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Don Muret
Staff writer Don Muret covers facilities.
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What does $1.7B buy in NYC market? Two stadiums in one09 / 20 / 10Early in the New York Giants’ regular-season opener at New Meadowlands Stadium, the boo birds re-emerged after a winter of discontent to voice their displeasure with poor special teams performance by the Men in Blue. The next night, the same chorus could be heard over the Jets’ struggling offense. ... Tags: Facilities |
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New venture scopes out Target
The Minnesota Timberwolves and The Nederlander Group may form a partnership to buy out Clear Channel Entertainment's 30-year management lease at city-owned Target Center in Minneapolis. There are 21 years left on the contract. The common denominator is Dana Warg, Nederlander's Los Angeles-ba ...
Tags: Basketball, Clear Channel Communications Inc., Minnesota Timberwolves, NBA
Fire to model Burn's stadium plans
Anschutz Entertainment Group, owner of Major League Soccer's Chicago Fire, is using the Dallas Burn complex under construction in Frisco, Texas, as a financial model in its quest to construct a 20,000- to 25,000-seat soccer facility, according to Fire general manager Peter Wilt. The Fire ...
Tags: Anschutz Properties, Chicago Fire, FC Dallas, Soccer
Less is more: Sox scrap 6,600 seats
The Chicago White Sox will address what focus groups made the "No. 1 fan suggestion for improvement" by removing the canopy roof and top eight rows of the upper deck at U.S. Cellular Field, said Dan Polvere, director of development and facilities for the Illinois Sports Facilities Authority. ...
Tags: Baseball, Chicago White Sox
AHL going to Des Moines?
B y Dec. 31, Minnesota Sports & Entertainment , which owns the NHL Wild and operates Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul, could expand its operation four hours south on I-35 to the $217 million Iowa Events Center in Des Moines, Iowa. Officials in Minnesota signed a letter of int ...
Tags: AHL, Calgary Flames, Gaylord Entertainment Co., Hockey, HOK Inc., Minnesota Wild, Philadelphia Phillies
Team’s away, but stadium’s open
Turner Field in Atlanta can turn its 755 Club into a formal dining room for special events. Non-event catering at arenas and stadiums has developed into an important part of business for concessionaires as they seek creative ways to imp ...
Tags: Aramark Corp., Atlanta Braves, Baltimore Orioles, Centerplate, Green Bay Packers, Milwaukee Brewers, New York Yankees, Special Report
NBDL thinks ‘family’
The National Basketball Development League will increase its focus on in-game entertainment and promotions for the coming season as officials continue to revamp the struggling NBA property in the remaining six Southeast markets. Commissioner Phil Evans discussed the state of the NBDL during ...
Tags: Atlanta Hawks, Basketball, NBA, NBDL, This Week's Issue
Shrinking margins squeeze industry
Venues have grown more savvy in negotiating contracts that call for a greater share of food profits. Concessions officials, without stating specific figures, generally agree that profit margins have decreased within the last decade, ...
Tags: Aramark Corp., Centerplate, Special Report, Sportservice-Fan Zone
Negotiating a contract
There is no perfect formula for negotiating arena and stadium food contracts, whether structured as a profit-and-loss arrangement, flat management fee or a combination with built-in sales incentives. Each business model has advantages and disadvantages, but the bottom line is the contracto ...
Tags: Baseball, Boston Concession Group, Centerplate, Delaware North Cos., Football, Kansas City Chiefs, Kansas City Royals, Special Report, Sportservice-Fan Zone
Joint effort opened Soldier Field
W ith Soldier Field in Chicago opening Sept. 29 for Bears football just two days after Turner Construction cleared the stadium for operation, SMG and Sportservice mobilized a small army of out-of-market supervisors to assist respective on-site general managers Tim Lefevour ...
Tags: Anschutz Properties, Chicago Bears, Comcast Corp., Football, Levy Restaurants, Qwest Communications International Inc., SMG, Sportservice-Fan Zone
Showtime at Soldier Field
New Soldier Field made its debut under the lights last Monday night. Late in the third quarter of opening night last Monday at renovated Soldier Field, a Chicago Bears fan lent his camera to an SMG employee so he could take a picture of ...
Tags: Aramark Corp., Chicago Bears, Football, Green Bay Packers, NFL, SMG
