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Yahoo
3 days ago
- General
- Yahoo
Dodgers reviewing stadium safety after hunk of concrete reportedly falls on Yankees fan
Dodger Stadium was built in 1962 but underwent a major renovation project before the 2020 season. (Harry How / Getty Images) Yankees supporters are accustomed to Dodger Stadium being hostile ground, but being hit by a chunk of concrete falling from the stadium ceiling is beyond what fans steel themselves to encounter. That is indeed what one Yankees fan says happened to him at Friday's Dodgers-Yankees game. Advertisement Ricardo Aquino of Mexico City told the Athletic via a translator that a piece of the ceiling hit him in the back while he was seated in the top deck of the stadium during the third inning of the game. A photo showed the piece to be roughly the size of a baseball. Aquino said he was in pain but applied an ice pack and soldiered on through the rest of the game, which the Dodgers ultimately won, 8-5, the news outlet reported. A day later, a piece of concrete netting was installed in the area of the ceiling in the Section 10 reserve where the incident was reported, The Times confirmed. "We had professionals and experts at Dodger Stadium this past weekend to examine the facility and ensure its safety," Dodgers spokesperson Ally Salvage told The Times. "We will also be undertaking a longer-term review." Advertisement Dodger Stadium, which opened in 1962, is the oldest Major League Baseball stadium west of the Mississippi and the third oldest in the nation, after Fenway Park in Boston and Wrigley Field in Chicago — both of which have also experienced issues with aging concrete. Read more: Dodger Stadium timeline: Key moments in the stadium's 60-year history In July 2004, there were three reports of chunks of concrete tumbling from the upper deck at Wrigley Field, prompting the Chicago Cubs to install protective netting and review stadium infrastructure, according to the Associated Press. A major $100-million renovation project was completed at Dodger Stadium before the 2020 season. It included a new center field plaza with food and entertainment areas, more elevators and new bridges allowing fans to walk the entire perimeter of the stadium from any level inside the venue. Advertisement More renovations were completed in advance of this year's season, this time focused on upgrading the clubhouse. Sign up for Essential California for news, features and recommendations from the L.A. Times and beyond in your inbox six days a week. This story originally appeared in Los Angeles Times.
Yahoo
10-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
I'm just LeBarbie - LeBron James gets his own Barbie Doll
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - AUGUST 19: LeBron James of the Los Angeles Lakers waves to the crowd during the game against the Miami Marlins on LeBron James bobblehead night at Dodger Stadium on August 19, 2023 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by) (Harry How via Getty Images) Hey Collectors, LeBron James has one more checkmark on his side of the NBA 🐐 ledger- first male athlete to get the Ken Doll treatment. Earlier this week Mattel announced that James would become a Kenbassador (their term, not ours), with his signature doll hitting store shelves April 14th for $75. Mattel did LBJ right, putting his doll in a pair of Nike's, with an AP Royal Oak on his wrist and a pair of Beats headphones in his hands. Pre-sales of the doll are already flipping for 3x the purchase price ( Buy on eBay ). Advertisement Of course, that's not the only figurine catching the eye of collectors and resellers this week… It turns out the most unexpected star of The Masters collectible universe isn't a signed Tiger Woods ball or an original 1934 badge — it's a gnome. Since Augusta National began selling Masters-themed gnomes in 2016 for under $50, they've transformed into one of the hottest resale items in the golf memorabilia world. The 2016 edition now commands thousands online ( Buy on eBay ), with newer releases regularly flipping for hundreds. Their limited availability, quirky annual designs, and a dash of Augusta mystique have turned them into must-haves for collectors. BTW — with The Masters starting today, Mantel's Keegan Wagner has some golfers, and their trading cards, worth keeping an eye on. You can read it here . AUGUSTA, GEORGIA - APRIL 07: A view of a Masters Gnome being carried by a patron during a practice round prior to the 2025 Masters Tournament at Augusta National Golf Club on April 07, 2025 in Augusta, Georgia. (Photo by) (Richard Heathcote via Getty Images) If you want to really rile up someone who grew up in the 90s, send 'em your ranking of Sports Illustrated for Kids cards. Mike Metzler ran through the most important cards ever torn from the magazine, and it didn't take long to see rebuttals pop up on Mantel , including one in this week's Mail Day . In a delightful twist on traditional trading card games, the children of Kawara, Japan have gone all-in on collecting local legends — quite literally. The viral Ojisan