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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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Turner opens 9 stadiums in 31 days
T urner Construction 's 3-year-old Sports Group is winding up its busiest month ever after opening nine football stadiums worth $1.5 billion in building costs in 31 days. "It took a quick balancing act to staff everything we had with the appropriate personnel and provide senior i ...
Portland venues keep concessions in-house
Oregon Arena Corp. in Portland has decided to keep its food concessions operation in-house at two facilities, continuing with Cutting Edge Concepts at the Rose Garden and Memorial Coliseum, senior vice president J.E. Isaac said last week. The Paul Allen-owned company sent out requests for pr ...
Celts’ pricing worries arena
FleetCenter is calling some ticket-price increases by the Boston Celtics excessive, including a 47 percent hike in club-seat prices for the coming NBA season. The move has affected arena marketing efforts for its Premium Club, a primary revenue stream for the facility, said FleetCenter CEO ...
Tags: Basketball, Boston Bruins, Boston Celtics, Fleet
Lambeau leaps into the future
Two hours before the kickoff of Green Bay's Sept. 7 regular-season opener at renovated Lambeau Field, green-and-gold-clad fans lined up outside the new 11,500-square-foot Packers Pro Shop just to buy more merchandise declaring their undying loyalty to the Pack. The focus was not on the fie ...
Tags: Football, Green Bay Packers, Levy Restaurants, Minnesota Vikings, NFL
NFL’s new venues learn lessons
Last year came the ribbon-cutting and critiquing. This year, at the four NFL stadiums that opened in 2002, comes the tweaking and trouble shooting. With a year of operations to learn from, officials at Gillette Stadium, Ford Field, Reliant Stadium and Seahawks Stadium are making minor adjust ...
Tags: Detroit Lions, Football, Ford Motor Co., Gillette Co., Houston Texans, New England Patriots, NFL, Reliant Energy, Seattle Seahawks
Fans thirst for fountains in new stadiums
The Green Bay Packers and Philadelphia Eagles are having to answer to fans and local media because they didn't put public water fountains in their new stadiums. The Eagles are answering critics by spending an estimated $50,000 to $100,000 to install 22 permanent water fountains on their conc ...
Tags: Football, Green Bay Packers, Lincoln Financial Group, Milwaukee Brewers, NBBJ, Philadelphia Eagles
Concessionaires: Bigger is better
The trend toward supersize food and drink portions is big in the NFL, as stadium concessionaires continue to push the envelope with larger sizes. "It's a better value, and that's what the public is looking for," said industry consultant Chris Bigelow. "If they don't like waiting in line, the ...
Tags: Aramark Corp., Boston Concession Group, Carolina Panthers, Centerplate, Football, Levy Restaurants, Miller Brewing Co., NFL, Philadelphia Eagles, Sportservice-Fan Zone
Beyond hot dogs, nachos, peanuts ...
NFL food service providers continue to upgrade regular concession fare and provide better quality and more variety for those not sitting in the most expensive seats. A sampling of new items in a departure from the normal hot dogs, nachos and peanuts: Boston Concessions now sells crabc ...
Tags: Boston Concession Group, Centerplate, Football, Levy Restaurants, NFL, Sportservice-Fan Zone
Coyotes bring in lacrosse team
Glendale (Ariz.) Arena will tentatively open Dec. 26 with indoor lacrosse after signing a three-year operations contract with the National Lacrosse League's Columbus Landsharks, building GM Ron Woodbridge said. Arena Management Group, the facility division of the NHL Phoenix Coyotes, secure ...
Sit-down dining at Fenway
The “Big Concourse” sits beneath outfield stands. The Boston Red Sox and Aramark have created a sit-down area for concessions, a first at Fenway Park, with the "Big Concourse" underneath the right-field stands and center-field bleache ...
Tags: Aramark Corp., Baseball, Boston Red Sox
