Populous Selected For Quebec City Arena

Populous has been selected as the lead architect for a new $400M arena in Quebec City, a facility local officials are marketing as the future home of an NHL team. Populous is on a team of five firms that won the job. Three are Canadian companies. Thornton-Tomasetti, a N.Y. structural engineer, ...

Chiefs Reportedly Cut Ties With Tammy Fruits

The Chiefs have cut ties with Tammy Fruits , the team’s former VP/Sales & Marketing, according to a blog post written by Bob Gretz , a former Chiefs beat writer. Chiefs Exec VP & COO Mark Donovan  confirmed the report via e-mail. Fruits’ name and title are not listed on t ...

NFL Panthers Interviewing Architects

The NFL Panthers are interviewing sports architects this week to develop a master plan for improvements at Bank of America Stadium. The list includes Populous, formerly HOK Sport, the firm that designed the 15-year-old NFL facility, and Aecom, the company that designed renovations for Lambeau Field ...

Lightning Renew With Coors Light, Bud Light

The Lightning have renewed beer deals with Coors Light and Bud Light that cover new branded destinations in the upper deck at the St. Pete Times Forum. The terms of the deals were not disclosed. On the south end, the Coors Light Mountain Bar is anchored by a J.W. Walker & Sons pipe organ perched ...

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Ken Troupe To Advise Crowd Seats

Crowd Seats, a daily deals site providing deep discounts for sports tickets, has hired Ken Troupe as a senior advisor. Troupe, Senior Dir of Ticket Sales for the MLB Rangers from '96-'07, is responsible for partner development with pro and college teams. Troupe has also been a ticket sales consult ...

Architects Touring N.O. Arena For Renovation Ideas

A group of architects is expected to tour 12-year-old New Orleans Arena tomorrow to get ideas for developing a master plan to renovate the venue. SMG, the company managing the arena for the Louisiana Sports & Exposition District, issued a proposal about three weeks ago to nine firms with sports ...

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Team Store At Meadowlands Wins Awards

New Meadowlands Stadium’s team store has won seven retail design awards tied to its ability to quickly rebrand the facility for the Jets and Giants. The 9,600-square-foot Flagship Store Powered by Reebok has customized LED lighting that with a flip of the switch can turn the store green or blu ...

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Eagles Using App For Food Ordering

Eagles will utilize Bypass Lane app during Thursday's preseason game The Eagles will become the first NFL team to activate a smartphone application for in-seat ordering of food and drink ...

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Goodell Discusses Several Key Issues

NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell participated in a fan forum yesterday at the Panthers’ training camp in Spartanburg, S.C. In the first of six of these events NFL officials have planned for training camps, Goodell answered questions from about a dozen fans among the few hundred in attendance as ...

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New Cup Holder Retrofit Allows For Sponsor Branding

A Phoenix designer has developed a new cup holder retrofit for sports facilities. Shad Bruce, Principal & Creative Dir at DD&F, launched a separate company called Branded Seats. The new firm makes a product that fits over existing cup holders and has four advertising positions to display sp ...

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