Facility Notes
The Mets and Aramark, which will handle the concessions at Citi Field, said that Union Square Hospitality Group (USHG) will open the following at the new ballpark: a Blue Smoke barbecue restaurant, a Shake Shack stand, a Pop Fries stand and a taqueria. USHG also will provide all food and beverage services at Citi Field's Sterling Club (Mets). Mets COO Jeff Wilpon said that the team and Aramark also are "negotiating with other well-known New York restaurateurs to open elsewhere" in the park (N.Y. TIMES, 7/9).
TAKING A GAMBLE? Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC) Commissioner Rich Ensor yesterday said that the league is "considering holding" the MAAC basketball tournament between 2012-2014 at a casino, and Mohegan Sun Casino in Connecticut is "one of several sites being considered." Ensor said that Times Union Center in Albany, which will host the tournament in '09 and 2010, also will be considered as a future host, as will locations in Atlantic City and Baltimore. No decision is expected before December '09 (Albany TIMES UNION, 7/9).
NOTES: The Bobcats have negotiated a deal with Charlotte Area Transit System to sell light-rail passes with tickets for basketball games and other events at Time Warner Cable Arena. Bobcats Dir of Corporate Communications Michael Thompson said that the team will earn a 10% commission on sales beyond $350,000 annually (CHARLOTTE BUSINESS JOURNAL, 7/4 issue)....The Arlington City Council will refinance $164.2M in bonds for the new Cowboys Stadium at a cost of $4.7M, because the "current bonds have floating interest rates that recently have shot up to 9[%]" (FT. WORTH STAR-TELEGRAM, 7/8).
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