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On April 13, the sale was approved by the bankruptcy court. [53] McCourt separately sold the land surrounding the stadium for $150 million to the same group, while maintaining some economic interest in the property. The new ownership pays $14 million to rent the parking lots surrounding Dodger Stadium from an entity half-owned by McCourt. [54]
Dodger Stadium was the beneficiary of improvements such as wider concourses in the pavilions, new restaurants "Think Blue Bar-B-Que" and "Tommy Lasorda's Trattoria", dedicated team store buildings replacing the tents that previously served as team stores, bullpen overlooks with overlook bars, and tree relocation at the top of the stadium.
Over the 20-year absence of the National Football League from Los Angeles many proposals were made for stadiums that would attract an NFL team to the Los Angeles Area. The trend began in 1995 when a stadium planned to be built in Hollywood Park was rejected by Los Angeles Raiders owner Al Davis in favor of relocating back to Oakland, California due to a stipulation that he would have had to ...
Work has begun at Dodger Stadium, including renovations to the home team clubhouse, which houses team lockers, showers and communal areas. On Monday, video from Sky5 showed large portions of the
The proposed stadium's failure is a source of debate today, and proved to be an important factor in the Dodgers' move from Brooklyn to Los Angeles in 1957. Some think O'Malley purposely proposed a stadium that had little chance of being built and that he privately negotiated with the city while publicly touting the merits of the domed stadium.
Aerial Rapid Transit Technologies, LLC announced in 2018 a plan to construct a gondola system between Union Station and Dodger Stadium. [8] With a seven-minute end-to-end ride, each cabin would hold 30 to 40 passengers. Proposed construction funding in part would be by former Dodgers owner Frank McCourt and other private sources. [4]
By 1958, the public housing plans were abandoned and the land was conveyed by the city to the Dodgers. The new plans were advanced to construct Dodger Stadium on the site, and in 1959, the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department forcefully removed the last residents occupying Chavez Ravine.
The project includes studios to five-bedroom apartments, along with 651 on-site parking spaces in a garage.