AEG Facilities Consulting On Moscow Complex

AEG Facilities has signed a five-year consulting deal with VTB Bank to develop a new sports complex in Moscow . The $1.5B project encompasses a new 45,000-seat soccer stadium, a 12,000-seat arena and 650,000 square feet of commercial space. The stadium will be the future home of the Dynamo Moscow Fo ...

Centerplate Chosen For New 49ers Stadium

Centerplate, pending city review and approval, has been selected to operate food and merchandise for the 49ers’ proposed stadium in Santa Clara. The terms cover an initial five-year contract and five two-year options to renew, plus a consulting deal prior to the stadium’s opening. The 49 ...

Populous Picked For L.A. Convention Center

AEG and L.A. city officials yesterday announced that Populous has been selected as the architect of record to design a new exhibition hall at the L.A. Convention Center. The project is tied to Farmers Field, the NFL stadium AEG wants to privately build next to the convention center. Separately, Pop ...

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Populous To Design L.A. Exhibition Hall

AEG and L.A. city officials announced this afternoon that Populous has been selected as the architect of record to design a new exhibition hall at the L.A. Convention Center. The project is tied to Farmers Field, the NFL stadium AEG wants to privately build next to the convention center. Separately, ...

Gensler To Design Hoops Arena In France

Gensler has been retained as the lead architect for a new 13,000-seat arena proposed for Villeurbanne, France, according to project officials. The development covers the Tony Parker Academy next to the arena, a facility to train young French basketball players. The Spurs G grew up in France and is t ...

Record Per Caps At NBA Finals In Dallas

The NBA Finals produced record food and beverage sales for American Airlines Center in Dallas. Levy Restaurants, the facility’s concessionaire, reported per caps of $22.73 for Game Three, $23.76 for Game Four and $25.13 for Game Five. By multiplying per caps by official attendance figures, tho ...

TD Garden Preps For Stanley Cup Final

Delaware North Sportservice, seizing the opportunity to cash in on the first Stanley Cup Final in Boston in 21 years, has greatly expanded its lines of merchandise at TD Garden. The '11 Stanley Cup championship moves to Boston for tonight’s Game Three and Wednesday’s Game Four. Dela ...

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New Site Offers Daily Deals On Tickets

A young sports marketing entrepreneuer has launched CrowdSeats, a “daily deals” website offering sports tickets at discounts of 50-90% off their face value. Justin Cener, a 23-year-old Rutgers graduate and founder of CrowdSeats, has invested $5,000 to date to develop a model based on the ...

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John Sparks Hired As Barclays Center GM

The Nets have hired John Sparks as GM of Barclays Center, the NBA team's new arena under construction in Brooklyn. Sparks was most recently VP & GM at AT&T Center in San Antonio, a position he held since the Spurs' arena opened in '02. Previously, he spent two years as Dir of Operations ...

Rays Open Hooters Suite At Ballpark

The Rays and team partner Hooters have developed the Hooters Owls Den Suite, a new indoor group space near the foul pole in the right-field corner at Tropicana Field. The expanded, rebranded room can accommodate 48 people and it has the same interior look as a Hooters restaurant. Hooters chicken win ...

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