Speed Reads....

The MLB Cardinals and the PBR announced that PBR St. Louis: A Cowboy Bar will open at Ballpark Village, making it the eighth location in the U.S. The PBR said that the bar will be its only venue in the St. Louis region (Cardinals/PBR).

U.S. District Court Judge Michael Shipp said that he will “render a decision ‘within two weeks’ in the lawsuit by sports organizations seeking to block New Jersey’s plans to offer Las Vegas-style betting on games at state casinos and racetracks” (Bergen RECORD, 2/15).

Kansas State will soon break ground on a 9,000-square-foot rowing center that “will be constructed adjacent to the east parking lot of Bill Snyder Family Stadium at a cost” of $2.7M (K.C. STAR, 2/15).