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Motorsports facilities attract music festivals05 / 20 / 13Concert 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... Tags: Facilities |
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MSG offers midpriced club seats
Madison Square Garden has developed a new midpriced premium-seat product expected to generate about $8 million in annual revenue at the famed arena. The 174-seat Madison Club, featuring an all-inclusive ticket package, will open next year as part of the second phase of MSG’s sweeping three- ...
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49ers look to tech category
The San Francisco 49ers’ stadium project provides a golden opportunity for the team to sign deals with several Bay Area high-tech firms that do not have a big presence in sports. The 49ers have yet to announce a naming-rights deal or found ...
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Rose Bowl club seats go national
The group marketing new premium seats at the Rose Bowl Stadium is launching a national sales campaign for the bowl game itself. Starting Wednesday, Legends Premium Sales , a division of Legends Hospitality Management , will contact Fortune 5 ...
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3 bank deals for Evansville venue
Ford Center was set to open in Evansville, Ind., last weekend with three banks as founding partners inside the 11,000-seat arena. VenuWorks, the firm managing the publicly owned arena, signed five-year naming-rights deals with Old National Bank for the suite level, German National Bank for club s ...
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SMU uses suite plan designed for Duke
Southern Methodist University plans to build a three-story tower with suites looking into Moody Coliseum, part of a $40 million renovation of the school’s basketball arena. The design by 360 Architecture is similar to a model the firm’s Tom Waggoner proposed eight years ago for Duke&r ...
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Populous to design Quebec arena
Quebec City has moved closer to fulfilling its dream of again being home to an NHL team. Last week, Populous was selected to serve as the lead architect to design a new NHL-ready arena for the city. The Kansas City sports designer is part of a joint venture with three Canadian firms, two archi ...
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Burgatory heats up at Pens' arena
A new gourmet burger-and-shake stand at Consol Energy Center is grabbing the attention of fans throughout the second-year home of the Pittsburgh Penguins. Burgatory , situated behind Section 206 in the arena’s upper deck, opened this se ...
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Butler’s upgrade plans
The same firm that designed Conseco Fieldhouse has been hired to plan upgrades for Hinkle Fieldhouse , which served as the model for the Indiana Pacers’ arena. Aecom , formerly Ellerbe Becket, will design $25 million in improvements to ...
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Cancellations challenge arena bookers
The NBA’s decision to cancel the first two weeks of the regular season left arena managers with no time to fill those vacated dates. Canceling games on such short notice, three weeks ahead of their scheduled season openers, makes it virtually impossible for teams and buildings to plug those ...
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Brooklyn Sports signs AEG Facilities
Brooklyn Sports & Entertainment has signed a multiyear deal with AEG Facilities to provide operational support at Barclays Center, the New Jersey Nets’ arena under construction in Brooklyn. The agreement falls in line with Brooklyn Sports’ strategy to find the best resources to op ...
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