Facility Notes

MSG has “expanded its empire into Brooklyn by partnering” with the borough’s new Aviator Sports & Recreation complex at Floyd Bennett Field. The deal means “past and present Knicks, Rangers and WNBA Liberty players will regularly show up” at the $38M, 25-acre complex “to host clinics and other events years before” the Nets’ anticipated ’09 move to Brooklyn. MSG President Steve & COO Steve Mills: “A tremendous percentage of our fan base lives in Brooklyn and Queens” (N.Y. POST, 11/10).

SETTLING DOWN: Miami city commissioners by a 3-2 vote approved a $750,000 settlement with Wisconsin-based Hammes Co., which the city hired to oversee Orange Bowl renovations. Miami hired Hammes last year “but later dropped the company — and Hammes sued in response.” The city claimed that Hammes “misled it into signing a contract with a Hammes subsidiary in Florida” (MIAMI HERALD, 11/10).

GIVE ME A SIGN: Several universities are trading in traditional rotating signs at their basketball arenas for digital signage through a partnership between Van Wagner Sports Group and Nebraska-based SignCo. The new signs, which use DLP technology, provide HD-quality video. Schools switching to digital signs for the ’06-07 season include Nebraska, USC, Oklahoma, Oklahoma State, Michigan State, Texas A&M and Texas Tech (THE DAILY).