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Join host Aaron Dante for a special live edition of the No Pix After Dark Podcast, recorded from Preakness 150 at the historic Pellicle Racecourse in Baltimore. In this episode, Aaron talks to business and tourism leaders about the significant economic impact of the Preakness festival and its importance to the city and state. Discover insights from key figures, including the Maryland First Lady Dawn Moore, Craig Thompson Chairman of the Maryland Stadium Authority, Maryland State Comptroller Brooke Lierman and Al Hutchinson President and CEO of Visit Baltimore , on how the Preakness Festival is shaping the future of commerce and community. Explore the spirit of the Preakness Festival through exciting events, fashion, and the vibrant culture that attracts visitors and showcases Baltimore's charm. The episode highlights the festival's unique role in bringing people together and promoting Baltimore worldwide. Whether you're drawn by elite horse racing, community events, or the allure of historic Park Heights, you'll learn why Preakness 150 is a momentous occasion deserving global attention.

As the ink was drying on the new Maryland Stadium Authority deal with John Angelos and the Baltimore Orioles, former MSA chairman Tom Kelso joins Nestor for a primer on a new stadium deal at Camden Yards and what it means for the fans, the citizens and the team. A compelling stop on the Maryland Crab Cake Tour for the holidays at Weis Markets at Honeygo in Perry Hall. The post Former MSA chairman Tom Kelso joins Nestor for a primer on new stadium deal at Camden Yards first appeared on Baltimore Positive WNST.

If you left a pair of three-year olds in the middle of a room with a bowl full of finger paints and told them to have at it, they could hardly make more of a mess than Maryland Gov. Wes Moore and Orioles CEO John Angelos have with negotiations for a new Camden Yards lease. The stage was set Friday for an announcement that the two sides had hammered out an actual flesh-and-blood agreement that would bind the Birds to Baltimore for the next 30 years. By day's end, Moore had to put the deal on hold as State Senate President Bill Ferguson threw a monkey wrench into the proceedings with questions, if not flat out objections, about key parts of the lease. And so, with now less than three weeks before the end of the Orioles' original contract with the state for use of arguably the best ballpark in America, we seem to be back at square one with no firm commitment from the team to stay. Surely you remember the October night the team clinched an American League East title for the first time in nine years when Angelos and Moore partied from a sky suite like it was 1979, when the club was regularly winning titles. The video board flashed a message to the sellout crowd that the team, Moore and the Maryland Stadium Authority had quote agreed to a deal that will keep the Orioles in Baltimore and at Camden Yards for at least the next 30 years unquote. Come to find out that what we were all sold that night was verbal apple sauce. What the parties actually agreed to was a memorandum of understanding, a kind of oral agreement to agree, which sounded nice, but not at all binding. In a statement Friday, Ferguson, whose district includes Oriole Park, said he had issues with the notion that the long term occupancy of the stadium would be contingent on granting the Orioles a 99-year ground lease to develop the land around the park. That mind-numbing concession comes in addition to the idea that the Orioles will get the use of $600 million in state bonds to refurbish Camden Yards once Angelos signs any lease. Ferguson is also said to have been troubled by a supposed provision that would have allowed the club to abandon the lease in 10 years, not 30. Any lease would have to be approved by the stadium authority and the state Board of Public Works, where one seat is held by Moore, and the other two by state Comptroller Brooke Lierman and state Treasurer Derrick Davis, who is selected by the legislature. It is stunning, but not surprising that Angelos, who has pledged to keep the Orioles here as long as Fort McHenry overlooks the city, would think he could extract such unbelievable concessions. Likewise, it's amazing that Moore would not have run this by Ferguson or House Speaker Adrienne Jones or other key legislators to see if this turkey would fly. The governor and Angelos have a couple of weeks to clean up the mess they've made. Orioles fans and the people of Maryland deserve no less. And that's how I see it for this week. You can reach us via email with your questions and comments at Sports at Large at gmail.com. And follow me on Threads and Twitter at Sports at Large. Until next week, for all of us here, I'm Milton Kent. Thanks for listening and enjoy the games.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Maryland Stadium Authority and the Baltimore Orioles came to an agreement on terms for a lease extension.  We discuss what's in it for the taxpayers of Maryland, and react to Gov. Moore's presser on the topic. Fromer MSA Chair, Tom Kelso joins the program for a conversation on the agreement. We also discussed the Baltimore Ravens and the betterment of the team this season and the future.  We also discuss the not-guilty verdict of a security guard charged with killing a person in an altercation.

