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New NBA debt terms reflect investor confidence06 / 17 / 13The NBA has completed a $2.3 billion financing package that will continue to keep league-backed loans flowing to its teams. Significantly, the new debt has longer maturity terms and better interest rates than the previous financing package of the same amount. Those characteristics underscore the ... Tags: Finance |
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New L.A. sites on NFL’s list
The NFL is moving beyond its talks with the two long-running choices for stadium sites in Los Angeles and is now exploring additional locations. That means the proposed stadiums championed by AEG and by developer Ed Roski could now have company in seeking the favor of the NFL. Sources said the l ...
WTA to review medical timeouts
The WTA Tour is reviewing whether changes to its medical timeout procedures are necessary in the wake of the controversy engendered by world No. 1 player Victoria Azarenka and her stoppage at a pivotal moment of her Australian Open semifinal victory. Azarenka went on to win the tournament, but th ...
NFL makes cold-weather plans for NY
With more questions than answers surrounding the Super Bowl being played outdoors in a cold-weather climate next February, one thing is for certain: The NFL will have an extensive contingency plan in place to account for bad weather. The league is considering various options that include the pos ...
WTA Tour bringing on Xerox
The WTA Tour this week is set to finalize a three-year, multimillion-dollar sponsorship with Xerox, a deal that would be the circuit’s most significant such pact since Sony Ericsson departed as lead backer last year. An official announcement of the deal is expected today. WTA board approval ...
Examining NFL revenue streams
Without inside access to the NFL’s books, it’s tough to know exactly how to create a pie chart for the league’s $9.5 billion of revenue in 2012. We do know from the 2011 season that of the year’s nearly $9.4 billion in revenue, $5.5 billion (58.5 percent) came from national ...
NFLPA posts $36M loss for lockout year
The labor strife that nearly interrupted the 2011 football season appeared to take a toll on the finances of the NFL Players Association, leaving it with a deficit of $36 million for the fiscal year that encompassed that year’s lockout, according to the group’s tax return covering the pe ...
Tags: Labor and Agents
Where’s the party in NOLA?
New Orleans may be a town famous for all-day carousing, but the Super Bowl party scene will have some noticeable absences this week. The NFL Commissioner’s Party, which started as a media gathering at the first Super Bowl and eventually ga ...
Tags: Events and Attractions, Super Bowl
Game Pass coming stateside?
The NFL has long been knocked for its failure to export its brand overseas anywhere near to the height of the sport’s popularity back home. But while it is certainly open for debate whether international markets will deliver the revenue the league hopes, foreign lands may still soon play an ...
The NFL's $25 billion goal
Thirty-five months ago, NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell set a heady goal for team owners: triple the league’s then nearly $8.5 billion of revenue during the next 18 years. It was an aggressive pitch, requiring $917 million of new revenue annually. Now, three years later, despite the league&r ...
Stars refinance $95M in assumed debt
The Dallas Stars refinanced $95 million, sources said, closing the long book on the troubled history of the debt of Hicks Sports Group. Team owner Tom Gaglardi assumed the debt when he bought the club out of bankruptcy in November 2011. The Stars had been part of Hicks Sports Group, which default ...
Tags: Finance
