Government
May 13, 2011
The Curse of Chavez Ravine
Are the Dodgers' financial problems a case of delayed retribution for how Dodger Stadium came about?
Gideon Kanner
Professor of Law Emeritus, Loyola Law School
USC Law School
The recent takeover of the Dodgers by the Commissioner of Major League Baseball in the wake of the team's financial problems, has understandably inspired the consumption of much printer's ink on the subject of the Dodgers' ups and downs as a baseball team, and their famous players. But for all that nostalgic and highly entertaining historical stuff, something has been missing from the discussion: how Dodger Stadium got built at its location in Chavez Ravine.
In the early 1950s, pl...For only $95 a month (the price of 2 article purchases)
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