Ballparks host Spartan Race Twins target midsize concerts Bank puts name on Singapore venues Kings’ design RFP going to select group A tree grows for StubHub activation Sixers look for practice facility design Arena brings loge-style seats to Texas NeuLion, arena to sell ‘digital ticket’ Falcons retain mix-and-match option Steeg a candidate for L.A. Coliseum job
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Ballparks take the operational challenge, host Spartan Race06 / 17 / 13Fenway Park has hosted numerous non-baseball events during its 101-year history, from an Irish Republican Army meeting to professional wrestling matches and even a John Philip Sousa concert. The ballpark, however, had never been home to a mass-participant obstacle race before this past November, ... Tags: Facilities |
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Twins target midsize concerts
T he Minnesota Twins are using Target Field to test the need for a midsize amphitheater in the Minneapolis-St. Paul market. The Twins, in conjunction with local promoter Sue McClean & Associates and K-TWIN FM , are producing the inaugu ...
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Bank puts name on Singapore venues
The Singapore Sports Hub has a memorandum of understanding in place with OCBC Bank to buy naming rights to three specific venues in the massive $1.5 billion complex. The 15-year deal has a total value stretching into eight figures, and it will rename the Singapore Indoor Stadium, a 24-year-old ar ...
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Kings’ design RFP going to select group
T he Sacramento Kings are targeting a small group of sports architects to design their new $448 million arena. AECOM , 360 Architecture , Populous and Rossetti will be issued the request for proposal, industry sources said. Over the past ...
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A tree grows for StubHub activation
StubHub’s friendly marketing persona, Ticket Oak, is branching out to the stadium experience in Southern California. Ticket Oak’s Backyard, an outdoor space branded after the talking tree that dispenses event tickets to surprised customers in StubHub commercials, is the centerpiece of t ...
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Sixers look for practice facility design
The Philadelphia 76ers are searching for an architect to design a practice facility proposed for the Philadelphia Navy Yard, which is less than two miles from the Wells Fargo Center, their home arena. In a request for proposal sent to sports architects and obtained by SportsBusiness Journal, the ...
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Arena brings loge-style seats to Texas
American Airlines Center is building 20 theater boxes, introducing a smaller premium-seat concept new to Texas sports venues. The theater boxes in the upper suite level replace 10 traditional suites to be torn down in early August, said Dave Brown, vice president and general manager for Center Op ...
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NeuLion, arena to sell ‘digital ticket’
Barclays Center has signed a multiyear deal with NeuLion to provide exclusive digital streaming of live events at the Brooklyn arena, NeuLion’s first agreement directly with a sports facility. The technology company, owned by New York Islanders owner Charles Wang, has leaguewide streaming ...
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Falcons retain mix-and-match option
S electing a general contractor to build a new stadium for the Atlanta Falcons carries a new wrinkle compared with past NFL projects, according to industry sources. Icon Venue Group , the Falcons’ project developer, recently selected fiv ...
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Steeg a candidate for L.A. Coliseum job
F ormer NFL executive Jim Steeg is a prime candidate to become the new general manager of the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum , according to sources familiar with the situation. Steeg said he has not received a job offer from the University of ...
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Racetracks attract music festivals
Concert promoters are booking more music festivals at racetracks, finding those venues to be the right fit for multiday events. The Electric Daisy Carnival, an electronic music festival, this year added Chicagoland Speedway to its list of sites after its success at Las Vegas Motor Speedway the pa ...
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