Menu
Franchises

Franchise Notes: Scottish Club Ross County Cuts Season Ticket Costs By £100

Scottish Premiership club Ross County "has cut the costs of its season tickets for next season." The Dingwall-based club "reduced the price of an adult season ticket for the Jail End south stand" by £100 ($129) to £200 ($258). The club also "reduced the prices offered to young fans," including a new £5 ($6.45) season ticket for U12s, and cut over-65s and over-75s' costs. Ross County Chair Roy MacGregor said that the decision to "offer cheaper season tickets had followed a meeting with fans" (BBC, 5/11).

Barcelona and Georgetown University reached an agreement to explore possible avenues of cooperation within the framework of the Barça Innovation Hub. The signing ceremony was attended by Barça Innovation Hub Commissioner Jordi Monés and Georgetown School of Continuing Studies Dean Kelly Otter. The collaboration between the club and university seeks to develop mutual programs regarding football and leadership, professional education and sports management research (Barcelona).

Haas Formula 1 signed Indian Arjun Maini as a development driver alongside 18-year-old American Santino Ferrucci. The 19-year-old Maini is competing in the GP3 Series for Jenzer Motorsport after running 14 of the 18 GP3 Series races in '16 (Haas F1).

Rugby side Bradford Bulls insisted there is "no substance" to claims which have been launched against the club by nearly 50 former Bulls players and staff "before its liquidation in January." The club said in a statement, "We are aware of a claim against our club, the RFL (Rugby Football League), and the administrator regarding employees of the liquidated company Bradford Bulls Northern Limited. ... The legal advice given concerning this matter is that there is no substance to this claim" (TELEGRAPH & ARGUS, 5/10).

SBJ Morning Buzzcast: May 8, 2024

Start your morning with Buzzcast with Austin Karp: The NFL sets a date for its 2024 schedule release, while also dropping hints that it could soon approve private equity investment in teams; WNBA teams finally land charter flights; the F1 Miami Grand Prix delivers a record on TV; and Elevate lands in Happy Valley.

Phoenix Mercury/NBC’s Cindy Brunson, NBA Media Deal, Network Upfronts

On this week’s pod, SBJ’s Austin Karp chats with SBJ NBA writer Tom Friend about the pending NBA media Deal. Cindy Brunson of NBC and Phoenix Mercury is our Big Get this week. The sports broadcasting pioneer talks the upcoming WNBA season. Later in the show, SBJ media writer Mollie Cahillane gets us set for the upcoming network upfronts.

SBJ I Factor: Molly Mazzolini

SBJ I Factor features an interview with Molly Mazzolini. Elevate's Senior Operating Advisor – Design + Strategic Alliances chats with SBJ’s Ross Nethery about the power of taking chances. Mazzolini is a member of the SBJ Game Changers Class of 2016. She shares stories of her career including co-founding sports design consultancy Infinite Scale career journey and how a chance encounter while working at a stationery store launched her career in the sports industry. SBJ I Factor is a monthly podcast offering interviews with sports executives who have been recipients of one of the magazine’s awards.

Shareable URL copied to clipboard!

https://www.sportsbusinessjournal.com/Global/Issues/2017/05/12/Franchises/Notes.aspx

Sorry, something went wrong with the copy but here is the link for you.

https://www.sportsbusinessjournal.com/Global/Issues/2017/05/12/Franchises/Notes.aspx

CLOSE