As the silence from Annapolis continues and the "negotiation" between the Maryland Stadium Authority and John Angelos enters the 11th hour with no Orioles lease at Oriole Park at Camden Yards for 2024, Nestor Aparicio updates Dennis Koulatsos on the facts he's learned about the deal and "Memorandum Of Understanding" that would disband the Maryland Stadium Authority and gift a whole bunch of valuable land and full power to the Angelos family. The post Nestor Aparicio updates Dennis Koulatsos on facts he's learned about stadium negotiation and Maryland Stadium Authority first appeared on Baltimore Positive WNST.

A few weeks ago, the Baltimore Orioles and the Maryland Stadium Authority announced a “Memorandum of Understanding” that would extend the team's lease at Camden Yards and provide state money for redevelopment of the area around the stadium. And, last week, plans to reimagine another Baltimore landmark, Harborplace, were announced by local developer David Bramble of MCB Real Estate. Tom's next guest is an urban planner on the faculty of Morgan State University. Dr. Daniel Campo is the Chair of the Department of Graduate Built Environment Studies and the Director of Morgan's Graduate Program in City and Regional Planning at the School of Architecture and Planning. He's also the author of the upcoming book, Postindustrial DIY: Recovering American Rustbelt Icons… Dr. Campo joins us on Zoom…Email us at midday@wypr.org, tweet us: @MiddayWYPR, or call us at 410-662-8780.

Nestor Aparicio tells Dennis Koulatsos what he's learned about the Orioles intentions for Camden Yards and the downtown area. And he doesn't like anything about the facts he's uncovered and the legitimate people with knowledge who are speaking out about the future of our city and who will control the future of the complex and the Maryland Stadium Authority. The post Nestor Aparicio tells Dennis Koulatsos what he's learned about Orioles intentions for Camden Yards first appeared on Baltimore Positive WNST.

