Simon Inglis, stadium expert and editor of the Played in Britain sports book series, said the impact of hosting the World Cup would be far greater in places where new stadiums were likely be built.
"The community at large thinks of this as Mile High, New Mile High or the new stadium," the Post's editor, Glenn Guzzo, said.
Some Stadium History To the Sports Editor: Re "Precisely Drawn Mementos of the House That Osborn Built," Sept. 19: The chairman of Osborn Engineering, the company that designed old Yankee Stadium, was mistaken in his contention that it was the first ballpark to call itself a stadium.
Randolph the Problem To the Sports Editor: Re "At Stadium, a Salute to Past and Present," July 16: To me, a manager's single most important job is to get the most out of his players, and Willie Randolph did not accomplish that with the Mets.
Another Stadium in Queens To the Sports Editor: Re "A Stadium in Queens Is No Walk in the Park," May 22: Bravo for George Vecsey's questioning the wisdom and compassion of denying a park heavily used by the working people of Queens so that yet another major league edifice, with attendant practical problems, can be brought to a densely populated, multiethnic neighborhood.
"There were no Jews in that stadium," says anti-racist campaigner Rafal Pankowski, editor of the Polish magazine Never Again.
Daoud peered down at the podium from the stadium-style seating and said, "The editor in chief needs to be replaced".
With high definition, "virtually every sport becomes more like being at the stadium than with old style television," said Gary Merson, editor of The HDTV Insider Newsletter.
To the Editor: Nature bats last and owns the stadium.
