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Ratner Feels MSG Can't Veto Isles Games At Renovated Nassau Coliseum05 / 24 / 13Forest City Ratner Chair & CEO and Nets investor Bruce Ratner, discussing his company's bid for Nassau Coliseum and the Islanders potentially playing a handful of games at the renovated arena after '15, said the venue "really needs to be redone." Ratner appeared on Fox Busine... Tags: Facilities, New York Islanders, NHL, Madison Square Garden |
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Utah Athletic Facilities To Get Makeover
Since the Univ. of Utah joined the Pac-12 in '11, there have been a number of changes to the athletic facilities, and "more changes, a lot more, are on the way," according to Dirk Facer of the DESERET NEWS. Last week, things "got rolling on a $24 million men’s and women’s basketball trai ...
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In Edmonton, Elise Stolte notes the city council “voted to approve the final funding deal and move ahead" on the proposed Oilers downtown arena Wednesday after the Katz Group "volunteered an additional" $15M. The vote “passed 10 to 3,” with a matching $15M to “be paid by the ...
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Minnesota Tax Plan For Vikings In Jeopardy
After issues with Minnesota's plan for electronic gaming to serve as a revenue source for the state’s share of the new Vikings stadium, the sports memorabilia tax, "once thought to be a fallback plan, may also be doomed," according to Stassen-Berger & Ragsdale of ...
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Cubs Launch Website To Back Wrigley Upgrades
The Cubs have “stepped up a public relations campaign to build support for Wrigley Field renovations” by launching WrigleyField.com yesterday, according to Ameet Sachdev of the CHICAGO TRIBUNE. The website asks visitors to sign an online petition "to save Wrigley Field." It also &ld ...
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Ratner's Coliseum Plan Could Face Challenges
Barclays Center developer Bruce Ratner’s plan to have six Islanders games each season at a redeveloped Nassau Coliseum starting in '15 could face challenges from a number of NHL entities. According to a source, the NHL, led by Commissioner Gary Bettman, has to approve the annual relocatio ...
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NHL Panthers Get Funding For New Scoreboard
The Broward County (Fla.) Commission yesterday agreed to pay $4.2M for a new scoreboard at BB&T Center, after commissioners "questioned irregularities" about the NHL Panthers' finances "cited in a county audit," according to Robert Nolin of the South Florida SUN-SENTINEL. The audit rep ...
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Univ. Of Minn Renegotiating With Aramark
The Univ. of Minnesota is “hurriedly moving to renegotiate its contract with its longtime concessionaire to funnel more alcohol proceeds to the school after reporting that it lost money in its first year selling beer and wine at TCF Bank Stadium ,” according to Mike Kaszuba of the Minne ...
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In Miami, Mazzei & Caputo in a front-page piece note a majority of Miami-Dade voters who voted in the Sun Life Stadium renovation election before it was called off were opposed to the stadium bill. A count released by the elections department yesterday showed that among the 60,678 voters who "vo ...
Vikings Stadium Plan Features Glass-Like Roof
HKS Sports & Entertainment yesterday unveiled design plans for the Vikings' new stadium, featuring "giant pivoting glass doors that open to the downtown Minneapolis skyline and a roof that, while not retractable, will let in so much sunlight come game days, fans will feel as though they’re ...
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Dolphins, Ross Spent $10M On Stadium Campaign
The Dolphins and Owner Stephen Ross “spent a staggering" $10M over the past six weeks campaigning for voters to support public funding for Sun Life Stadium renovations in a "special election that never happened ,” according to Patricia Mazzei of the MIAMI HERALD. Records show that Dolph ...
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