Hayes Gardner
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Writing for The Baltimore Banner. Poynter once described a sentence I wrote as "not an especially graceful one." Past: Baltimore Sun, Louisville Courier Journal, Ames Tribune | AmeriCorps | Grinnell College alum
Can this long-awaited concert venue fill a gap in Baltimore’s music scene? @hayesgardner.bsky.social reports. (via @thebaltimorebanner.com)
Can this concert venue fill a gap in Baltimore’s music scene?
After a start-and-stop construction process, The Paramount, an $86 million venue hosting up to 4,000 concertgoers, is expected to open soon near M&T Bank Stadium.
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The Paramount Baltimore was initially pegged to open in 2021, but got delayed by the pandemic and financial troubles. It’s now expected to open later this year — and fill a gap in Baltimore’s live music scene. www.thebanner.com/economy/grow...
Can this concert venue fill a gap in Baltimore’s music scene?
After a start-and-stop construction process, The Paramount, an $86 million venue hosting up to 4,000 concertgoers, is expected to open soon near M&T Bank Stadium.
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The Mexico and Columbia men's soccer teams will play in Baltimore in September. By my count, there will be 17 large-scale events — Ravens games, other sporting events, concerts — at M&T Bank Stadium in 2026, the most ever. www.thebanner.com/sports/mexic...
Mexican, Colombian men’s soccer teams to meet in September friendly in Baltimore
The Mexican and Colombian men’s national soccer teams will meet in a September friendly in Baltimore, the teams announced Thursday.
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The Maryland Stadium Authority's new executive director will be Lindsey V. Parker, the former chief of staff to D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser. www.thebanner.com/politics-pow...
Maryland Stadium Authority picks DC mayor’s adviser as executive director
It’s been a period of change for the authority. In addition to Michael Frenz’s retirement, longtime executive Terry Hasseltine, who spearheaded the state’s sports tourism arm, exited his position in D...
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This is now official: Maryland has closed a deal with 1/ST Racing to buy the Preakness intellectual property for $85 million. www.thebanner.com/sports/horse...
Maryland closes deal with 1/ST Racing to buy Preakness name
The purchase comes six weeks after Gov. Wes Moore’s administration first sought to buy the branding — exercising its first right of refusal in matching an offer that racing industry giant Churchill Do...
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Hayes Gardner@hayesgardner.bsky.social · 2mo agoSCOOP: The state of Maryland will match Churchill Downs' $85 million offer for the Preakness Stakes intellectual property, meaning the state will own, not rent, the Preakness brand. w/ @leeosanderlin.bsky.social www.thebanner.com/sports/horse...
Baltimore to scrap controversial deal that let BGE profit from city utility system
Baltimore to end BGE agreement that drew criticism over utility profits
Baltimore plans to end a controversial deal that let BGE profit from upgrades to the city-owned conduit system and resume collecting rental fees.
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The Ravens extended the lease at their Baltimore County practice facility through at least 2038. There will also be upgrades: • $70 million from Ravens • $25 million from county • Potential $25 million from state From Jonas Shaffer: www.thebanner.com/sports/raven...
Ravens renewing Under Armour Performance Center lease with Baltimore County
The deal means the Ravens will be in Owings Mills through at least 2037.
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Maryland Gov. Wes Moore reiterated the goal of having the Key Bridge rebuilt by 2030, as he took members of Congress on a boat tour of the site today. ✍️: @hayesgardner.bsky.social 📸: @jphotoj.bsky.social www.thebanner.com/community/tr...
Wes Moore tours Key Bridge rebuild with Republican members of Congress
Whether or not the federal government foots 100% of the bill for the Francis Scott Key Bridge rebuild is ultimately up to members of Congress. Gov. Wes Moore took several of them on a construction tou...
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Congress has agreed to entirely fund the Key Bridge rebuild, but it could always change its mind. To that end, Gov. Wes Moore took some lawmakers — including Republicans — on a field trip Monday to the overwater construction site. www.thebanner.com/community/tr...
Wes Moore tours Key Bridge rebuild with Republican members of Congress
Whether or not the federal government foots 100% of the bill for the Francis Scott Key Bridge rebuild is ultimately up to members of Congress. Gov. Wes Moore took several of them on a construction tou...
