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Will they get in the game?05 / 14 / 12Leagues and conferences can thank competing television networks for making the current sports media rights marketplace so vibrant. Now, rights holders are keeping an eye on digital media companies to see if they will help push sports rights increases even higher. With CBS, ESPN, Fox, NBC and Turn... |
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Digital players
To date, none of the big digital players have been close to cutting a deal for live sports rights, but leagues continue to watch them closely. These are the five players most frequently discussed as potential bidders. Part of the reason that ...
Food-driven facelifts
The Texas Rangers’ fast start this season extends to the revamped outfield plaza at Rangers Ballpark. Over the first three homestands, as soon as the stadium gates opened, team officials saw Rangers fans sprint to a new outdoor bar above center field to grab a seat against a protective rail ...
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It's all about mingling
Safeco Field has become a singles hot spot in Seattle due in large part to its new outfield concessions layout. The ’Pen, a renovated space in center field, opened last year at the Mariners’ ballpark, bringing new life to what previously was called the Bullpen Market, a dimly lit, cra ...
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Waste reduction pays off
Concessionaires and teams at every major league venue have in recent years instituted programs to reduce their waste, ranging from placing recycling cans next to trash cans in public areas to using compostable plates, cups, cup carriers and straws. Now with a few years of data under their belts, ...
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Concession project highlights
Here are some concessions upgrades and concepts at MLB parks that have teams, vendors and fans tipping their caps. ■ Progressive Field: Sportservice’s $30 craft beer got all the attention last year in Cleveland, but Your Dad’s Beer stand ...
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Sports Lawyers: Kevin Warren
T he story of Kevin Warren is the story of determination. So when the 48-year-old Minnesota Vikings executive says he wants to be an NFL owner some day, it seems folly to doubt him. After all, Warren has faced long odds before and always manage ...
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Richard Berthelsen looks back
Longtime NFL Players Association general counsel Richard Berthelsen started at the NFLPA as a young lawyer when there were only a handful of people on staff under former Executive Director Ed Garvey. Berthelsen served three NFLPA executive directors, and served as interim executive director himself ...
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Sports Lawyers: Woodie Dixon
W oodie Dixon found himself, not surprisingly, working long hours when he entered the legal profession. “Once you realize at a law firm that you’re going to spend a lot of hours working, you figure you might as well do it on so ...
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Sports Lawyers: Chuck Baker
W ith his 50th birthday looming a couple of years ago, Chuck Baker took stock of a law career that had been lucrative but not always invigorating. As a transactional lawyer at the firm Paul Hastings, he worked on large merger and acquisition ...
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Sports Lawyers: Fred Nance
F red Nance is certainly one of the top sports lawyers in the country, as general counsel to the Browns and lawyer to LeBron James. But like several others in the field, his path to sports opened up by accident. ...
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