No matter what this October portends for the Orioles, the immediate and perhaps extended future appears to hold considerable promise for the franchise. Here's hoping Baltimore baseball fans get to experience the joy of rooting for a championship-caliber team in person at Camden Yards after suffering through such a miserable past couple of decades or so. Now, you're probably asking ‘where's this guy been?' More than usual, that is. Didn't he hear that the Orioles and the state of Maryland have locked arms on a 30-year lease to keep the Birds in Baltimore deep into this century? Wasn't that our new governor, Wes Moore, in the owner's box the night the team clinched the American League East, yucking it up with Orioles CEO John Angelos, as the new deal was announced? That was the conclusion that we were supposed to draw from all that hoopla. But, as our good friends in Public Enemy admonished us so many years ago, don't believe the hype. Indeed, the very next morning, we found out that the impression we were left with, that five years of protracted negotiations between the Maryland Stadium Authority and the Orioles had come to an end with the Birds agreeing to stay in their nest for the next three decades was a false one. Instead of signing a binding lease, the two parties entered into a memorandum of understanding, the legal equivalent of one of those promise rings folks give and receive before engagement and marriage. Not a lot is known about what's in this MOU. The two sides have kept things close to the vest, especially since Moore took office and installed Craig Thompson as the MSA chairman. We don't know whether Thompson or Moore, who has a friendship with Angelos, is the principal negotiator. We don't know when the MOU will be replaced with an actual lease or how long the negotiations will go on. Everything about this process has been out of the public sunlight. In fact, things have been so private that MSA members reportedly agreed to the MOU in a phone call and not in a public meeting. The Baltimore Banner reported that Thompson called each of the members of the authority and got their approval, which he deems to be legal. And perhaps it is, but it sure doesn't seem like the way business should be done. Not when the Orioles can receive up to $600 million in state bonds to renovate their 30-year old ballpark. Not when the Orioles will be freed from the requirement that they pay rent for Oriole Park, as one of the terms in the MOU seems to indicate, in exchange for taking over management of the park. Not when the club would apparently get the right to develop some of the land around the stadium, a potentially lucrative chit. So far, Moore has been publicly seen in an Orioles jersey, but hasn't been heard uttering much more than platitudes about what happens next in terms of getting his buddy John Angelos to put actual pen and ink to that 30-year lease. A promise ring or MOU is nice. A marriage contract, or, in this case, a lease, would be better. And that's how I see it for this week. You can reach us via email with your questions and comments at Sports at Large at gmail.com. And follow me on Threads and X, formerly known as Twitter, at Sports at Large. Until next week, for all of us here, I'm Milton Kent. Thanks for listening and enjoy the games.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Dear John Angelos, How ya doing? Seriously, how are you feeling these days? It doesn't stink to be you, lately, not by a longshot. And yet, you seem to be doing your best Eyesore impersonation by casting a pall on the situation, publicly and apparently privately. In theory, it must be great to be the CEO of the Baltimore Orioles. Your team is the toast of the baseball world, riding high atop the toughest division in the game and you are a pen stroke away from $600 million in state funds. But while every Orioles fan is breathlessly awaiting a playoff run in October, he or she is also anxiously waiting for you to sign a new long term lease that binds the Birds to Camden Yards well into the future. You let the first deadline to sign a five-year extension pass in February, theoretically, to continue negotiating with the Maryland Stadium Authority. The current lease expires December 31 and you can take the team anywhere you want after that. Surely you know, John, that sports fans in this town have a particular paranoia, entirely justified, when it comes to their teams coming and going. They've watched the Bullets and Colts bolt Baltimore for other locales, leaving the city high and dry. It's the hook of civic pride your father, Peter, used 30 years ago when he convened a group to buy the Orioles out of bankruptcy court from Eli Jacobs. The idea was that a group of Baltimore-based investors would do everything it could to keep their Birds here. Perhaps it's to keep leverage that is keeping you from signing a lease that would do just that. Of course, saying that doesn't give you the benefit of the doubt, but then, you haven't done or said much recently to earn that. To wit, you reportedly held up negotiations to get a more favorable partner, namely the new governor, Wes Moore, your buddy, to whose campaign you made a sizable contribution. In January and again during spring training, you promised to open the team's books so the public could assess the Orioles' financial situation, the one where the team's payroll is $70 million, 28th out of 30 Major League clubs. That hasn't happened, yet, you told the New York Times last week that a team should quote live within your means and within your market unquote. You added that without favorable financial terms, the Orioles would have to raise prices dramatically to keep young stars like Adley Rutschman or Gunnar Henderson. What you've left out is that the Orioles took in $264 million in revenues last year, according to Statista. Yes, it's dramatically less than the Yankees and Red Sox, their Eastern Division rivals, but not exactly chopped liver. Those numbers are bound to rise this year, what with higher attendance, which leads to more ticket revenue. And a new lease would bring an infusion of those state funds to renovate Camden Yards. Let me close this letter with a few words of friendly advice: Do us all a favor. Sign the lease. And if that's not enough to get you feeling better, take the next step: Sell the club. It will relieve stress on everyone, most of all you. And that's how I see it for this week. You can reach us via email with your questions and comments at Sports at Large at gmail.com. And follow me on Threads and Twitter at Sports at Large. Until next week, for all of us here, I'm Milton Kent. Thanks for listening and enjoy the games.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

