Bret McCormick

Oak View Group has picked up a sizable college account at the Univ. of Kansas, where OVG will operate the Gateway District, including the renovated David Booth Kansas Memorial Stadium, and serve as food and beverage provider for all Kansas Athletics venues, including Phog Allen...

Oak View Group is opening a restaurant in Denver called Golden Oak that will double as a culinary and service-training academy for OVG’s sports-venue management and food and beverage staff. A full-service kitchen will be paired with a test kitchen enabling chefs and operators to train, experiment,...

Atlanta United unveiled plans this morning to nearly double its Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta Training Ground that originally opened in 2017. The $23M project will add a two-story, 20,000-square-foot building, taking the overall facility to 50,000 square feet. The addition will include a new content...

  Fanatics Events announced details this morning for its first flagship event, Fanatics Fest NYC, which will be held Aug. 16-18 at the Javits Center in N.Y.  The multi-day event will sit in the middle of sports fandom, culture, and collecting, with interactive...

  FIFA is expected to select On Location as its primary hospitality sales agency for the 2026 World Cup in North America, multiple sources told SBJ. The global governing body for soccer has chosen the Endeavor-owned firm over fellow RFP finalist Beyond Hospitality, the sources...

After an event at Moda Center in Portland, a truck pulls up to the loading dock. It’s not hauling away trash or recycling but bags full of cups, reusable plastic ones. They’ll head to a nearby Bold Reuse facility where they will be sorted, checked...

  Pending civic approval, the first all-electric-powered stadium in the U.S. will greet fans with a vibrant exhibition of electric might — a seven-story, 11,000-plus-square-foot LED-paneled entrance cube. The stadium, New York City Football Club’s Willets Point project, is working its way through a...

M ichele Kajiwara , the feisty and ebullient 20-plus-year senior vice president of premium business and events for AEG at Crypto.com Arena, was recently named one of four WISE Women of the Year. It was a...

AiFi and GS Draft System Solutions have partnered to launch frictionless draft beer pouring in the Michelob Ultra Grill Market at Atlanta’s Mercedes-Benz Stadium. The two companies’ tech integration enables fans to pour and pay for their own draft beers, in addition to the hot food, candy and packaged...

The Predators and Bridgestone Arena are announcing this morning a new premium club space called “The Studio” that will open ahead of the 2024-25 NHL season. The new space, a more than $2M investment from the team, will include 84 club seats, starting at $50,000 for an annual membership...