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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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Some tracks covering seats
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Rangers like the sound of improvements
The Texas Rangers have installed new audio technology at their ballpark that its inventor says could revolutionize the way sound is distributed for MLB games and dramatically improve the fan experience. The product, Stadium Sound , is computer software developed by musician, ...
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Rays group, USF in talks
Tampa Bay Rays subsidiary Sunburst Entertainment Group and the University of South Florida are having discussions to decide whether it makes sense for Sunburst to help the school sell season tickets for football and basketball games. Officials from the two groups met last Mo ...
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Cal's PSL twist helps sell club seats
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Heinz Field has concerts on tap
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MLSE plans Toronto FC training complex
Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment plans to build a $20 million, 14-square-acre soccer training complex for Toronto FC and its development academy. Construction crews are scheduled to break ground on the complex in early May, with the project slated to open in April 2012. “We hope to create the ...
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Austin F1 track plans views for masses
The Formula One racing facility under construction in Austin, Texas, will accommodate general admission spectators as much as its wealthy premium patrons, the sport’s core audience in other parts of the world. The Circuit of the Americas, a $400 million project, is the first dedicated F1 track to b ...
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Double Eagle Club making a comeback
The Double Eagle Club, the leading hospitality site at the Masters since 1992, saw its revenue increase 65 percent this year. While the daily guest count surpassed the 200 mark last week, it still hasn’t returned to the pre-recession levels of 2008, when nearly 300 people a day were passing through ...
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Dynamic pricing will make playoff debut
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