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Pair Of Towers Proposed As Gateway To TD Garden Shopping District05 / 17 / 13A Boston development team “wants to build a pair of towers in front of TD Garden that could reach 600 feet in height, creating a gateway for the arena with stores and restaurants, 500 residences, offices, and a 200-room hotel,” according to Casey Ross of the BOSTON GLOBE. The project, by... Tags: Facilities |
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Texas A&M Approves Kyle Field Renovation
The Texas A&M Univ. Board of Regents yesterday approved a $450M renovation to Kyle Field that will "increase the stadium's capacity to 102,500," making it the biggest stadium in the SEC, according to a front-page piece by David Harris of the Bryan-College Station EAGLE. Kyle Field's new capacity ...
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Ricketts Clarifies Comments On Leaving Wrigley
Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel said that he "does not believe there’s a serious threat the Cubs will leave" Wrigley Field after Cubs Chair Tom Ricketts yesterday acknowledged that moving to a new ballpark is a consideration should the team's planned ballpark renovations not be approved, ac ...
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MLS Crew President & GM Mark McCullers yesterday said of the Columbus Crew Stadium scoreboard, which caught fire before a game against DC United on Saturday , “We turned it on (Tuesday) and ran it, and it’s fully functional.” In Columbus, Adam Jardy writes many fans were &ldqu ...
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Cubs Unveil Wrigley Renovation Designs
The Cubs' $300M Wrigley Field renovation proposal "calls for re-creating green terra-cotta canopies, along with the windows and wrought-iron fencing, that graced parts of Wrigley's exterior in the 1930s," according to a front-page piece by Dardick & Ruthhart of the CHICAGO TRIBUNE. Cubs Presiden ...
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Falcons' Architect Set For $32.5M Fixed Fee
The Falcons and Georgia World Congress Center Authority's contract with 360 Architecture yesterday was "approved unanimously" by the GWCCA board and "signed immediately after the vote," according to Tucker & Stafford of the ATLANTA JOURNAL-CONSTITUTION. The contract calls for 360 Architecture "t ...
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BOK Center Sees Profits Increasing
Tulsa's BOK Center is "on pace for one of its most profitable years" after netting $1.8M through Q3 of the '12-13 fiscal year, according to Zack Stoycoff of TULSA WORLD. BOK Center managers expect net income "to drop to about" $1.5M by the end of FY '13, but that would "still be the second- or third ...
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Sale Of Venues Could Net Winston-Salem $30M
While the "combined minimum asking price" for Winston-Salem's Lawrence Joel Memorial Coliseum and Bowman Gray Stadium stands at $15.1M, the sale of the venues would "eliminate operating deficits; avoid repairs, improvements and maintenance; and increase the city’s ability to borrow money," acc ...
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In Austin, Dave Doolittle writes anyone "hoping that NASCAR could soon be coming" to the Circuit of the Americas "probably shouldn't hold their breath." The NASCAR Sprint Cup Series holds 38 races during the season, while the Nationwide Series has 33, but "still runs 10 months out of the year." Driv ...
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Vikings Stadium Details Revealed
The Vikings' new stadium will be "taller and bigger than the Metrodome and will have a sloped roof and possibly, sliding walls, windows or doors that open to the downtown Minneapolis skyline," according to Meryhew & Moore of the Minneapolis STAR-TRIBUNE. Documents released yesterday provided "th ...
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Panthers To Speed Up Stadium Upgrades
NFL Panthers President Danny Morrison said that with a deal approved for public funding toward Bank of America Stadium renovations, the franchise has “turned its attention to getting started on planning" for the upgrades, and the team “wants to accelerate its plans,” acco ...
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