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Scott Blackmun, USOC The Big Winners From Last Night's Sports Business Awards05 / 23 / 13The sixth annual Sports Business Awards had a decided Olympic feel to them, as the USOC was named Sports League of the Year, beating the NFL, NBA, MLB and PGA Tour, while USOC CEO Scott Blackmun took home the award for Sports Exec of the Year. The recognition was the culmination of a... Tags: Events and Attractions |
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Ticketmaster CEO Discusses Yankees, Analytics
Ticketmaster CEO Nathan Hubbard was the featured interview on the opening day of the '13 Ticketing Symposium, and began by discussing his company's deal with the Yankees. Hubbard said, "Part of the issue is arbitrage, and at the end of the day, that's what is driving a lot of it. But it wasn't just ...
Yormark, Krezwick Talk About Challenges
Day two of the '13 Sports Facilities & Franchises Symposium began with a Metro N.Y.-themed discussion featuring Nets & Barclays Center CEO Brett Yormark and Devils Arena Entertainment President Rich Krezwick. The Islanders are set to move from Nassau Coliseum to Barclays Center for th ...
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LBGP Underway Friday With Racing Under The Lights
The Izod IndyCar Series Long Beach Grand Prix each year "adds something to its menu of speed and entertainment to make the biggest event in town a little bigger and better," and this year's additions include "night racing, with Drifting events" set for Friday and Saturday, according to Bob Keisser o ...
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St. Jude Classic Launches Volunteer Fundraiser
The FedEx St. Jude Classic, the PGA Tour's annual stop in Memphis, has created a new fundraising initiative that will enable the tournament’s 1,850 volunteers to solicit donations based on how many hours they work. The program is being called Hours of St. Jude and is sponsored by BlueCross Blu ...
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Would Major Cost Increases Doom Small Marathons?
The marathon industry is concerned a potential increase in insurance and security costs could eliminate smaller events following the Boston Marathon bombings, but it is "too early to determine" if that will be the case, according to a source cited by Darren Rovell of ESPN.com. There was an increase ...
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Buyers Looking At Long Beach GP
Reports emerged Monday night that a "bevy of suitors," led by F1 CEO Bernie Eccelstone, are "lining up to buy the 39-year-old" Long Beach Grand Prix "despite the fact that its owners, Kevin Kalkhoven and Gerald Forsythe, have not expressed interest in selling it," according to Bob Keisser of the Lon ...
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Execs: Twitter Seen As Beneficial New Outlet
In a breakout session yesterday at the '13 Sports Facilities & Franchises Conference entitled "High-Stakes Team PR in the Twitter Age," MLS Exec VP/Communications Dan Courtemanche, Nets & Barclays Center Senior VP & Chief Communications Officer Barry Baum and Sporting KC Exec VP/Communic ...
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Ottawa Execs Detail Plan For Multi-Use Development
The '13 Sports Facilities & Franchises Conference took a detailed look at the Ottawa Sports City development, a $500M project led by Ottawa Sports & Entertainment Group CEO Bernie Ashe, Perkins Eastman Principal John Clifford and Premier Partnerships Managing Dir Jeff Marks. Ottawa Sports Ci ...
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'14 Boston Marathon Will Be Run
The Boston Athletic Association yesterday vowed that the Boston Marathon "will be held as scheduled next year," according to John Powers of the BOSTON GLOBE. BAA Exec Dir Tom Grilk in a statement said, "The Boston Marathon is a deeply held tradition -- an integral part of the fabric and history of o ...
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London Marathon Reviews Security
Organizers of Sunday's Virgin London Marathon and police officers this week will "conduct a review of the security arrangements that will be put in place" for the race, with "effective communications and a swift decision-making structure ... likely to be central to the discussions," according to Sim ...
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