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Around the Minicamps: Fins to the Left, Land Sharks to the Right

By Dan GrazianoMay 3rd 2009 – 10:10AM

The goofy NFL news of the day Saturday was the renaming of the home of the Miami Dolphins after Jimmy Buffett's beer company. "Land Shark Stadium" will be the fifth different name this building has had since it opened in 1987.The stadium has an interesting history. Its $115 million construction cost was completely...

Welcome to Land Shark Stadium, Home Of the Miami Dolphins

By Adam GretzMay 2nd 2009 – 5:30PM

Remember the good old days when our football teams played in Three Rivers Stadium, Veterans Stadium, Candlestick Park and The Pontiac Silverdome? Yeah, those days are gone. While it's true we already knew that, it seems as if each new corporate sponsorship name gets a little more, well, bizarre than the one before....

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Jimmy Buffett Talks About His Return To The Gulf Coast

May 22nd 2012 - 11:35AM

America's poet laureate of shiftlessness sounds downright determined when he talks about bringing his come-as-you-are kingdom to the benighted shores of Biloxi, a childhood haunt now scarred by recession, oil and wind.

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Gonna Take An Elemental Journey: A Conversation With Sonny Landreth, Plus Getting To Know J.D. Shelburne

May 16th 2012 - 12:09AM

Sonny, your new album is called Elemental Journey , as in, "Gonna take an elemental journey," kicking off with "Gaia Tribe," as in "diatribe."

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Ed Crego, George Muoz and Frank Islam: The Buffett Rule

By Ed Crego, George Muñoz and Frank Islam Apr 25th 2012 - 11:27AM

The Buffett Rule, as put forward by President Obama, was an attempt to raise the minimum tax paid by a person earning more than a million dollars a year to a minimum of 30 percent.

JimmyBuffett News From the Web

  • 05/24/12 Blood Bank hosts Parrot Head party Source: NBC - NBC 2 WDTN - Dayton OH Parrot Heads will be flocking to the downtown Dayton Community Blood Center where the CBC will host "Parrot Head Day" Friday, May 25 .
  • 05/24/12 Most Unique Margaritas In Las Vegas Source: KXNT - AM 840 - Las Vegas NV With a name born from the famous Jimmy Buffett song "Margaritaville," Jimmy Buffett's Las Vegas Margaritaville Casino and Restaurant has the usual fare, including its classic, high-end margarita called The Perfect Margarita made with top-shelf liquor.
  • 05/24/12 Timothy B. Schmit of The Eagles and Poco to perform at... Source: Go! Timothy B. Schmit has an impressive resume of musical groups, serving as bass guitar player and vocalist for Poco and Ringo Starr's All Star Band, as well as being a recording session musician for, or touring with, the likes of Bob Seeger, Boz Scaggs, Crosby Stills and Nash and Jimmy Buffet.
  • 05/23/12 Aristocrat's Oasis 360(TM) System Continues to Win... Source: Broadcast Newsroom LAS VEGAS, NV -- (Marketwire) -- 05/23/12 -- Aristocrat's Oasis 360 is by far the most widely used casino management system in North America, and now Oasis 360 has been chosen to monitor all games at the new Jimmy Buffett's Margaritaville Casino & Restaurant in Biloxi, Miss. Oasis 360, recently voted Best Player Tracking System in the 2012 Goldman Sachs Slot Manger Survey, will monitor all 820 games at the 60,000 square foot casino.
  • 05/23/12 Jimmy Buffett Celebrates 'Margaritaville' Opening With... Source: NBC - WPMI-Local 15 - Mobile AL (BILOXI, Miss.) The newest branch in Jimmy Buffett's 'Margaritaville' franchise is open for business.

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