The Ground Work Edition 05: Inter Miami’s $1 Billion Bet
Edition 05 · New Stadium Economics · Inter Miami CF Miami Freedom Park · MLS · Edition 05 The Poisoned Pitch:How Inter Miami Built a$1 Billion Dreamon Contaminated Ground A decade of political battles, a golf course laced with arsenic, a franchise transformed beyond recognition by one Argentine, and a stadium deal that critics call […]
The Ground Work Edition 04: Manchester United – New Stadium Gamble
Edition 04 · New Stadium Economics · Manchester United Old Trafford · Urban Regeneration · Edition 04 Theatre of Debt:Manchester United’s£2 Billion Stadium Gamble Manchester United want to build the largest stadium in the UK on land they do not own, financed by money they have not secured, at a club that has already paid […]
The Ground Work Edition 02: Saudi Arabia – World Cup 2034
Edition 02 · World Cup Economics · The Ground Work World Cup 2034 · Geopolitics & Sport · Saudi Arabia The $500 Billion Tournament:What Saudi Arabia Is Really Buying Saudi Arabia has been awarded the 2034 World Cup. Fifteen stadiums are planned. One will be suspended 350 metres above the ground. The Crown Prince has […]
The Ground Work Edition 01: Everton – Hill Dickinson Stadium
Hill Dickinson Stadium, Bramley-Moore Dock, Liverpool · Opened August 2025 📷 Wikimedia Commons Edition 01 · Stadium Economics · The Ground Work Everton’s £800 Million Gamble on the Mersey The Hill Dickinson Stadium is open. The debt is refinanced. The naming rights are signed. After two decades of false starts and financial near-collapse, Everton finally […]
The Ground Work Edition 03: FC Barcelona – Camp Nou
Edition 03 · Stadium Redevelopment · FC Barcelona Espai Barça · Stadium Economics · Edition 03 900 Days in Exile:The €1.5 Billion RebuildThat Has to Save FC Barcelona FC Barcelona spent 28 months playing at a half-empty Olympic stadium while their iconic home was gutted and rebuilt on borrowed money. They came home in November […]