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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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Arena restarts hunt for manager
Consultants hired by the Iowa Events Center project in Des Moines are speaking with other facility management firms about acquiring an AHL franchise for the 16,000-seat Wells Fargo Arena after similar negotiations broke down with Minnesota Sports & Entertainment in St. Paul. Officials ...
Tags: AHL, Comcast Corp., Hockey, SMG
NBC, Visa reps in Churchill clubhouse
R epresenta-tives of event network NBC and Visa , the $5 million title sponsor of the Triple Crown of thoroughbred horse racing, won't be relocated to the 77,000-square-foot infield tent at Churchill Downs housing ...
Tags: American Airlines Inc., Baseball, Centerplate, Churchill Downs Inc., FC Dallas, HKS Inc., Horse Racing, NBC, PepsiCo, Visa
Phillies, Padres pick up FanTrak
Philadelphia fans have been surveyed by FanTrak at about 25 events at Wachovia Center. The Philadelphia Phillies and San Diego Padres have reached deals to use computerized fan-survey system FanTrak as the clubs open their new ballparks ...
Tags: Baseball, Chicago White Sox, Minnesota Twins, Philadelphia Phillies, San Diego Padres
Derby’s in Run for the Revamp
Churchill Downs is meeting head-on the challenge of holding the Kentucky Derby in the midst of a $121 million renovation of the 130-year-old facility. This year's Run for the Roses is May 1. The traditional crowd of 145,000 to 148,000 is expected at the Louisville track. Despite the reloc ...
Tags: Churchill Downs Inc., Horse Racing
Albuquerque picks arena builder
A joint venture of Global Spectrum, Hunt Construction and Arena Management and Construction won the right last week to privately finance, build and operate a $48 million facility in downtown Albuquerque, N.M., that is scheduled to open in 2006. The consortium, known as Albuquerque Sports ...
Sports-driven projects a tough sell
T he downtown revitalization that has come slowly but steadily in Cleveland since Jacobs Field and Gund Arena opened stands as a frequently cited example of sports facilities acting as catalysts for urban renewal and development. The sprawl of empty land that encircles the Ballpark at Arl ...
Tags: Arizona Diamondbacks, Baltimore Orioles, Baseball, Basketball, Boston Red Sox, Columbus Blue Jackets, Dallas Mavericks, Dallas Stars, Denver Broncos, Football, HKS Inc., Hockey, HOK Inc., Miami Heat, Nationwide Realty Investors, NBA, NFL, NHL, Phoenix Coyotes, Phoenix Suns, In-Depth, Southwest Sports Group, Texas Rangers
FieldTurf takes resurfacing jobs held by SRI
FieldTurf CEO John Gilman said his firm will replace the artificial surfaces at the Metrodome in Minneapolis and Hiram Bithorn Stadium in San Juan, Puerto Rico, two MLB facilities that had contracts with SRI Sports, which recently filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. Both venues had ...
Tags: Baseball, FieldTurf, MLB, This Week's Issue
MTS selling out club seats
True North Sports & Entertainment expects to sell all 875 club seats at MTS Centre in Winnipeg by the time the 15,000-seat hockey arena opens in mid-November, said Mark Chipman, the company's chairman and governor of the American Hockey League's Manitoba Moose. Officials originally planned ...
Tags: AHL, Hockey, Other News
Dallas mayor suggests Fair Park
Editor's note: This story is revised from the print edition. D allas' mayor last week dealt a substantial blow to one of the Cowboys' top two sites for their proposed $1 billion sports and entertainment complex, then suggested a fam ...
Tags: Dallas Cowboys, Football
Once-hot club seats have fewer fans
When the Phoenix Coyotes visited 14 NHL venues to get ideas for the arena they were building, the verdict on club seats was clear: Teams were having trouble renewing contracts. "We found out that by the end of the first term, which is typically three to five years, they were reducing their ...
Tags: AFL, Baseball, Basketball, Boston Red Sox, Charlotte Bobcats, Colorado Avalanche, Dallas Mavericks, Dallas Stars, Denver Nuggets, Detroit Pistons, ECHL, Florida Panthers, Football, Hockey, Memphis Grizzlies, MLB, NBA, NFL, NHL, Palace Sports and Entertainment Inc., Phoenix Coyotes, San Jose Sharks, Tampa Bay Lightning
