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Hawks hire investment bank to sell equity06 / 10 / 13The Atlanta Hawks have hired investment bank Inner Circle Sports to try to raise tens of millions of dollars from new limited partners to pay for projects that could include a new practice facility, scoreboards at Philips Arena and a branding campaign, sources said. ... Tags: Franchises |
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No ‘moving sale’ on Kings seats
Sacramento Kings marketing chief Jeff David sees promotional opportunity in selling tickets for the team’s remaining 15 home games in what could be the club’s last season in California. Make that, opportunity lost. ...
Tags: Franchises
‘Refused to take no for an answer’
Local investors paid a $32.5 million expansion fee in 1987 to bring the NBA to Orlando, but just as valuable for Pat Williams was a pair of Mickey Mouse ears and a jar of central Florida dirt in pulling off the biggest sales job during his illustrious career. Williams, who in June 1986 joined loc ...
Tags: Champions
Digital theme rules All-Star activation
Editor’s note: This story is revised from the print edition. NBA partners’ activation plans for the league’s All-Star Weekend in Houston carry a distinct digital theme leading up to, and through, Sunday’s night’s centerpiece game at the Toyota Center. For th ...
Tags: Events and Attractions
NBA viewership slips; ad sales strong
The NBA hits its All-Star break this week with its viewership numbers down but its advertising revenue increasing, according to the league’s television partners. Turner Sports executives last week said they have already posted more revenue this season from NBA ad sales than they have genera ...
Tags: Media
Champions: Pat Williams
It’s a quiet midweek morning in Orlando, where the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus has pulled into the gleaming Amway Center for its annual weeklong run. As workers truck the Big Top onto the arena floor, the ponies and elephants pace in the adjacent parking lot that for the next ...
Tags: Champions
Shock signs casino as jersey sponsor
The Osage Casino was already familiar with the Tulsa Shock when its representatives went to meet with the team last June at the BOK Center. Osage had been a partner of the franchise since 2010, but team President Steve Swetoha wanted to make certain Osage executives understood what a jersey spons ...
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Kings will look to renew seats
The pending sale and possible relocation of the Sacramento Kings to Seattle is throwing the team’s marketing efforts into a lockout-like mode at a time when the club, like all NBA franchises, is rolling out its season-ticket renewal efforts. A final decision on the Kings’ fate for 201 ...
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NBA owners discuss jersey ads
The latest step on the NBA’s path to jersey advertising includes one proposal calling for teams to share 25 percent of the collective jersey advertising revenue. That revenue-sharing proposal, discussed as team presidents met in Miami last week, aims to solve one of the biggest roadblocks i ...
Emirates deal could land at NBA
Emirates is in talks with the NBA for a leaguewide deal as the airline looks to build out its sports sponsorship portfolio. Both the NBA and CAA Sports’ corporate consulting division, which represents the Dubai-based airline, confirmed the discussions. From the NBA’s side, the lea ...
MLSE’s chairman a quiet go-to guy
By virtue of his 25 percent stake in Maple Leaf Sports and Entertainment, and his long-established reputation as a dealmaker, Larry Tanenbaum is one of the most powerful sports figures in Canada. Chairman of MLSE since 2003, Tanenbaum oversees a company that touts $500 million in annual revenue a ...
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