TCG swaps out dragons and superheroes for the real-life middle-aged men of the Saidosho community, with favorites like 'Firewall' Mr. Honda and 'All-Rounder' Mr. Fujii gaining cult hero status. Originally created to bridge generations, the hand-made cards have turned civic volunteers into hometown celebrities, complete with shiny card upgrades for real-world good deeds. For ¥500, you might just pull a holographic soba master — and maybe, make a new role model too. On the heels of Alex Ovechkin's record-breaking 895th goal, a wave of hockey memorabilia has hit the spotlight, starting with the stick of Ilya Sorokin, the Islanders goalie Ovi scored on. While Sorokin gave up the goal and his equipment, Budweiser gifted the 28 netminders Ovechkin never scored on commemorative cans of beer . And Topps quickly dropped a 10-sticker NOW set ($29.99) tracking Ovechkin's milestone goals, where buyers can chase rare parallels. Meanwhile, the 1994 Rolls-Royce Corniche IV gifted to Wayne Gretzky after he passed Gordie Howe with goal No. 802, is heading to auction, with a pre-sale estimate of nearly $900K. A man has pleaded guilty to a long-running fake memorabilia scheme that spanned nearly a decade. Anthony Tremayne admitted to selling between $250K and $550K worth of forged items, including fake autographs from stars across sports and entertainment — think Kobe, Prince, even the Kardashians. He allegedly used bogus certificates of authenticity to back his forgeries and even duped an undercover FBI agent. His plea deal reduces the charges to a single count of mail fraud, but he still faces up to 20 years in federal prison. Your collection deserves a community. Download Mantel and subscribe to the Above the Mantel newsletter today.
Boston Globe
17-02-2025
- Business
- Boston Globe
The Intuit Dome in Inglewood, Calif., is a spectacular creation and fan experience. Could that happen in Boston for the Celtics?
Advertisement The Celtics are for sale and Get Starting Point A guide through the most important stories of the morning, delivered Monday through Friday. Enter Email Sign Up Would a new Celtics owner build a new arena? Share WATCH: The C's could leave TD Garden. Business columnist, associate editor, and 'Say More' podcast host Shirley Leung talked to current owner Wyc Grousbeck. Although Celtics ownership flourishes because the team's worth continues to increase they don't own TD Garden. It's owned by Delaware North, which is one of the reasons the Intuit Dome is not only the basketball home of the Clippers, it also houses a practice facility, team offices, a 5,000 square-foot team store, a full-size outdoor basketball court that can be used by the public, a gigantic halo board, USB charging outlets in every seat, concession stands that are accessible by the arena app, with more than 1,100 toilets and urinals (three times the league arena average) because Ballmer did not want fans to miss any game action. Advertisement The bathrooms lack mirrors because Ballmer did not want fans missing much game action. The arena also features 'The Wall,' a college-type 51-row backdrop of Clippers fans (no visiting team attire allowed) behind the basket nearest the visiting bench. INGLEWOOD, CALIFORNIA - FEBRUARY 04: Fans cheer from the Wall, a 51-row backdrop of Clippers fans behind the basket nearest the visiting bench. Harry How/Getty Bill Hanway is the executive vice president and global Social Infrastructure and Sports Leader at AECOM, the designers for the Intuit Dome. He is familiar with Boston, holding his Master's degree in Architecture from the Harvard University Graduate School of Design. He said Ballmer wanted the Clippers as the arena's primary tenant. 'The most critical part [of building Intuit Dome] was the total commitment from Steve in terms of developing every part of the design and being very clear about his primary visions for the building,' Hanway told the Globe. 'In the [potential] new Boston Garden, if the Bruins and Celtics are going to play there, and it wants to be a concert venue on top of all that, it was different than Steve's vision because he wanted a basketball-first arena. We can't get a hockey footprint in there. On the positive side, it allowed us to have that super-intense bowl and build things like 'The Wall.' 'So the foundations of a building are very different if you start with a hockey footprint versus a basketball footprint, so that's one of the big decisions the client needs to make.' Another aspect of Intuit Dome in comparison to other arenas is the halo scoreboard. Advertisement The halo scoreboard above the court at Intuit Dome. Harry How/Getty 'TD Garden did a big renovation in 2014 with Daktronics putting in that new scoreboard, and that is probably in the neighborhood of 8,000 square feet of LED,' Hanway said. 'The [Intuit Dome] is 40,000 feet of LEDs. And it's all 4K and because of the size of that scoreboard, it has to be designed into that structure from the very beginning.' Finding land for a potential Boston arena will be a challenge. Hanway said his company had to remove an entire street in Inglewood to create enough space for the project. And while arenas such as 'The buildings that were built in the mid-90s have less emotional appeal, I would say, than other locations,' Hanway said. 