm happy to pay for the odd pay per view and watch their adverts. If you can find a way to enjoy it (even ironically) then it's a good way to waste time and money.

Here's another *related=http://videosift.com/video/Beer-Rip-Off-at-Shea-Stadium-when-is-small-really-large

Funny in that video large cups only cost $1.25 more than the small. Funnier still is the stadium's response to that video: "Fans who purchased a 16 oz. beer actually received 20 oz. of beer for the 16 oz. price." So their excuse is "You're getting more beer in your small cup than you think," rather than "You're getting less beer in your large cup than you think."

Way to turn this into positive marketing, but it's just a flat-out lie if the small cup is actually 16 oz.

Beer Rip Off at Qwest Field - when is small really large? has been added as a related post - related requested by lucky760.

WHAT?!? You've never seen American football, or soccer? Multiple refs. Even tennis has multiple referees.
Yes, they can be counted on to do things right because their actions are public. That mirrors the original suggestion that the police video be streamed online publicly in real time. If the refs could turn off the cameras during the game, and make the stadium 'leave the scene and stop interfering', we would likely see just that, infantile backstabbing and/or a striped wall form.
In the US, pay can be crap, but the long hours can mean massive overtime. There are also usually benefits that make up for the (sometimes) mediocre pay.
I agree, they deal mostly with the 'seedy underbelly of society', which is why I think they should spend some time serving the community as part of their job...of course, they are already understaffed and underfunded, so I don't have an answer of how to make that happen. I just think it would give them a better viewpoint of those they 'serve and protect'.
In the US, the fear is of being CAUGHT. That's the only way they face retribution. By sticking up for each other when one commits a crime, it makes being caught nearly impossible.
Yes, because they have authority I feel they have a moral responsibility to wield it responsibly. They should also have a heavy handed legal responsibility, just in case their morals are out of whack.
The only one's I leave out of the blanket condemnation are those willing to stand against their own when their own are wrong...they are seemingly few and far between, but I do admit they exist.

I have to agree, I stupidly bought Duke Nukem Forever thinking there would be at least some attempt at humour. I couldn't be bothered to play past the football stadium which, IIRC, is the first point in the game where you actually shoot something. If I'm wrong, that just goes to prove how boring it was.

Typical Ducks.

This is literally the type of crap you can expect from these students in Autzen Stadium during football games. Except instead of snow imagine dog shit being hurled at you.

I've had my tires slashed in Eugene during a UW/UO basketball game simply for Washington license plates.

Par. For. The. Course.

Eugene sucks donkey balls.

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No one on the field complained, they all thought it was a goal so the ref went with it.

What I want to know is, what first division stadium has a HOLE in the net? This isn't the local park, I've seen High Schools replace nets before games when I ask them to. It's completely ridiculous at that level to have ANY holes in the net whatsoever.

I know, right?! Never seen so many future schizophrenics in one place??
Part mating-ritual, part stadium group-therapy....bet they have a funnel-cake /spay 'n vaccination wagon somewhere close by

Well, it's not an Iranian stadium, but still darn impressive