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Game Winner

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We’ve chronicled the bidding wars that are the modus operandi of pro sports empires in America, sordid spectacles that force cities to ante up staggering amounts of public funding for billion-dollar stadiums to lure a team or to keep one from moving to another location. billion stadium. billion stadium.

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Megabucks Park

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Raiders, who originally were the Oakland Raiders, moved back to Oakland, leaving Los Angeles without a professional football team for the first time in nearly 50 years…oh, never mind). Louis Rams, who lured the original Los Angeles Rams to Missouri in 1995 after the St. that the owners have proudly dubbed “NFL Disney World.”

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MAP-21 Toughens 'Buy America' Requirements, U.S. Industry Says.

ENR Construction

” The San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge project is viewed as an impetus for the change. Keywords: MAP-21 ; Buy America ; highway ; bridge ; transit ; San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge ; AISI ; CME ; Thomas Gibson ; Kevin Dempsey ; Nick Rahall ; USW ; Linda Andros ; Jayson Myers ; Caltrans ; American Bridge. Gulf Oil Spill. -->.

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Cover Story: 2014 Business Facilities – Metro And Global Rankings

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We also configured our Renewable Energy Leaders category to rank the metros that are using the most renewable energy, with some surprising results (hint: the top-ranked metro is the home of the oil bidness). (To billion), Oakland ($22.0 To read about the 2014 state rankings, visit this link.). Austin, TX: On Top, Still Rising.

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