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Leonard Raskin and Nestor discuss stadia, money and civic donations to billionaires for sports teams

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While we watch Steve Bisciotti’s paid-for-by-the-citizens new shiny object get erected on the football stadium and await to hear the plan of David Rubenstein for Camden Yards, Leonard Raskin and Nestor discuss aging stadia, big money, threats of moving sports franchises and civic donations to billionaires for sports teams that aren’t happening in places like Kansas City, Phoenix, Oakland and Northern Virginia.

Business, C-Suite, Community, Featured, Journalism & Media, Leadership, Leonard Raskin, Local, Local, Marketing, More Sports, Nestor Aparicio, News, Orioles, Sports

The unlimited free money for billionaire sports franchise owners isn’t coming so easy outside of Maryland

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While we watch Steve Bisciotti’s paid-for-by-the-citizens new shiny object get erected on the football stadium and await to hear the plan of David Rubenstein for Camden Yards, Leonard Raskin and Nestor discuss aging stadia, big money, threats of moving sports franchises and civic donations to billionaires for sports teams that aren’t happening in places like Kansas City, Phoenix, Oakland and Northern Virginia.

Leonard Raskin joins Nestor to talk Orioles profit of Angelos and money of Rubenstein to lift Baltimore

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After Nestor broke out a cocktail napkin and did the math on the $173 million price tag of the Baltimore Orioles in 1993 (that came with $45 million in cash) and the recent sale price of $1.7 billion to David Rubenstein (that comes with $600 million in free money from Maryland taxpayers), he wanted to confirm his Dundalk math with our financial advisor Leonard Raskin as to just how much money the Angelos family actually made while attempting to destroy the franchise for the fan base.

Business, C-Suite, Community, Education, Featured, Journalism & Media, Leadership, Leonard Raskin, Local, Local, Local, Marketing, More Sports, Nestor Aparicio, News, Orioles, Politics, Remember That Time, Sports, Sports News, The Peter Principles, WNST Classic

In the end, Angelos family made $1 million every week they owned the Orioles – plus the actual profit

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After Nestor broke out a cocktail napkin and did the math on the $173 million price tag of the Baltimore Orioles in 1993 (that came with $45 million in cash) and the recent sale price of $1.7 billion to David Rubenstein (that comes with $600 million in free money from Maryland taxpayers), he wanted to confirm his Dundalk math with our financial advisor Leonard Raskin as to just how much money the Angelos family actually made while attempting to destroy the franchise for the fan base.

Business, C-Suite, ColumnNes, Community, Education, Featured, Free The Birds, Journalism & Media, Leadership, Local, Local, Local, Marketing, MASN, More Sports, Nestor Aparicio, News, Orioles, Peter Angelos, Politics, Sports, Sports News, Technology, The Peter Principles, WNST Classic

The Peter Principles (Ch. 12): Selig vs. Angelos – trust, antitrust and billions of dollars

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Washington baseball was the worst nightmare of Peter G. Angelos. Until it happened and he was about to cash in with a television network that would be a spigot of fresh cash when he was piling up bad baseball debt.

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Authors and Books, Business, C-Suite, ColumnNes, Community, Education, Featured, Free The Birds, Journalism & Media, Leadership, Local, Local, MASN, More Sports, Nestor Aparicio, News, Orioles, Peter Angelos, Sports, Sports News, The Peter Principles, WNST Classic

The Peter Principles (Ch. 3): Giving Peter The Ball, Scabs and The Angelos NFL Franchise in Baltimore

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Peter Angelos did everything in his power to give Baltimore the NFL ball in 1994. Here’s the whole story…and the 2131 Cal Ripken night when Orioles fans booed him off the dais and he was never to be seen in front of Baltimore fans ever again.

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Authors and Books, Business, ColumnNes, Community, Education, Featured, Free The Birds, Journalism & Media, Leadership, Local, Local, MASN, Nestor Aparicio, News, Orioles, Peter Angelos, Sports, Sports News, The Peter Principles, WNST Classic

The Peter Principles (Ch. 2): The error of tyranny at Camden Yards

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This is Chapter 2 of The Peter Principles, a book chronicling the Baltimore Orioles ownership tenure of Peter G. Angelos. In the early days, getting rid of DeWitt and Lucchino was easy but winning proved to be much more difficult for King Peter.

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Community, Featured, Journalism & Media, Leadership, Local, Local, Luke Jones, More Sports, Nestor Aparicio, News, Orioles, Politics, Sports, Sports News

What are Orioles really capable and willing to do to improve this offseason?

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With the Major League Baseball Winter Meetings in full swing in Nashville, Luke Jones and Nestor wonder what John Angelos and the Orioles offseason intentions really are beyond the franchise maximizing lease leverage against Governor Wes Moore and the citizens of Maryland and the fans who have supported the team. Oh, and there’s money and the pitching and tens of millions to be spent in free agency.

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Luke Jones and Nestor wonder what Angelos and Orioles offseason intentions really are beyond maximizing lease leverage

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With the Major League Baseball Winter Meetings in full swing in Nashville, Luke Jones and Nestor wonder what John Angelos and the Orioles offseason intentions really are beyond the franchise maximizing lease leverage against Governor Wes Moore and the citizens of Maryland the fans who have supported the team. Oh, and there’s money and the pitching and tens of millions to be spent in free agency.

