Results tagged “beijing2008”

Don't build it and they'll come: Real estate and baseball in China

Beijing's Olympic baseball stadium has never had a particularly bright future. Plans to raze at least one of the two structures, built next to the much more commercially lucrative Wukesong basketball arena, seem to remain unchanged. This AP report indicates that, as China Sports Today has been told in conversations with China-based baseball professionals, the main stadium could soon be history. The reason is simple--lack of sufficient interest in the game to justify a substantial lineup of games.

So Elvira and the Pope scooped the Shanghaiist award for best Halloween costume Friday night, but if we were handing out international prizes then this would be the one to beat:

Before the games started, buying Olympics tickets was thought to be impossible and/or vastly expensive- instead it seems to be easier than getting a table at Spicy Joint.

Just in case you missed it. Via CNN, everyone's favorite cable news network.

The random group selections for the Men and Women‘s Olympic Football (AKA soccer) competition were made last night in a blaze of Beijing razzmatazz.

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