L.A. sports teams eye plan for retail stores

The Los Angeles Lakers, Kings and Dodgers, in partnership with Fox Group Inc., have hired a research consultant to study the potential of opening retail stores throughout Southern California to sell team merchandise, said Tim Leiweke, Kings president. Leiweke indicated that if a decision is made ...

Tags: Anschutz Properties, ESPN, Fox, Los Angeles Dodgers, Los Angeles Kings, Los Angeles Lakers, NBA, News Corp., Sacramento Kings, Staples Inc.

2002 Olympic budget tops $1.43 billion

The Salt Lake Organizing Committee has unveiled a $1.435 billion budget for the 2002 Winter Games, which includes $859 million in sponsorship revenue, said John Krimsky Jr., CEO of Olympic Properties of the United States. "It is a balanced budget," Krimsky said. The budget is about $400 milli ...

2002 Olympic budget tops $1.43 billion

The Salt Lake Organizing Committee has unveiled a $1.435 billion budget for the 2002 Winter Games, which includes $859 million in sponsorship revenue, said John Krimsky Jr., CEO of Olympic Properties of the United States. "It is a balanced budget," Krimsky said. The budget is about $400 milli ...

King-Tyson purse deal to be probed

A member of the Nevada Athletic Commission says the sanctioning organization will look into an allegation that Don King Productions Inc. violated Nevada law by taking a 30 percent cut of Mike Tyson's $30 million purse in his last fight. It is a misdemeanor for a boxing promoter to take any porti ...

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Tyson camp ready for the next round

The Mike Tyson money machine may get rolling in time to save the troubled fighter, once ranked as the wealthiest athlete in the world, from declaring personal bankruptcy. If Tyson gets his boxing license back from the Nevada Athletic Commission, his comeback fight could be announced as soon as t ...

Tags: NKS Management Inc., Showtime

Boxing still draws fans for TV bouts

Boxing scored a one-two TV punch on Sept. 18-19: an Oscar De La Hoya fight that drew one of the highest non-heavyweight pay-per-view buys and an Evander Holyfield fight that was one of Showtime's highest-rated original programs. The De La Hoya-Julio Cesar Chavez rematch, billed as a mismatch b ...

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Delta Center owner mulls Olympic changes

Larry Miller, owner of the Delta Center, is in initial discussions with the Salt Lake Olympic Committee about reconfiguring the 20,000-seat arena to increase seating for Olympic hockey events for the 2002 Games. Miller, who also owns the NBA Utah Jazz, said that if changes are made to accommodat ...

Tags: Miller Brewing Co., NBA, NHL, Utah Jazz

Karl Malone blamed for ticket slump

A Utah Jazz official says speculation about the future of star forward Karl Malone is hurting season-ticket sales. As of mid-September, the Jazz had sold about 14,500 season tickets, compared with about 15,000 last year, said Jay K. Francis, Jazz senior vice president of marketing and advertisin ...

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Houston's NFL odds seen rising

The businessman heading the effort to bring the NFL back to Houston contends the Texas city has taken the lead in the race to land the next franchise. Houston has a "better than 50-50" shot at beating out Los Angeles for the next NFL franchise, said CoGen Technologies Chairman Robert McNair, wh ...

Tags: CBS Broadcasting Inc., CoGen Technologies, IHL, New Coliseum Partners, NFL, Pilson Communications Inc., Sports Authority Inc.

San Diego eyes additions for Super Bowl bid

In order to quell the NFL's concerns about the number and position of seats in Qualcomm Stadium, San Diego Super Bowl host officials have hired an architect to reconfigure and add seats in the stadium, said Jim Steeg, NFL vice president of special events. "They have to get the 70,000 to respond ...

Tags: NFL, Qualcomm Inc.