'When players and fans travel to new places to see what is available, that starts to trigger a different type of response. So renovations of '90s buildings are perfectly reasonable but it gets to the point where adding more money to that renovation may not make the flip to meeting fan experiences. In general, the idea of the fan experience where you can buy an 85-inch television and have a comfortable couch and have your kitchen right next to you and have everything, we now have to provide something that is substantially better than that.' Danyson Tavares is a Boston native, Celtics season ticket-holder and the executive director for the Boston Society of Architecture and he has been mulling ideas for a new arena. Tavares traveled to see Sacramento's Golden 1 Center, also designed by Hanway and AECOM, and got a first-hand experience at what some of the league's newest venues have to offer. Advertisement Tavares said the plot of land owned by the Post Office in Boston's Seaport would be the optimal location for a new arena. The exterior of Intuit Dome, the Clippers' home arena in Inglewood, Calif. Ronald Martinez/Getty 'It's a massive space and very close to the Seaport development,' he said. 'The biggest question about that is understanding the plan of what is the feasibility of building around here. I know there's a lot of concern, especially at the BSA when we talk about how long are we building for? What Ballmer did so well in LA is thinking about the effect of building on the climate. Mayor Wu has talked about this openly, but the buildings in the city, they account for almost 78 percent of our carbon emissions. 'Anybody building in this time has to consider those. All of these equity things I think would be important in whoever's going to develop that … think about all those nuances.' With Boston being the hub for many scholars and innovators, the city's bright minds could collaborate on a state-of-the-art venue that could serve as a peer of the Intuit Dome. There likely would be several obstacles to finding the proper land, to having the city and state approve the project, but cities such as Los Angeles, Philadelphia, Oklahoma City, and Washington have built new arenas, have stadium projects in the works, or are investing in renovations. 'There's a real opportunity here, especially with all the architects, to think about if a thing is situated by the water, how does this building actually contribute positively to the ecosystem of the city,' Tavares said. 'The Celtics have a real opportunity to really think about this process being driven by the community, all of the experts in the city and really make something that represents the city. I have to admit, MIT, Harvard, we've got the strongest people in the country, right? This is a real opportunity for this thing to have some things folks aren't even thinking about. Being a consumer and a Celtic fan for my whole life, all of it is really, really exciting.' Advertisement Tavares said he felt a 'wow' feeling walking into Golden 1 Center because of the design and architecture, something many arenas built in the 1990s lack, despite renovations. A view of the exterior of TD Garden. David L. Ryan 'The TD Garden has struggled with the 'wayfinding,' how do you get into a space and they did a little better job of building up that big stairs and escalator so there's a ceremonial entrance into the building, which I think is super important because you want to be, 'wow,' ' Tavares said. 'You want to have that core memory. When you think about the TD Garden, there really isn't a spectacle quality to it. It's a very standard experience. Everybody talks about that new LA arena because of that wall. 'When you think about that new Boston arena, what are we bringing to the table that is very different, that has never been seen? I don't know. This thing has to be in Boston, in the city, and it's got to celebrate the hoop culture of the city. Creating a place where people can go even when the game is not happening. We spend a lot of time and energy to build these stadiums and they're only activated when things are happening inside.' Tavares and Hanway agreed that the next goal of any architect or designer of a major sports venue is to top the Intuit Dome because it is the most innovative venue, possibly in the world. That would serve as the ultimate challenge for any new owner. 'Thinking about the Boston Celtics, that might be the most interesting request for proposal for whoever decides to think about this building I think in sports history, other than the Cowboys [AT&T] Stadium,' Tavares said. 'This would be the thing everybody would be chasing, because of the history. It would be huge. I think it could happen.' Is anyone afraid of the Celtics? Share WATCH: Columnist Gary Washburn says despite some recent wins, nobody is sweating the defending champs right now. Gary Washburn is a Globe columnist. He can be reached at