It takes a special quality to thumb your nose at a city, a state and a culture to hold out for just what you want just the way you want it. Call it persistence. Call it self-confidence. Call it arrogance. Whatever it is, Orioles CEO John Angelos has it in abundance. That quality has been on display for quite some time in the Angelos family, John's father, Peter, a supremely gifted attorney and the longtime chairman of the Orioles, never suffered fools gladly. Peter Angelos made it clear that during his working life and in his time as the chief executive of the Orioles that he knew what he wanted and would do what it took to get it, even at the expense of his image. I witnessed it first-hand 27 years ago when the contract of Orioles radio announcer Jon Miller was coming to an end. Miller, who is on the short list of the most gifted play-by-play men in baseball broadcast history, was beloved in this city and dearly wanted to stay. But Peter Angelos decided that Miller's on-air work wasn't sycophantic enough. He told me that he wanted Miller to quote bleed a little black and orange unquote, those being the Orioles' team colors. Miller bolted for San Francisco, where he has been ever since. His departure cast a pall over the reputation of all who have followed him in the booth. Flash forward to the present day where John Angelos is in charge. Another gifted Orioles announcer, Kevin Brown, apparently ran afoul of the boss Bird by having the temerity to express that the team hadn't played well recently in Tampa and with facts to back it up. For that, he was suspended for two weeks. We say apparently because, unlike his father, John Angelos didn't step forward to claim his handiwork, leaving it for others to surmise, given the family history, that he was offended by Brown's trip to the land of truthfulness. The team's attempt to stifle honest dialogue, though universally condemned in and out of town, could have been waived away as, well, just weird if not for revelations about the ongoing negotiations to get the Birds to commit to Baltimore long term. The city's major newspapers traded reporting about dealings between John Angelos and the Maryland Stadium Authority, which owns Oriole Park. First, the Baltimore Sun reported that John Angelos halted negotiations until the new Maryland governor, Wes Moore, took office in January. The clear implication was that Moore, who received campaign contributions from John Angelos, would treat the club more fairly. The paper later added that Thomas Kelso, the former stadium authority director, accused Angelos and Moore of keeping him in the dark about negotiations. The Baltimore Banner reported that John Angelos has tried to extract more money as well as land from the state above the $600 million the club will get in bonds for stadium renovations once it signs a long term lease. If the Orioles sign a new lease before the December 31 expiration date, all of this may be forgotten. But history suggests that John Angelos probably isn't done putting into practice the lessons he's learned from his father. And that's how I see it for this week. You can reach us via email with your questions and comments at Sports at Large at gmail.com. And follow me on Threads and Twitter at Sports at Large. Until next week, for all of us here, I'm Milton Kent. Thanks for listening and enjoy the games.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

How about this guy, super lawyer, author of several childrens books, educated in Maryland's Public School system, he's a Terp for Life!  He serves on multiple Boards at the University of Maryland, he Chaired Gov. Wes Moore's campaign and is now the Board Chair of the Maryland Stadium Authority.  Ladies and Gentlemen, Rev Al and I are thrilled to open up Season #3 with Craig Thompson. We talk about everything, and it was a true pleasure to get to know this incredible man.  He wanted to teach his young daughter about diversity and there wasn't enough material focused on diversity so a simple concept of ABC's resulted in the publishing of two childrens books focused on the ABC's of African American Inventors and Afrtican American History.  He also wrote a chapter in a book called the Life and Death of Tupac Shakur, how's that for cool. He sees problems and he fixes them, he sees challenges and he overcomes them, he sees holes he fills them.  Born to a single working mother, whom he talks about with such reverance it's no wonder he's been able to achieve all that he has acheived.  He's keeping it simple, be a great son, be a great father and be a great husband.  What's going on with Craig Thompson?  Come along for a ride and get to know this incredible Baltimoreon as he embarks on a new journey at the Maryland Stadium Authority, an organization that's got a lot of balls in the air.  His collective experience will be great for the citizens of our great state.  Amazing organizations need amazing leaders, MSA just landed Craig Thompson, what a catch! Thanks Craig, for all you do for our Community.  The Rev and I can't think of a better way to kick off our latest Season with great conversations like this one to take us through the New Year!   Here we go.....10...9...8...7...6.......      

