N.Y. Denies MSG Indefinite Permit College Facility Notes NBA Kings Owners To Buy Arena Site Facility Notes NFL Owners Approve Falcons' G-4 Funding Cowboys HQs Could Leave Valley Ranch Redskins' Training Camp Facility Nearly Complete Butler Approves $34M For Hinkle Upgrades Giants, Jets At Odds With Developer Facility Notes
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MSG Denied Indefinite Operating Permit, Paving Way For Possible Relocation
Published May 23, 2013The N.Y. City Planning Commission yesterday "denied Madison Square Garden's request to operate indefinitely on its current site, reopening questions about moving the arena and shifting a hot-button political issue" to City Council Speaker Christine Quinn, according to Laura Kusisto of the WALL STREET JOURNAL. The commission "voted unanimously Wednesday to give the 45-year-old arena a 15-year operating permit, creating a political countdown for a deal to move the arena from 33rd Street and Sev...
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College Facility Notes: UNLV Now Legislation Sees Change In Tax Structure
Published May 23, 2013...t represent the first wave of an ambitious master facilities plan spearheaded by" new AD David Sayler. ...public in January, also includes improvements for facilities for basketball and ice hockey.
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New NBA Kings Ownership Group Set To Buy Downtown Sacramento Site For New Arena
Published May 22, 2013The prospective NBA Kings ownership group is buying "not only the team but also Downtown Plaza," where the group and the city "plan to build a new arena," according to a front-page piece by Bizjak, Kasler & Lillis of the SACRAMENTO BEE. Local developer Mark Friedman "declined to disclose the purchase price" between the ownership group and JMA Ventures, which currently owns the land. The sale "doesn't include the independently owned Macy's store at the west end of the plaza, or a few other adj...
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Facility Notes
Published May 22, 2013...iates each submitted bids to the Minnesota Sports Facilities Authority this week.
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NFL Owners Approve Falcons' Stadium Funding; Team Granted Maximum $200M
Published May 21, 2013NFL owners this morning at their spring meetings in Boston approved the Falcons for $200M in G-4 financing toward construction of a new stadium. The Falcons are the third team, following the 49ers and Vikings, to tap into the full amount that is available to teams through the league's current stadium-funding program, which was put into place in '11. The money is part loan, part grant. The Falcons' stadium is set to be completed by '17 and cost $1B, with $200M coming from public funds. The rem...
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Arlington Officials Trying To Lure Cowboys HQs, Practice Facilities From Longtime Irving Home
Published May 21, 2013...he city to be home to the team’s HQs and practice facilities, according to Susan Schrock of the FT. WORTH STAR...
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Redskins' New Training Camp Facility On Schedule; Team Pleased With Results
Published May 21, 2013Redskins officials yesterday said that they expect construction on their new Richmond training camp site to be "completed by the end of June," according to Mark Maske of the WASHINGTON POST. Exec VP & GM Bruce Allen said that the team is "pleased with the results so far." The two-story building adjacent to the practice fields "remains under construction, with work still to be done on the team’s locker room, weight room and trainers’ room that will be on the building’s bottom floor." But thing...
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Butler Approves $34M In Upgrades To Hinkle Fieldhouse; Will Be Completed By '14-15
Published May 21, 2013The Butler Univ. board of trustees yesterday "approved a timetable for upgrades" to Hinkle Fieldhouse be completed by November '14, according to David Woods of the INDIANAPOLIS STAR. There previously was "no specified target date." The "total cost of the project" is $34M. The fieldhouse beginning in the '14-15 season "will have wider concourses, 5,000 chairbacks, more handicapped seating, handrails and new bathrooms." Capacity will be "about 9,100, less than the current 10,000 but more than p...
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NFL Giants, Jets May Take Legal Action Against Developer Of American Dream Project
Published May 20, 2013The New Jersey Sports and Exposition Authority board's vote on Friday to "approve a revision to the master plan for American Dream Meadowlands may trigger the refiling of a lawsuit by the Giants and Jets," according to John Brennan of the Bergen RECORD. After five or six months of "hoping that the teams would announce a binding deal with incoming developer Triple Five that removes the specter of a lawsuit further delaying the project, the time apparently had come to move on." It seems that th...
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Facility Notes
Published May 20, 2013In Atlanta, Leslie & Tucker reported five construction firms on Friday "made the short list to become the lead contractor" for the Falcons' new stadium project. The finalists include Atlanta-based Holder Construction, Arizona-based Hunt Construction Group, N.Y.-based Turner Construction, N.Y.-based Skanska USA and Maryland-based Clark Construction Group. The Falcons and the Georgia World Congress Center Authority last month "jointly hired" K.C.-based 360 Architecture as lead architect for th...
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Levi’s deal proves naming rights haven’t faded, sellers say
Published May 20, 2013...teams hire to help sell naming rights for sports facilities, were understandably upbeat after hearing that th...
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Motorsports facilities attract music festivals
Published May 20, 2013 by Don MuretConcert promoters are booking more music festivals at racetracks, finding those venues to be the right fit for multiday events. The Electric Daisy Carnival, an electronic music festival, this year added Chicagoland Speedway to its list of sites after its success at Las Vegas Motor Speedway the past two years. The event is set for this weekend. The Las Vegas Motor Speedway provides room to stretch out for the Electric Daisy Carnival. ...
