Maryland Stadium Authority

Maryland Stadium Authority

The Maryland Stadium Authority, MSA, was created by Chapter 283, Acts of 1986 Maryland General Assembly.[1] Its initial mission was to return the National Football League (NFL) to Baltimore. Maryland sought a new football team after former Baltimore Colts owner, Robert Irsay, moved the Colts out of the city in the middle of a snowy night on March 29, 1984.[citation needed] The Authority is a public corporation of Maryland which is authorized to issue tax-exempt bonds for financing its operations. The proceeds from the sale of those bonds and any other revenues collected are deposited in the Maryland Stadium Authority Financing Fund. [1]

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Goals and responsibilities

Since its creation, the MSA broadened its goals and responsibilities. Soon after its incorporation, it sought to negotiate a long-term lease with the Baltimore Orioles, its last remaining professional sports team (Baltimore also lost the Bullets to suburban Washington (Landover, MD) in the early 1970s).[citation needed]

In 1992, under the auspices of the MSA, Orioles Park At Camden Yards was opened. The MSA continued to work toward acquiring a new NFL team.[citation needed] The city was courted by the owners of teams such as the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, the New Orleans Saints, the St. Louis Cardinals, the Los Angeles Rams, only to be repeatedly disappointed. Baltimore thought it had its best shot in the 1993 NFL Expansion, but the league decided to put teams in Charlotte, North Carolina and Jacksonville, FL, smaller cities in the south. The city finally acquired a new team in 1995 under the leadership of John Moag, Chairman of the Maryland Stadium Authority at the time.[citation needed]

Ironically, the other three remaining areas seeking an NFL team, St. Louis, Baltimore, and Tennessee all acquired teams through relocations. The Los Angeles Rams moved to St. Louis, the Cleveland Browns moved to Baltimore, and the Houston Oilers temporarily relocated to Memphis, TN before moving to their new stadium in Nashville.[citation needed] All three teams that relocated made it to the Super Bowl soon after they moved, St. Louis and Tennessee in 2000 and Baltimore in 2001.

Some other projects that the MSA has been tasked to handle are:[2]


Authority composition

The Maryland Stadium Authority is governed by a 7-member board of directors, all of whom serve 4-year terms. Six directors are appointed by the governor with one appointment by Baltimore's mayor:[2]

Name Term End Appointer
John Morton III (Chair) 2012 governor
Leonard J. Attman 2009 governor
Howard M. Stevens, Jr. 2009 governor
Victoria M. Rosellini 2010 governor
Frederick W. Puddester 2011 governor
Richard T. Stewart 2011 governor
Demaune A. Millard 2012 mayor

Executive Director

  • Michael J. Frenz


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References

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