Maryland's new governor is wasting no time establishing himself as the state's fan-in-chief. Last Friday, there was Wes Moore with his wife, Dawn, and their kids at the Maryland women's basketball team's first round NCAA tournament game against Holy Cross. After the game, Moore and his family made their way into the Terps' locker room, where he proclaimed that the team was quote making us all proud unquote, adding that quote the whole state is going to go on this ride with you unquote. While that visit to College Park was undoubtedly significant, it frankly paled in comparison to a trip Moore made out of state earlier in the month. In his first foray out of Maryland as governor, Moore went to the Atlanta area to take a tour of the Braves' six-year-old stadium complex. Accompanied by Orioles' chairman John Angelos and Craig Thompson, the new chair of the Maryland Stadium Authority, Moore looked around the Braves' facility. He also got a look at an adjacent development with restaurants, shops and a music venue. It's believed that that area, called the Battery, is a model for what Angelos wants the space around Camden Yards to look like. Angelos reportedly wants to develop the area around the park into an entertainment area and the stadium authority can borrow up to $1.2 billion in bonds for stadium improvements including presumably for projects like this. There is a catch, however. The bonds can only be borrowed if the Orioles and Ravens each sign long term leases for their respective taxpayer-owned facilities. The Ravens have ponied up for 15 years in January, leaving the Orioles to sign. Angelos has publicly said that the club will not leave Baltimore, but last month, the club missed an opportunity to extend their lease by five years. The lease expires at the end of the season. Giving Angelos the benefit of the doubt that the Orioles will stay, we are left to wonder what the holdup is. Could it be that the team is attempting to wring every possible dollar out of the ballpark that is the model facility in Major League Baseball? Well, there's word that the club is shopping out naming rights to Oriole Park, presumably to affix a corporate moniker on a facility that has gone without since it opened in 1992. Add that to the 37 years the Birds played at Memorial Stadium and it would be 68 seasons that a Baltimore baseball team has operated at a ballpark that didn't have a bank or internet company or insurance firm on its marquee. While the Orioles have every right to a profit, that right comes with an obligation to fans to put some of those dollars back into the team. Don't forget that the Orioles paid less in salary to players on their roster last year than pitcher Max Scherzer alone received from the New York Mets. This despite receiving significant income from the TV channel they hold a majority stake in. If nothing else, when it comes to the Orioles, Wes Moore needs to be less fan in chief and more chief watchdog, ensuring fans and taxpayers get more bang for their bucks. And that's how I see it for this week. You can reach us via email with your questions and comments at Sports at Large at gmail.com. And follow me on Twitter at Sports at Large. Until next week, for all of us here, I'm Milton Kent. Thanks for listening and enjoy the games.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Recently, housing activist/expert, government affairs professional, and respected land use lawyer Tom Coale was announced as a partner at Maryland powerhouse firm Perry, White, Ross & Jacobson. Now, Coale joins an episode of The Lobby Pod. Tom says Maryland needs a more aggressive approach to creating housing that provides for all Marylanders. Tom elegantly dismantles the legacy Nimby-culture with a lexicon featuring facts, fairness, and transparency for a simple mission: more housing. Also, if you love local news, let's thank Tom for his civic and civil Saturday WBAL Radio talk show and his legal work for Save Our Sun. Speaking of local, hear Tom's strong experientially-based endorsement for Maryland Stadium Authority nominee and fellow Howard County resident Yolanda Maria Martinez.

Pam Wood of The Baltimore Banner tells Nestor what she knows about Ravens stadium lease and Orioles future

Terry Hasseltine has been a fixture in Maryland Sports for over 15 years...He literally sells us to the world.  He's been in Sports marketing for nearly an entire career, dating back to the early days in Kentucky. He takes us through his journey and we talk about FIFA, School Construction, local rec and parks, the redevelopement of Pimlico and Laurel Race Tracks.. and more as we cover alot of ground. The Rev and I couldn't think of a better day than Preakness Saturday to lauch this exploration of the great things going on in the World of Sports Entertainment in our great State. Happy Preakness Day and thank you Terri Hasseltine for joining us for another great discussion. 

