Wild Raise Season-Ticket Prices NYC FC Hires Claudio Reyna As Football Dir Haslam Apologizes To NFL Owners Kings Seeing High Demand For Season Tix NHL Franchise Notes NYC FC Owners Still Hopeful On Queens Stadium NYC FC Key To Building Man City Brand Leiweke Seeks To Make Raptors Canada's Team Bobcats Apply For Hornets Name Change Orioles Wait For Luxury Suite Sales
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Minnesota Fats: Wild Raising Season-Ticket Prices An Average Of 4.5% Per Ticket
Published May 24, 2013The Wild set their season-ticket prices for next season, and there is "an average increase of 4.5 percent per ticket," according to Michael Russo of the Minneapolis STAR TRIBUNE. Season ticket per-game prices "range from $23 to $92." Prices for single-game tickets "won't come until at least August." Wild COO Matt Majka said, "We're continuing to provide an improved product, and along with that sometimes comes a price increase." The Wild signed LW Zach Parise and D Ryan Suter to "lofty contrac...
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Claudio Reyna Becomes NYC FC's First Employee; Questions Remain For MLS Club
Published May 23, 2013It will come as “no surprise to Yankees fans or to followers of MLS" that former Red Bulls and EPL club Manchester City MF Claudio Reyna was named New York City FC's Football Dir, but the appointment has “raised eyebrows, not least since it means handing Reyna responsibility for building a competitive team from scratch, despite having never previously served as a team executive at any level or in any capacity,” according to Jonathan Clegg of the WALL STREET JOURNAL. Reyna in some respects is ...
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Haslam Appears At NFL Owners Meeting To Apologize For Pilot Flying J Investigation
Published May 23, 2013Browns Owner Jimmy Haslam III, whose Pilot Flying J trucking company remains involved in a federal investigation, apologized “for any damage done to the NFL brand,” according to Jarrett Bell of USA TODAY. Haslam at the NFL owners meetings this week “addressed his fellow owners for about five minutes.” His appearance “wasn't on the agenda,” but Haslam “asked NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell if he could speak to the group.” Haslam after the meeting said, "I thought it was important. We're partner...
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NBA Kings See Record Season-Ticket Demand, Receive Inquiries Into Naming Rights
Published May 23, 2013NBA Kings officials yesterday said that the club's sales staff "sold more season tickets on Tuesday than on any other day in Sacramento team history, other than day one, nearly 30 years ago," according to Lillis & Bizjak of the SACRAMENTO BEE. Kings PR Dir Chris Clark said that the team "has a policy of not releasing specific ticket sales counts," but noted that requests were "coming in every few seconds after the team officially opened sales Tuesday morning." The Kings also announced that se...
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NHL Franchise Notes: Canucks' Mike Gillis Under The Microscope After Firing Coach
Published May 23, 2013In Toronto, Mike Zeisberger notes the Canucks yesterday fired coach Alain Vigneault, so now it "all falls on the lap" of President & GM Mike Gillis, who "could -- if the team doesn't improve, should -- be the next one to go." It is Gillis who "ultimately dropped the axe on Vigneault." Zeisberger: "The spotlight now shifts solely to Gillis. As it should" (TORONTO SUN, 5/23). GET YOUR MONEY'S WORTH: In Detroit, Bill Shea noted Red Wings fans are "selling their playoff tickets for more money th...
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New York City FC Owners Still Hopeful On Queens Stadium, But Exploring Other Sites Too
Published May 22, 2013The owners of MLS New York City FC are "still hopeful they can push through a stadium deal" at Flushing Meadows-Corona Park in Queens, but also are "talking for the first time about abandoning that plan in search of a more politically feasible site in the city," according to Filip Bondy of the N.Y. DAILY NEWS. Yankees President Randy Levine, who will be the club’s point person in the partnership, yesterday said, "Now that we’re involved, we’re gonna look, see if we can conclude it in Queens a...
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Man City Owners To Take Similar Approach With MLS Venture Of NYC FC
Published May 22, 2013...Yorkers have little patience for Triple-A sports franchises at any venue.
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Leiweke Seeks To Make Raptors Canada's NBA Team; Will Bid For '16 All-Star Game
Published May 22, 2013The “next task” for Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment President & CEO Tim Leiweke, following the redefining of Bryan Colangelo's role, is “the rebranding of the Raptors in an effort to increase the team’s popularity, not only in Toronto but across Canada,” according to Robert MacLeod of the GLOBE & MAIL. Leiweke yesterday said that he has “already determined that the Raptors have missed a great opportunity to better market itself in this country.” He added, “The one thing that is clear to me ...
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Bobcats Apply To Change Team Name To Hornets For '14-15 NBA Season
Published May 22, 2013Bobcats Owner Michael Jordan yesterday announced that the franchise has “made an application to the NBA” for a name change to the Hornets, according to Rick Bonnell of the CHARLOTTE OBSERVER. It will take “until July, the next time NBA owners meet, for a vote to take place.” Based on past comments by NBA Deputy Commissioner & COO Adam Silver, who will become Commissioner next February, there is “little reason to think the league would have a problem.” Such a change “can’t be implemented befor...
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Orioles Wait For Luxury Suite Sales To Pick Up Following '12 Postseason Run
Published May 22, 2013The effects of the Orioles’ postseason run last year “could take longer to bloom for the franchise’s luxury suite sales,” according to Jack Lambert of the BALTIMORE BUSINESS JOURNAL. Orioles VP/Ticketing & Fan Services Neil Aloise discussed the “business of selling suites at Oriole Park at Camden Yards,” and described how the team is “increasing suite size and personalizing packages in order to attract more business clients.” Below are excerpts from the Q&A: Q: Are businesses using suites m...
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Stars In Negotiations To Hold Training Camp In Ft. Worth In September
Published May 22, 2013Stars President & CEO Jim Lites said that the team is “in negotiations to hold training camp in Fort Worth in September as the first step of becoming the Southwest’s hockey team,” according to Mike Heika of the DALLAS MORNING NEWS. Lites said that the Stars are “close to completing a deal that is expected to produce a four-day training camp at the Fort Worth Convention Center Sept. 11-14 and also would include preseason games in San Antonio and Oklahoma City.” He said, “We’d love to expand ou...
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Yankees Partner With EPL's Manchester City To Own MLS Expansion Team In N.Y.
Published May 21, 2013MLS this morning announced New York City FC, a partnership between EPL club Manchester City and the Yankees, will begin play in '15 as the league's 20th team. The club will begin play in an interim venue since it has yet to complete a deal for a new, soccer-specific stadium. MLS for the last year has been in discussions with N.Y. reps for property in Flushing Meadows Corona Park in Queens. The league will continue those discussions for the Queens site while exploring others in N.Y. The cost o...