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T. Rowe Price opened a sleek headquarters for 2,000 employees last year at Harbor Point. A year in, it’s rearranging the furniture. The firm is swapping out some flexible work areas for more permanent desks, mirroring a national trend. www.thebanner.com/economy/t-ro...
T. Rowe Price joins national trend away from ‘hot desking’
T. Rowe Price opened a sleek headquarters for 2,000 employees last year at Harbor Point. A year in, it’s rearranging its furniture.
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NEW | It's been 33 years since Camden Yards last saw an All-Star Game. But Baltimore could host again, perhaps as soon as 2029. w/ @afkostka.bsky.social www.thebanner.com/economy/orio...
The Orioles want to host an All-Star Game. Landing one is a different story.
Baltimore’s unsuccessful World Cup application, a 55-page document submitted in 2017 and obtained by The Banner in an open records request, offers information that could be relevant for any large spor...
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Exclusive: The Maryland Cycling Classic isn't happening in 2026, but organizers hope it will return in 2027. www.thebanner.com/sports/maryl...
Maryland Cycling Classic is canceled this year, might return in 2027
The Maryland Cycling Classic faced bumpy roads — including the pandemic and the Key Bridge collapse — as it grew, but after financial problems resulted in a state bailout, the race won’t happen at all...
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Last fall, an energy mogul begged Wes Moore to back his data center complex. It worked. Records offer a rare window into how a wealthy & politically connected businessman won the governor’s endorsement for his controversial foray into Maryland data centers: www.thebanner.com/community/cl...
A data center developer wanted a power plant. He needed Moore’s help.
Emails obtained by The Baltimore Banner offer a new window into Gov. Wes Moore’s approach to an emerging data center industry. His decision to back a controversial development in southern Maryland rai...
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This ship was able to unload in Baltimore due to the suspension of the Jones Act, a foundational, century-old maritime law. Now, Rep. Andy Harris is among dozens of Republicans urging President Donald Trump to let the Jones Act waiver expire in mid-August.
Hayes Gardner@hayesgardner.bsky.social · last mo.NEW | A ship arrived in Baltimore yesterday carrying asphalt, a Chinese flag — and a heated national debate on maritime policy. www.thebanner.com/economy/balt...
NEW | A ship arrived in Baltimore yesterday carrying asphalt, a Chinese flag — and a heated national debate on maritime policy. www.thebanner.com/economy/balt...
A Chinese ship in Baltimore is unloading asphalt and outraging mariners
A 479-foot ship snaked its way through a canal bound for Baltimore on Monday afternoon. It carried asphalt, a Chinese flag — and a heated national debate on maritime policy.
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Port of Baltimore director Jonathan Daniels is heading south. Daniels, who spent the bulk of his tenure restoring shipping commerce after the Key Bridge collapse, is bound for Miami, the nation's top cruise port. www.thebanner.com/community/lo...
Jonathan Daniels, Baltimore’s port director, leaving for Miami
Just as the Port of Baltimore is climbing back after the Key Bridge collapse, its top leader is heading south. Jonathan Daniels, who has been the Maryland Port Administration’s executive director sinc...
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Swarms of Scottish soccer supporters drinking their way through Natty Bohs sure would’ve been a spectacle. But as other cities have learned, hosting World Cup matches put on by revenue-hungry FIFA is not for the faint of heart. www.thebanner.com/sports/world...
Baltimore isn’t hosting World Cup matches. Maybe that’s for the best.
When M&T Bank Stadium missed out on hosting World Cup matches, Baltimore missed out on a boom of foreign visitors. But as other cities have learned, the economics of hosting doesn't always make sense.
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SCOOP: The state of Maryland will match Churchill Downs' $85 million offer for the Preakness Stakes intellectual property, meaning the state will own, not rent, the Preakness brand. w/ @leeosanderlin.bsky.social www.thebanner.com/sports/horse...
Maryland matches Churchill Downs’ $85 million offer for Preakness IP
Gov. Wes Moore said in a statement that his administration has made “historic investments” to ensure the future of Maryland’s racing industry, and that the $85 million decision will secure a “vital as...
