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The Gold Cup soccer quarterfinal games were in Baltimore today and I hardly heard anything about them

Posted on July 21, 2013 by Adam Meister

There were two huge soccer games at Baltimore’s lovely football stadium today. Did you know about this? About 70,000 fans attended the doubleheader.  I wonder if the light-rail was able to handle the influx of riders that the Gold Cup … Continue reading →

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It’s time for the purple political distraction

Posted on January 6, 2013 by Adam Meister

Membership has its privileges… Today’s game was great. I’m a big fan so a playoff victory is always going to make me happy, but the game also had a positive financial impact on Baltimore. It probably rivaled 2012’s Grand Prix … Continue reading →

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The Friday to Monday night Orioles themed weekend should generate more money for the economy than the Grand Prix

Posted on October 6, 2012 by Adam Meister

The Sun says the city does not have the hard economic numbers/estimates for this long baseball themed weekend, but even if they did I doubt they would share them alongside the Grand Prix numbers. Around 100,000 people will walk through … Continue reading →

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This will not be the last Baltimore Grand Prix

Posted on August 30, 2012 by Adam Meister

A lot of people out there think that this version of the Baltimore Grand Prix is going to be a massive failure. It is true that 5,000 discounted tickets were sold on LivingSocial.com, that ticket sales got off to an … Continue reading →

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