Why the Maryland Stadium Authority shouldn't have knuckled under to the Orioles for Paul McCartney concert revenue. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This week we speak with Jana Brooks, Manager Event and Tenant Services, Maryland Stadium Authority.  We talk through her journey from facility management at a law firm, to S.A.F.E, to dealing with both the Ravens and the Orioles at the Camden Yards Stadium Complex.  Jana has some fun stories about managing events, challenges, in the job, and why she loves it.  Jana also talks about one of the most rewarding things she has done, in managing the Mass Vaccination Site at M&T Bank Stadium this year.Presented byAdventist HealthCareAdventist HealthCare is the largest & only health system headquartered in Montgomery Co., MD  www.adventisthealthcare.comSAM SoccerRecreational Soccer League in Montgomery County Marylandwww.samsoccer.orgRoll by Goodyearwww.goodyear.com/en-US/tires/mobile-installMBS Performance CounselingMental Athletic Performance and Adolescent Counseling"Discover How To Perform With Purpose"www.mbsperformancecounseling.comInstacartinstacart.oloiyb.net/eDk4gThis post contains affiliate links. If you use these links to buy something we may earn a commission. Thank you for your support!

In 2026, the United States, Canada and Mexico will share the stage of the largest World Cup Soccer Tournament in history. It's expected that 16 different North American venues will host matches between an expanded roster of teams from around the globe. Eleven of those venues will be in the United States. And maybe, one of them will be right here in Baltimore. Baltimore, Maryland is making a bid to be one of the hosts of this global party. Today, we'll talk about what putting our best foot forward looks like. Lt. Governor Boyd Rutherford joins us. Along with Baltimore Mayor, Brandon Scott, he co-chairs the committee that is working to bring the World Cup to Baltimore. Lt. Gov Rutherford joins us on Zoom from Annapolis… Terry Hasseltine is the Executive Director of Maryland Sports (the state's sports commission), and the Vice President of the Maryland Stadium Authority. Mr. Hasseltine joins us on Zoom as well… See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

MASN Orioles reporter Roch Kubatko joined the Big Bad Morning Show on Tuesday to discuss the O's lease extension with the Maryland Stadium Authority, MLB's juiced baseball problem, and the job O's manager Brandon Hyde is doing with this rebuilding O's squad. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Hondo Handy's Podcast has a conversation with Terry Hasseltine. Terry is the Executive Director of Maryland Sports Commission, Vice President of the Maryland Stadium Authority and President of Sports and Entertainment Corporation of Maryland. Terry you also serve on several Boards. such as the Maryland Tourism Tourism Coalition, Fair Hill Organizing Committee, Maryland Cycling Classic, Experience Prince George's, US Sports Congress; Former Chair, National Association of Sports Commissions He is accredited as a Certified Sports Event Executive and holds the Certified Tourism Network's accredited of Certified Tourism Ambassador. :He initiated the first Affiliated Foundation. Since arriving to Maryland he has been instrumental in leading the varies bid-development and event-support opportunities for the state related to: UCI Maryland Cycling Classic World Lacrosse Women's World Championship FEI Maryland 5 Star at Fair Hill FIFA World Cup ICF Canoe Slalom World Championship NCAA Men's Lacrosse National Championships NCAA Women's Lacrosse National Championships World Football Challenge Dew Tour USATF Junior Tennis Many events you have secured, including: 2010 International Soccer Match 2012 USATF Indoor Master Nationals 2012 -2013 ACC Men's Indoor Master Nationals; 2011 -2013 Baltimore Gran Prix 2011, 2014, 2016 Army-Navy Games 2014 - Present IronMan Maryland 2018-2019 USA Cycling Amateur Road Nationals 2021-2023 CIAA Men's and Women's Basketball Championships 2026 FIFA WORLD CUP You have also spearheaded 2018/2022 and the 2026 to bring FIFA World Cup to Maryland. What was your involvement in the creation of TEAM MARYLAND (statewide) initiative and the Mid-Atlantic Amateur Sports Alliance (MAASA) (lower eastern shore)? --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Sportswriter Ron Synder (The Baltimore Stallions: The Brief, Brilliant History of the CFL Champion Franchise) joins to delve into the story of the mostly-forgotten team that revitalized Baltimore’s pro football history and viability. When the National Football League’s Baltimore Colts secretively absconded to Indianapolis in the wee hours of March 29, 1984, three decades of pro football history left with them.  Subsequent dalliances with the USFL’s nominally “Baltimore” Stars in 1985, and ill-fated attempts to rejoin the NFL (1987’s wooing of the St. Louis Cardinals & 1993’s proposed expansion “Bombers”) only deepened local pigskin fans’ despair. In the wake of the expansion disappointment, entrepreneur and ex-Washington Redskins assistant Jim Speros saw an opportunity to bring the newly expanding Canadian Football League to Charm City as a viable replacement in 1994.  Capitalizing on the city's love for its cherished NFL franchise, Speros tapped directly into Colts nostalgia by adopting the original team’s colors, marching band, cheerleaders, fan clubs, and even Memorial Stadium – christening the new club the "Baltimore CFL Colts." None too pleased, the NFL obtained a legal injunction against the use of "Colts," literally hours before the team was to play its first game.  Speros had to scrap tons of merchandise and a sizable advertising campaign – while hastily converting the franchise's official name to the "Baltimore Football Club" (dubbed the "Baltimore CFL's" by many in the media).  Enthusiastic locals referred to the team as the “Colts" anyway – which team officials tacitly (and happily) encouraged.  Unfazed, the team (later renamed “Stallions” for 1995) quickly became the toast of the town, establishing itself as the most successful American team in the CFL's otherwise ill-fated southern expansion effort – reaching the league championship Grey Cup final in 1994, and winning it the following season. Just days after claiming the CFL title, however, the city and the Maryland Stadium Authority announced an agreement with NFL owner Art Modell to move his Cleveland Browns to Baltimore for the 1996 season.  Virtually overnight, the Stallions were forgotten, as fans and the media immediately obsessed on the market’s imminent return to football’s biggest stage.  MANSCAPED is the pioneer in men’s grooming essentials; get 20% off your first purchase – and free shipping – when you use promo code GOODSEATS!