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The federal government and a massive shipping company are locked in a legal tug-of-war. In the middle are a dozen cargo ship crew members. Those seafarers "effectively are detained" in Baltimore and have been since the Key Bridge collapse in March 2024. www.thebanner.com/community/cr...
Despite legal push, Dali crew members unable to go home yet
The operator of the container ship that crashed into the Francis Scott Key Bridge demanded its crew members be allowed to return home after more than two years “marooned” in the United States.
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New: Dali’s chief engineer latest to face criminal charges in Key Bridge disaster; prosecutors say they’ve agreed to “deferred prosecution agreement” www.thebanner.com/community/cr...
Dali’s chief engineer latest to face criminal charges in Key Bridge disaster
Federal prosecutors have filed additional criminal charges in the Francis Scott Key Bridge disaster, adding as a defendant the chief engineer of the Dali container ship.
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NEW | Prosecutors have filed more criminal charges in the March 2024 Key Bridge disaster. However, the Dali cargo ship's chief engineer and the government have agreed to defer his prosecution, meaning his case will be put on pause. w/ @justinfenton.bsky.social www.thebanner.com/community/cr...
Dali’s chief engineer latest to face criminal charges in Key Bridge disaster
Federal prosecutors have filed additional criminal charges in the Francis Scott Key Bridge disaster, adding as a defendant the chief engineer of the Dali container ship.
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Most cities have an underground web of wires. Baltimore’s is unlike any other. w/ @emilyopilo.bsky.social and Giacomo Bologna: www.thebanner.com/community/lo...
Most cities have a buried web of wires. Baltimore’s is unlike any other.
Baltimore appears to be among the only major U.S. cities to own such a sprawling network of underground conduits.
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Feb. 15, 2023 was one of the most consequential days of Mayor Brandon Scott’s tenure, but few understood what was happening. He'd shoved through a controversial deal with BGE. Now, he wants a do-over. w/ @emilyopilo.bsky.social & Giacomo Bologna www.thebanner.com/politics-pow...
Why Mayor Brandon Scott wants a do-over on his most controversial deal
Mayor Brandon Scott rushed through a deal with BGE in 2023 that allowed the utility company to profit from Baltimore-owned infrastructure. His administration says it wants to renegotiate.
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NEW: Why Mayor Brandon Scott wants a do-over on his most controversial deal — the one where BGE profits from city-owned infrastructure Great read by @emilyopilo.bsky.social (who lived this), Giacomo Bologna and @hayesgardner.bsky.social In @thebaltimorebanner.com www.thebanner.com/politics-pow...
Why Mayor Brandon Scott wants a do-over on his most controversial deal
Mayor Brandon Scott rushed through a deal with BGE in 2023 that allowed the utility company to profit from Baltimore-owned infrastructure. His administration says it wants to renegotiate.
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Baltimore wants to renegotiate controversial underground utilities deal with BGE
Baltimore wants to renegotiate controversial underground utilities deal with BGE
Baltimore leaders have decided not to renew the city’s controversial agreement with Baltimore Gas and Electric that allowed the company to make infrastructure investments to the city’s underground...
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One of the world’s most popular board games was created in Silver Spring #maryland
10 years ago, a policy consultant living in Silver Spring pitched a board game concept to publishers. Later known as Wingspan, it went on to sell more than 2.6 million copies and launched Elizabeth Hargrve's unique career as a board game designer. ICYMI:
The Banner Montgomery@bannermoco.bsky.social · 2mo agoOne of the world’s most popular board games was created in Silver Spring
It is unclear when the new Key Bridge will be completed, but one timeline element is now known: Maryland officials want to have new builders on board by summer 2027. www.thebanner.com/community/tr...
It might be a year until Maryland even hires new Key Bridge builders
It remains unclear when the new Francis Scott Key Bridge will be completed, but one mini timeline is now known: The state wants to have the new builders on board by summer 2027.
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NEW: The owner & operator of the ship that destroyed the Key Bridge are asking to put an upcoming civil trial on hold after federal prosecutors announced criminal charges last week. www.thebanner.com/community/lo...
Ship owner, operator seek delay in Key Bridge civil trial after indictment
The companies that own and operate the ship that destroyed the Francis Scott Key Bridge are asking to put a long-awaited civil trial on hold after the U.S. Department of Justice announced criminal cha...
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