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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Indians bolster ballpark’s craft beers
Craft beers have grown to represent 5 percent of America’s beer sales by volume, and MLB concessionaires are going to greater lengths to satisfy their fans’ desire for high-end suds. At Progressive Field in Cleveland, Delaware North Sportservice , the Indians’ food provider, deve ...
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Marlins hook premium buyers
The Florida Marlins are in a strong position for selling premium seats at their new ballpark opening in April 2012. The team has sold all 379 Diamond Club seats behind home plate and as of last week had 80 of 296 Dugout Club seats left to sell next to the first and third base dugouts. In addition, ...
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Barclays Center shopping for a GM
Madison Square Garden ’s hiring of Alex Diaz as senior vice president and general manager has opened up a lucrative opportunity for a veteran facility operator to take over across town at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, the Nets’ new arena opening in September 2012. Diaz held the ...
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Lockout stymies FanVision's plans
Count one more victim of the NFL lockout: getting FanVision, the interactive, hand-held media device company owned by Miami Dolphins owner Stephen Ross, into every league stadium any time soon. The company, which added its first 12 NFL teams as customers last season, projected in Novemb ...
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Lineup grows for minor league parks
The marketing of minor league ballparks as multipurpose facilities has grown to the point where one promoter is booking three events in about 30 buildings this summer. Last month, ESI Concerts, part of Entertainment and Sports International, announced that the Boston Pops orchestra with special gue ...
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Cubs give Batter’s Eye a fresh look
The Chicago Cubs are rearranging a few group areas at Wrigley Field to free up more room to mingle in the 97-year-old ballpark, where space is always at a premium. The Bud Light Batter’s Eye, the stadium’s indoor lounge in center field, is one example. The Cubs are reconfiguring t ...
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AEG involved in Moscow sports complex
AEG is nearing a deal to develop a massive new $1.5 billion sports and entertainment complex in Moscow, a landmark project that will dramatically change the way arenas and stadiums are built in Europe’s largest market. The sports venues are targeted to open in 2016, with the stadium a centerpiece ...
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Parker part of arena effort
NBA star Tony Parker is playing a key role in developing a new arena in France. The plan is to build an indoor facility with 12,000 to 15,000 seats in Villeurbanne, a suburb of Lyon, said Marshall Glickman, the project’s senior adviser and former president of the Portland Trail Blazers. Lyon has 1. ...
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Ticketmaster launches research division
Ticketmaster’s recent launch of its new research division, LiveAnalytics, is being positioned by the ticketing giant as a key step in its evolution from a more limited software solutions company to a full-service sales, marketing and distribution entity. LiveAnalytics will seek to provide a wide ar ...
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Diaz heads across town to Garden
Madison Square Garden Sports has hired Alex Diaz, general manager of the Barclays Center, to be senior vice president and general manager of its facilities operations, which include Madison Square Garden and the Theater at MSG. Diaz MSG Sports officials confirmed the hire but de ...
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