Paid off! Dallas Cowboys stadium
What’s up with the Mets? 40-game schedule proposed
Good morning, all! If you are fortunate enough that your weekend is starting a day early, good for you. Enjoy!
Speaking of fortunate, the city of Arlington, TX has paid off the debt on AT&T Stadium, home of the Dallas Cowboys, 10 years early. You are reading this correctly. Apparently not all stadium deals are losers. The city is making its final payment of $22.6M today. It is the final installment of the $325M obligation the city had on the facility.
Counting principal, interest and fees, the city paid a total of $490, 325,773 toward the project, saving $150M in interest by paying it off early. Sales, hotel and rental car taxes were all involved in raising revenue for the stadium, but that doesn’t mean they will go away now that the obligation has been fulfilled. The revenue will now go toward Arlington’s financial commitment to Globe Life Field, home of the Texas Rangers. Voters approved that project in 2017.
Here are some other stories that caught my eye for Friday, Aug. 15, 2025:
On June 12 the New York Mets were 45-24. With last night’s defeat to the Braves, they have dropped to 64-57. In other words, the Mets have gone 19-34 since that date. The summer for the Amazins’ has been a disaster. Can they turn it around? Of course, but they are not a lock to make the playoffs. Interesting enough, both Ohio teams are bearing down on the New York clubs. The Reds trail the Mets by 1/2 game for the last NL wild card spot, while the Guardians are 1/2 game behind the Yankees for the last AL wild card spot.
And what of the World Champion LA Dodgers? They have fallen out of first place and trail San Diego by one game in the NL West. The Dodgers, of course, still have an excellent chance of repeating, but in baseball history, it is not unusual for a team to be a champion one season and a flop the next. In 1966, the Baltimore Orioles swept the Dodgers to win their first World Series. Take a look at the standings the following season on Aug. 15:
Kentucky basketball coach Mark Pope wants a change in the college basketball season. The NCAA has approved an increase of regular season games from 31 to 32, starting in 2026-27, but Pope says that is not enough. He says with the portal and all that has impacted college basketball, the season should increase to 40 games. Laugh, if you will, but Pope just might get his wish. Throw in the move to eventually add more teams to March Madness, and they might be playing college hoops from mid-October to early May. If there is money to be made by the NCAA, no stone will be left unturned and Pope’s idea just might get a hearing.
That is going to do it for today’s newsletter. As always, thank you for subscribing and have a fun Friday!
DAN