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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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Club seats sub for suites at Ga. Tech
Georgia Tech’s arena reopened as McCamish Pavilion last week after a $50 million retrofit that brings fans much closer to the action. The arena, formerly Alexander Memorial Coliseum, was renamed after Henry McCamish Jr., the donor who gave $15 million to help finance the renovation. ...
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Bucs propose stadium refurb
Editor's note: This story is revised from the print edition. The Tampa Bay Buccaneers are targeting major upgrades for 14-year-old Raymond James Stadium over the next two years, with a focus on food and retail. The Buccaneers’ plans include a two-story, 13,000-square-foot team store ...
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Newest NYC venue has a vibe of its own
Executive Editor Abraham Madkour and Facilities Writer Don Muret on the opening of the new Barclay's Center. Barclays Center’s exterior frame of weathered steel firmly welds the new arena to Brooklyn’s ...
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Inside the Nets’ review of opening night
Three hours before the Brooklyn Nets took the floor for their first game at Barclays Center, Brett Yormark took a brisk walk-through and did not like what he saw. He spotted a dirty rug leading to the arena’s $550,000-a-year bunker suites, streaks on the stainless-steel walls of the Calvin Kle ...
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Warriors add Adidas, Gameday
The Golden State Warriors have signed Adidas to a three-year deal as their official retail partner. The deal is tied to Gameday Merchandising’s operation of the team store at Oracle Arena. The Warriors Team Shop presented by Adidas, the st ...
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3-D system in Washington State suites
Washington State University has rolled out 3-D technology in the suites at Martin Stadium, which industry experts believe is the first sports facility in North America to complete a permanent installation. A company called 3D-4U, co-founded by Sankar Jayaram, a Washington State professor of mecha ...
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Paciolan working with IMG Tickets
Paciolan has signed an eight-year deal with IMG Tickets to provide a full-service ticketing platform for the Florida company. IMG Tickets is a regional ticketing distributor based in Coral Gables, Fla., that handles ticketing for 20 events. Several are in golf and tennis, including the Sony Open, ...
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Tech lets ticketed fans upgrade
Major league teams are adopting new technology allowing fans who have already bought tickets to upgrade their seats. Several tech vendors are marketing mobile Web platforms through which fans can use their smartphones to move to better locations in the stadium at reduced prices. The technology he ...
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More teams become show promoters
Bruce Springsteen closed out his three-night stand at MetLife Stadium with a 63rd birthday celebration before 55,000 rain-soaked fans. The three shows, Sept. 19, 21 and 22 — the final stadium dates for Springsteen’s “Wrecking Ball” tour of 2012, a route that included seven ...
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Toyota names Pepsi Center parking areas
Kroenke Sports Enterprises has signed a three-year renewal with Toyota that gives the automaker naming rights to several parking lots surrounding Pepsi Center in Denver. The sponsorship is valued at seven figures annually, said Tom Philand, Kroenke Sports’ senior vice president of marketing ...