Nestor Aparicio updates Dennis Koulatsos on facts he's learned about stadium negotiation and Maryland Stadium Authority

Nestor Aparicio updates Dennis Koulatsos on facts he’s learned about stadium negotiation and Maryland Stadium Authority

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As the silence from Annapolis continues and the “negotiation” between the Maryland Stadium Authority and John Angelos enters the 11th hour with no Orioles lease at Oriole Park at Camden Yards for 2024, Nestor Aparicio updates Dennis Koulatsos on the facts he’s learned about the deal and “Memorandum Of Understanding” that would disband the Maryland Stadium Authority and gift a whole bunch of valuable land and full power to the Angelos family.

Nestor Aparicio updates Dennis Koulatsos on facts he's learned about stadium negotiation and Maryland Stadium Authority
Arts and Entertainment, Business, C-Suite, Community, Dennis Koulatsos, Education, Featured, Journalism & Media, Leadership, Local, Local, Local, More Sports, Nestor Aparicio, News, Orioles, Ravens, Sports, Sports News

Here’s why busting up Maryland Stadium Authority is a bad idea

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As the silence from Annapolis continues and the “negotiation” between the Maryland Stadium Authority and John Angelos enters the 11th hour with no Orioles lease at Oriole Park at Camden Yards for 2024, Nestor Aparicio updates Dennis Koulatsos on the facts he’s learned about the deal and “Memorandum Of Understanding” that would disband the Maryland Stadium Authority and gift a whole bunch of valuable land and full power to the Angelos family.

Business, C-Suite, Community, Education, Featured, Journalism & Media, Leadership, Local, Local, Local, Marketing, More Sports, Nestor Aparicio, News, Orioles, Politics, Sports, Sports News, Technology

What exactly is a non-binding memorandum of understanding?

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Our defending champion of all things sports business and law and media Eric Fisher of Front Office Sports returns to discuss the joy of the Orioles playoff march and the agony of waiting on John Angelos to agree to an inevitable lease at Camden Yards.

Bill Cole, Business, C-Suite, Community, Education, Featured, Journalism & Media, Leadership, Local, Local, Local, Marketing, More Sports, National, Nestor Aparicio, News, Orioles, Politics, Sports, Sports News, Technology

The dark clouds over The Warehouse in a sunny season as Angelos stalls Orioles lease

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Bill Cole and Nestor return from MACO business networking in Ocean City with every leader in the state – and all of them talking about the Orioles lease stall and the outlandish demands of John Angelos to keep Baltimore baseball alive at Camden Yards.

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Business, C-Suite, ColumnNes, Community, Dennis Koulatsos, Education, Featured, Journalism & Media, Leadership, Local, Local, Marketing, More Sports, Nestor Aparicio, News, Orioles, Ravens, Remember That Time, Sports, Sports News, Technology

Does your sports owner have integrity?

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As the Orioles continue to refuse to take $600 million of your money for free to keep the franchise at Camden Yards, Nestor Aparicio and Dennis Koulatsos discuss integrity, credibility, good faith and bad ownership in local sports and its ugly history in Baltimore.

Business, Community, Featured, Journalism & Media, Local, Local, More Sports, Nestor Aparicio, News, Orioles, Sports, Sports News

Trying to make sense of “Free Kevin Brown” for the sane baseball fans around America

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Journalists around America are calling Nestor Aparicio in Baltimore to attempt to understand how Kevin Brown was thrown off MASN and Orioles games since July 23rd. The folks at 95.7 The Game in San Francisco wanted to learn the legend of the Peter Angelos Orioles and how Jon Miller got to the Bay Area 26 years ago.

Business, C-Suite, Community, Education, Featured, Journalism & Media, Leadership, Local, Local, Local, More Sports, Nestor Aparicio, News, Orioles, Politics, Sports, Sports News

After seeing Wrigleyville, can Camdenville be far off for Angelos and Orioles?

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With the Orioles playing with a year-to-year lease and seeking unspoken improvements near Camden Yards from Governor Wes Moore, Mike Rosenfeld tells Nestor about what he saw on the north side of Chicago during the Birds recent weekend at Wrigley Field.

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Arts and Entertainment, Business, ColumnNes, Community, Dennis Koulatsos, Featured, Journalism & Media, Leadership, Local, Local, Local, Marketing, More Sports, Nestor Aparicio, News, Orioles, Peter Angelos, Remember That Time, Sports, Sports News

Why having Orioles fans downtown matters for Baltimore

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Nestor Aparicio expresses the joy he feels in seeing people coming back downtown for baseball with Dennis Koulatsos. After all, that’s what Free The Birds was all about 17 summers ago.

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#DearOrioles, Authors and Books, Baltimore Positive Classic, Business, C-Suite, Community, Education, Featured, Journalism & Media, Leadership, Local, Local, Marketing, More Sports, Nestor Aparicio, News, Orioles, Sports, Sports News, Technology, WNST Classic

Waiting for John Angelos to show us the financials of the Baltimore Orioles

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Longtime journalist and baseball scribe Thom Loverro of The Washington Times joins Nestor to discuss the angry words of John Angelos and the future of Camden Yards and Orioles baseball.

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