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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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NFL owners to meet
Pittsburgh Steelers insiders are poised to buy much of the 12.5 percent of the team Cleveland Browns owner Jimmy Haslam is selling, sources said. The sale of the stake is on the agenda for this week’s brief NFL owners meeting in Irving, Texas. Haslam bought the Browns in October but ha ...
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Penguins, Highmark team up
The Pittsburgh Penguins have remained active locally during the ongoing NHL lockout through a series of charitable youth hockey and recreational initiatives. “It’s a priority of ownership to support youth hockey in the region,” said Penguins CEO David Morehouse of team owners Ro ...
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Celtics app to include audio streaming
The Boston Celtics are launching their first mobile application, through which the team will become the second NBA club to feature live audio streaming for their games. Including the Celtics, 16 of the NBA’s 30 teams will have mobile apps, but only the Phoenix Suns will be alongside Boston ...
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Crew falls short of season-ticket goal
In a season that brought key gains across its business space, the Columbus Crew remains far short of its goal of 10,000 season-ticket holders. The Crew began its drive for that goal, labeled “Goal 10K,” in September 2011, with an event featuring MLS Commissioner Don Garber and Columbu ...
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‘Students’ line up for Sabres University
While waiting for the NHL lockout to end, Buffalo Sabres executives have been taking the time to educate each other, literally. On Tuesdays and Thursdays this month, team staffers are attending what’s being called Sabres University. It’s a program that has Sabres employees acting as ...
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Rockets drawing global interest
The Houston Rockets are becoming a magnet for international sponsors again, with the club’s offseason addition of Jeremy Lin fueling new foreign interest in the club. Already well-known in Asia thanks to Yao Ming’s eight seasons in Houston, the Rockets currently count five companies d ...
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Q&A with prez of Saints, Hornets
As president of both the New Orleans Saints and New Orleans Hornets, Dennis Lauscha is the rare executive responsible for running both an NFL franchise and an NBA team. The two franchises are far different entities. The Saints sell out every game ...
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Bucks add chief revenue officer
The Milwaukee Bucks have hired Ted Loehrke as chief revenue officer, a newly created position, making the club at least the third NBA franchise to add the title to its front office in the past year. Loehrke comes to the Bucks from the NBA’s headquarters, where he worked as senior vice presi ...
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Giants have faith in dynamic pricing
San Francisco Giants officials are looking to strengthen their aggressive entry into dynamic pricing after a scorching resale market for World Series tickets set records last week. Industry sources said more than 10,000 tickets changed hands for last Wednesday’s World Series Game 1 at AT&am ...
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Dynamic pricing makes playoffs
Dynamic ticket pricing made its MLB postseason debut this year, and in San Francisco, Oakland and St. Louis, each club used the system to generate incremental revenue and sell more season tickets.
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