Menu
Facilities Venues

EXPANSION OF THE FENS DISMISSED BY SOX; POLL SHOWS SUPPORT

          The idea of "rebuilding and expanding Fenway Park
     gathered steam yesterday, with a statewide poll showing
     overwhelming support for the Red Sox to stay put and the
     formation of a new grass-roots group determined to preserve"
     the ballpark, according to Anthony Flint of the BOSTON
     GLOBE.  The team "continued to deny" that it was "giving
     serious consideration to any such plan."  A spokesperson
     said talk of a redesign was "very premature."  In related
     news, a poll of 400 registered voters by the Beacon Hill
     Institute at Suffolk Univ. showed that 58% of respondents
     statewide supported the team staying at Fenway, while "only"
     20% favored a new park.  Also yesterday, a group of fans,
     residents and business execs formed Save Fenway Park! and
     said they planned to issue a report soon on the viability of
     expanding Fenway (Anthony Flint, BOSTON GLOBE, 1/22).

SBJ Morning Buzzcast: March 25, 2024

NFL meeting preview; MLB's opening week ad effort and remembering Peter Angelos.

Big Get Jay Wright, March Madness is upon us and ESPN locks up CFP

On this week’s pod, our Big Get is CBS Sports college basketball analyst Jay Wright. The NCAA Championship-winning coach shares his insight with SBJ’s Austin Karp on key hoops issues and why being well dressed is an important part of his success. Also on the show, Poynter Institute senior writer Tom Jones shares who he has up and who is down in sports media. Later, SBJ’s Ben Portnoy talks the latest on ESPN’s CFP extension and who CBS, TNT Sports and ESPN need to make deep runs in the men’s and women's NCAA basketball tournaments.

SBJ I Factor: Nana-Yaw Asamoah

SBJ I Factor features an interview with AMB Sports and Entertainment Chief Commercial Office Nana-Yaw Asamoah. Asamoah, who moved over to AMBSE last year after 14 years at the NFL, talks with SBJ’s Ben Fischer about how his role model parents and older sisters pushed him to shrive, how the power of lifelong learning fuels successful people, and why AMBSE was an opportunity he could not pass up. Asamoah is 2021 SBJ Forty Under 40 honoree. SBJ I Factor is a monthly podcast offering interviews with sports executives who have been recipients of one of the magazine’s awards.

Shareable URL copied to clipboard!

https://www.sportsbusinessjournal.com/Daily/Issues/1998/01/22/Facilities-Venues/EXPANSION-OF-THE-FENS-DISMISSED-BY-SOX-POLL-SHOWS-SUPPORT.aspx

Sorry, something went wrong with the copy but here is the link for you.

https://www.sportsbusinessjournal.com/Daily/Issues/1998/01/22/Facilities-Venues/EXPANSION-OF-THE-FENS-DISMISSED-BY-SOX-POLL-SHOWS-SUPPORT.aspx

CLOSE