The Wild reportedly lost $30M during their abbreviated '12-13 season, "and a cash call was made to team investors in February" (ST. PAUL PIONEER PRESS, 7/28).
IMG Worldwide has acquired J. Patton Sports Marketing, a brand management firm that specializes in patented holographic security technologies and digital asset management. The firm will continue operations as JPatton and will become a unit under IMG’s Sports & Entertainment division (IMG).
Golden Boy Promotions and NCM Fathom Events have partnered to make the Sept. 14 Floyd Mayweather Jr.-Canelo Alvarez PPV bout “available at nearly 550 movie theaters across the country” (ESPN.com, 7/31).
The Lions yesterday reached sellouts for half of their home games “a few hours after single-game tickets went on sale.” It marked the “best open to a public sale since their first year in Ford Field” in ’02 (FREEP.com, 7/31).
The 21,000-seat Manchester Arena, "which is Europe's largest indoor venue," has been renamed Phones 4U Arena "after its owners signed a sponsorship deal with the mobile phone retailer" (LONDON TIMES, 8/1).
