University of Phoenix Stadium

Sports Stadiums are an iconic staple of American tradition. However not everything about these venues is positive. Team owners take advantage of laws and fans to meet their own goals. Citizens and city officials from various locations have taken up their grievances with the NFL in the past. And it has gotten to the point where even political parties join together to bring to light issues with the organization. NFL stadiums are not good for cities because they take advantage of tax payers, hurt citizens

This city is also is the sixth most populous city in the nation. Phoenix has a population of 1.513 million. The National Climatic Data Center concluded that this city basks in sunshine more often than any other metropolitan area in the US. The sun shines in Phoenix during 85 percent of its daylight hours. Being the most populated city in the state, the homeowners insurance average rate is $1,629 annually.

thing. My Dad’s favorite teams are the University of Southern California and the University of Michigan, because he attended both schools. Ever since he left college it was his favorite thing to watch and follow. It all started watching games on Saturday with my Dad. Primetime College Football games are usually the most thrilling. All the game day hype shifts to primetime every Saturday evening. In the fall of 2012 we had the opportunity to go to Metlife Stadium in New York to see USC take on Syracuse

of reclaimed water and wood and waste recycling. The Levi’s Stadium in San Francisco, that hosted the Super Bowl 50, is the NFL’s first Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Gold certified stadium endorsing renewable energy. The stadium uses 85% reclaimed water and reclaimed wood and 64% of all consumer waste and 87% of durable goods in the stadium are recycled. While in the Super Bowl 49, at the University of Phoenix Stadium, the green initiatives included distributing food to local

The Rise of Solar Stadiums: Assessing the Motives and Environmental Impact Super Bowl XLVIII. February 2nd, 2014. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. As time expires, Mason Crosby kicks a field goal that soars through the uprights and hits . . . a wind turbine? Suddenly, this scenario does not sound so far-fetched: the Philadelphia Eagles have announced their intention to convert Lincoln Financial Field into the “world’s greenest stadium” (Bauers). As part of the initiative, the Eagles plan to take

Olatunde Fadahunsi WWSD 350 Position Paper 1 Public spending on the creation of football stadiums often is something we do not place much consideration or focus on. It is interesting to see that these sports teams are successful business yet they are still utilizing taxpayer funds to grow and expand in unnecessary ways. It was stated that 29 of the 32 NFL stadiums have enjoyed billions of dollars in public funding. We are, too often, attracted and incited by the sold benefits of providing funding

because stadiums do not do much to encourage them to come back. Without incentives, stadiums will lose many people at events and that results in a major loss of income. In order for a stadium to be successful, owners must intimately know what fans dislike, have a clear understanding of what they like, and figure out what fans want in sports stadiums in order for them to come back. A big amount of money is made in stadiums when the owners find out what the fans like seeing in the stadiums and even

There are two type of people in the United States, those who like watching the Super Bowl for football and those who just watch the commercials. However, the Super Bowl has not always been about commercials. The very first Super Bowl occurred on the Fifteenth of January in 1967 (“Super Bowl I Box Score: Green Bay 35, Kansas City 10.”). Nearly 62,000 people were in attendance and the game was also broadcast on national TV. The Green Bay Packers won the original Super Bowl by 25 points with a score

field is to be torn down. 3. Holbrook University suffered a devastating loss on Friday in their last game of the season and the last game to be played on La Grove Field. 4. The final game to be played on the 102-year-old La Grove Field ended in a devastating one-point loss against Hastings. Though the sting of the loss is still fresh for Holbrook, the team has the opportunity to rise like a phoenix from ashes with the construction of their new stadium. Exercise 2 Would you spend $100 on a

Sports players on professional teams make more than soldiers. This may seem like a problem but it’s not. Sports players make more because they sell out stadiums and are paid from the money made based on how many people watch them play for entertainment. The argument i have prepared should help you view it from my perspective. While it is very true that soldiers provide for our country with the protection, sports players do good for the people in our country as well. Make a wish foundation is