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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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Fla. Senate OKs Stadium Tax Funding Bill
The Florida Senate yesterday got a “strong push” from NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell and Dolphins Owner Stephen Ross, and “signed off on a proposal to let pro sports teams such as the Dolphins compete for tax dollars to fund stadium projects,” according to Haughney & Desl ...
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State Farm, Illinois Ink Naming Rights Deal
Univ. of Illinois basketball arena Assembly Hall "has a new name: the State Farm Center" after the school yesterday announced a 30-year, $60M agreement with the Bloomington-based insurance company, according to Christine Des Garennes of the Champaign NEWS-GAZETTE. Some utility work on the venue ...
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Rose Bowl Premium Seats Selling Fast
The Rose Bowl's new premium seating pavilion is not yet open, but stadium officials "say seats are already selling fast,” according to Joe Piasecki of the L.A. TIMES. Construction of pavilion and press box levels on the stadium's west side “has been the most significant -- and expensive ...
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Churchill Downs Installs New Wireless System
Churchill Downs has partnered with Calif.-based wireless infrastructure provider Mobilitie and AT&T to install a new distributed antenna system (DAS). The project involved more than 100 small antennas and about 35,000 feet of fiber, some of which was buried or hidden out of view to maintain the ...
Global Spectrum To Manage XL Center
Global Spectrum on Thursday received "final approval" for a contract to manage XL Center and Rentschler Field in the Hartford market, and "will be paid annual base and incentive fees for each venue under a 10-year agreement," according to Kenneth Gosselin of the HARTFORD COURANT. The firm will be "p ...
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MSG Begins Marketing Luxury Suites
Madison Square Garden has “begun marketing 18 new upper-bowl, luxury suites aimed at attracting companies run by sports and entertainment junkies,” according to Rich Calder of the N.Y. POST. The new suites will be “built over the summer” after both the Knicks and NHL Rangers ...
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Trail Blazers Select New Culinary Partner
The Trail Blazers and Rip City Management on Thursday announced a multiyear deal making Levy Restaurants their new culinary partner. The agreement, which applies to the Rose Garden and Rose Quarter, goes into effect July 1. The choice concludes a 13-week search process. The Rose Garden now becomes t ...
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KSU Renovations Ahead Of Schedule
Renovations to Kansas State Univ.'s Bill Snyder Family Stadium are "ahead of schedule" and expected be completed in time for the football season opener against North Dakota State on Aug. 30, according to Kellis Robinett of the K.C. STAR. The majority of the project is "naked steel frames." The "mass ...
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Facility Notes
In Buffalo, Jill Terreri reports the city's Common Council is "set to call on the owners of land on the Outer Harbor to grant development rights to a group wanting to build a football stadium and entertainment complex." The council "does not control the land, however, and the state authority that do ...
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Edmonton Mayor Critical Of Arena Support
Edmonton Mayor Stephen Mandel yesterday “blasted” Alberta’s lack of support for the Oilers’ downtown arena project, and “insisted the government act within two weeks,” according to Gordon Kent of the EDMONTON JOURNAL. Mandel said, “The time has come for the ...
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