Will the Preakness Stakes remain at Baltimore’s aging Pimlico Race Course? Will Maryland legalize sports betting, and how will that change what it means to be a sports fan?Amanda Yeager of the Baltimore Business Journal takes us through the arguments for and against moving the second leg of racing's’ Triple Crown to Laurel Park. Read her reporting on the Maryland Stadium Authority's plan for a $424 million estimated rebuild of Pimlico.And veteran sports journalist Bill Ordine of Press Box describes the paths Maryland may take to legalize sports betting. Read more on the future of sports betting nationally and here in Maryland.

Could Baltimore host World Cup games in 2026? Bryan discusses the announcement of North America getting the 2026 World Cup with Terry Hasseltine of the Maryland Stadium Authority. Also, Newly appointed superintendent of Harford County Public Schools Sean Bulson joins us to discuss his vision for the county.

It happened just a few days before Christmas: Maryland’s governor, comptroller and treasure — the state’s Board of Public Works — voted to cancel the $1.5 billion State Center redevelopment plan on mid-town Baltimore’s west side, a project 10 years in the making. Gov. Larry Hogan claimed the plan made no economic sense. What’s more, the state filed a lawsuit against State Center’s developer, seeking to break the leases for office space that underpin the financing of the project. Then, state comptroller Peter Franchot suggested that a whole new plan be developed to include a sports arena for an NBA or NHL team. And just like that, Hogan agreed to have the Maryland Stadium Authority fast-track a study of how to redevelop the property, including whether an arena would be feasible.So, in a very short period of time, a huge, well-vetted redevelopment project was killed, a new one proposed, and the state went to war with the developer. Merry Christmas! What happened? Dan goes over the story with Caroline Moore, CEO of Ekistics, the Baltimore development firm and leader developer of State Center.Links:http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/baltimore-city/bs-md-state-center-vote-20161221-story.htmlhttp://www.baltimoresun.com/business/bs-md-ci-state-center-ruling-20140327-story.htmlhttp://communityarchitectdaily.blogspot.com/2016/12/governor-kills-second-baltimore-mega.html