Carrier Classic Moves To South Carolina

The second annual Carrier Classic will be broadcast Nov. 9 on NBC Sports Network. The college basketball event this year has moved to the USS Yorktown in Mt. Pleasant, S.C., and has expanded to a doubleheader. Ohio State plays Marquette in the men’s game, set to tip-off live at 7:08pm ET. ...

Warriors Select Architects For New Arena

The Warriors have selected AECOM and L.A.-based architect Snohetta to design their new $500M arena on the S.F. waterfront. AECOM, formerly Ellerbe Becket, designed Barclays Center and is developing upgrades to New Orleans Arena for the Hornets. Snohetta, the Warriors’ lead architect, designed ...

Brad Mayne Hired As MetLife Stadium Prez, CEO

BRAD MAYNE has been hired as MetLife Stadium President & CEO, and will begin his new duties in early September, confirmed Giants President & CEO JOHN MARA . Mayne has spent the past 14 years as President & CEO of Center Operating Co., the firm that manages American Airlines Center in ...

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Sources: Mayne To Head Up MetLife Stadium

Brad Mayne has been hired as MetLife Stadium President & CEO, according to industry sources, and will begin his new duties Sept. 1. Mayne spent the past 14 years as President & CEO of Center Operating Co., the firm that manages American Airlines Center in Dallas on behalf of the Mavericks ...

Vikings Hire Icon Venue Group For Stadium

The Vikings have hired Denver-based Icon Venue Group as their owner’s representative for the new $975M NFL stadium to be built in downtown Minneapolis, according to the architectural and engineering services proposal posted online yesterday by the Minnesota Sports Facilities Authority. Icon wi ...

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Vikings Hire Icon Venue Group

The Vikings have hired Denver-based Icon Venue Group as their owner’s representative for the new $975M NFL stadium to be built in downtown Minneapolis, according to the architectural and engineering services proposal posted online yesterday by the Minnesota Sports Facilities Authority. Icon wi ...

SMG Out, AEG In At Consol Energy Center

The Penguins have signed a five-year deal with AEG Facilities to manage Consol Energy Center. The agreement also gives AEG the right to partner with the NHL team to develop an entertainment complex across the street from the arena, said Penguins COO and general counsel Travis Williams . The intent ...

White House Hosts Sports & Sustainability Event

Several major league execs are scheduled to participate in this morning's White House Event on Sports & Sustainability that is tied to President Obama ’s Better Buildings Initiative, an effort to create more jobs by encouraging private investment to cut energy costs at commercial and ind ...

Nets Sign Sony As Building Partner

The Nets have signed Sony as a building partner at Barclays Center in an extensive deal covering showroom space, permanent signs in the inner bowl and the supplier for the arena’s HDTVs. The four-year deal is valued at seven figures annually, according to sources familiar with the negotiations ...

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Thunder Merch Takes Show On The Road

Chesapeake Energy Arena’s retail provider has been generating significant revenue outside the facility with a mobile unit selling Thunder merchandise in several Oklahoma communities. Gameday Merchandising, which operates the team store inside the arena, bought an old food delivery van and conv ...

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