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Hawks hire investment bank to sell equity06 / 10 / 13The Atlanta Hawks have hired investment bank Inner Circle Sports to try to raise tens of millions of dollars from new limited partners to pay for projects that could include a new practice facility, scoreboards at Philips Arena and a branding campaign, sources said. ... Tags: Franchises |
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3 from Cavs join Phizzle
Three members of the Cleveland Cavaliers’ digital business staff are leaving the organization to join mobile marketing company Phizzle. Mike Maleski, Cavs director of new media sales; Jeff Ryznar, director of strategic marketing; and Jeff Lillibridge, director of website operations, will op ...
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Suns find new president outside of sports
The Phoenix Suns are turning to former Henkel Consumer Goods CEO Brad Casper to run the team’s business operations. Suns owner Robert Sarver hired Casper as the club’s new team president of business operations. JI ...
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Whitecaps chief talks about team’s new home
The Vancouver Whitecaps this month moved into the recently renovated 60,000-seat BC Place stadium, which the MLS team shares with the BC Lions Canadian Football League team. It was a major step up from the Whitecaps’ 20,000-seat temporary h ...
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Welts sees ‘a big upside’ for Warriors
One of the first tasks on the list for newly hired Golden State Warriors President and COO Rick Welts is to install his own top management team as the former Phoenix Suns executive assumes operational control of the franchise with some major front-office jobs to fill. Prior to hiring Welts, Warri ...
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Tickets.com signs up Mets for seven years
The New York Mets have signed a seven-year ticketing deal with Tickets.com, consolidating their baseball and special-event business at Citi Field. The Mets switch to Tickets.com, owned by MLB Advanced Media, after spending the past seven seasons with Paciolan. Mets fans will continue to buy ti ...
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Leiweke says change started with listening
When Tampa Bay Lightning CEO Tod Leiweke started with the team in July 2010, he found an outdated building with plastic seats and no food service in the upper bowl, a disenchanted fan base and a season-ticket base of about 5,000. Now, on the eve ...
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Lightning carves out corners
The Tampa Bay Lightning has committed two of its biggest partners to sponsor new quadrants at the St. Pete Times Forum. As part of the arena’s $40 million renovation, the NHL team reached agreements with the St. Petersburg Times and Dex Imaging to brand two of the four quadrants in the corn ...
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NHL’s $51.7M loan to Stars revealed
The NHL has lent $51.7 million to the Dallas Stars since 2009 to keep the troubled franchise afloat, according to court documents and financial sources. The NHL, whose regular season begins next week, itself borrowed the money from current lenders to Stars parent company Hicks Sports Group, the sour ...
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Suns hiring social media sideline reporter
The Phoenix Suns are boosting their social media strategy by offering a discounted ticket package for social media users and adding a social media sideline reporter during homes games at US Airways Center. Both are first-time efforts for the club, team officials said. Officials said the Suns w ...
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Sporting KC owner will offer tech help
Sporting Club, the company that owns Major League Soccer’s Sporting Kansas City, has launched a technology and entertainment business that’s designed to use the knowledge gained from the club’s tech-friendly Livestrong Sporting Park. Sporting Innovations, a consulting firm that ...
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