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Blazers win NBA promo award05 / 20 / 13The Portland Trail Blazers have won this year’s NBA award for best local team promotion held during the recently completed regular season. The Blazers were recognized with the award at the NBA’s annual sponsorship meetings, held last week in Los Angeles. As was the case last year (th... Tags: Franchises |
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Taylor back in basketball biz
Todd Taylor began his job as senior vice president and chief sales and marketing officer for the Indiana Pacers last June, joining the franchise from the Texas Rangers just before the NBA lockout. The job marks a return to the NBA for the indu ...
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Grizzlies sign with Spotlight
The Memphis Grizzlies have signed a deal with Spotlight Ticket Management as the franchise looks to offer its premium seating buyers more control and data from the use of their tickets. “You can track who is using the suite, how much a company is entertaining in a suite, and, ideally, how m ...
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Hornets hit ticket goal
The NBA-owned New Orleans Hornets last week hit their season-ticket sales goal of 10,000, but the team still faces some business challenges as it positions itself to be sold in the wake of the league’s new labor deal. &ldquo ...
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Bobcats outsource ticket sales
The Charlotte Bobcats have outsourced ticket sales to fill a staffing void left by the NBA lockout. As part of its whirlwind 30-day “back-to-business” plan, the Bobcats signed a short-term deal with Get Real Sports Sales of Indianapolis. Jake Vernon, the company’s president, is ...
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MLSE brings live-game streams to Xbox
Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment has partnered with Microsoft to stream its three live sports television channels — Leafs TV, GolTV Canada and NBA TV Canada — to Microsoft Xbox 360 video game consoles. The content will be available to users within MLSE’s league-mandated broadc ...
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Sale seen as hope for Jacksonville
In March 2007, when Wayne Weaver nearly sold his Jacksonville Jaguars, the deal foundered in part because of the owner’s insistence that the potential buyer contractually agree not to move the team, financial and football sources said. The buyer, whom the sources declined to identify, agreed t ...
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Gaglardi wants Stars to find their way
After nearly two years of being operated by the NHL, the Dallas Stars have a new owner. Tom Gaglardi, 43, was named owner of the Stars last month after a bankruptcy court in Delaware approved the sale of the team and confirmed a prepackaged ban ...
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For first-year owner, learning and listening
During Game 4 of the 2007 World Series, Andrew Murstein found himself in a suite with MLB Commissioner Bud Selig. Murstein had recently put together a sports fund to buy or invest in a professional sports team, and he wanted the commissioner’s advice. “What do you tell first-time own ...
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MLB works to break logjam in Astros sale
The clock is ticking on the sale of the Houston Astros, with only 23 days left until the Nov. 30 expiration of the agreement between would-be buyer Jim Crane and the team, sources said. MLB owners meet next week in Milwaukee, but it is uncertain whether the logjam can be broken. MLB wants Crane t ...
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Mets want to sell equity stakes
The New York Mets want to raise $240 million from selling 12 slices of equity at $20 million each, according to prospectuses the team has sent to wealthy individuals and described by market sources. The move follows the collapse two months ago of the money-losing team’s agreement to sell pa ...
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