Ross Nethery

The '18 AXS Sports Facilities and Franchises Conference wraps up today, and it is all about Little Caesars Arena, with buses having left for the arena at 8:40am ET. We will have a panel discussion featuring many of the people involved in the design and construction of the facility,...

About 350 people have descended on the Westin Book Cadillac in Detroit this week for the '18 AXS Sports Facilities & Franchises and Ticketing Symposium. Those people can be forgiven if they thought their flights had mistakenly landed in Texas instead of Michigan, as many of us deplaned Monday...

By Abe Madkour and Ross Nethery Dan Gilbert and Chad Estis on corporate culture … Societal changes reshaping ticketing  … The privacy debate … Food, fun and Ford Field About 350 people have descended on...

By Abe Madkour and Ross Nethery Esports has no rules, lots of confusion … DeAngelo Williams’ opens up on the NFL … What to do with all that data Day 2 of the ’18 Intersport Brand Engagement and Content...

By Abe Madkour and Ross Nethery Paying it forward … Esports disrupts again … Placing your bets … Fun at the ballpark Intersport CEO Charlie Besser opened the 7th annual Intersport Brand Engagement and...

When IBM Program Dir of Sports & Entertainment Partnerships  Elizabeth O’Brien joined the company's sponsorship group back in '10, it was big deal if a partner had a mobile app. Today, she said, “It’s all about AI for us. The evolution of the technology has just...

By Abe Madkour and Ross Nethery Disruption and diversity dominate day one … Sports Business 2025 kicks off day two … Michael Rubin and Jed York talk reinvention, followed by a look at the future of gaming …...

By Abe Madkour and Ross Nethery Record attendance for World Congress … Disruption, innovation, inclusion are key pillars of today’s program … Champions tell their stories …Party and dinner circuit … Seen and heard ...

Super Bowl ad sales are going “very, very well,” said NBCUniversal Chair of Ad Sales & Client Partnerships  Linda Yaccarino during an interview at the '17 Game Changers conference in N.Y. She added that the recent upfront “was the best in company history.” Beyond just the Super Bowl,...

Communication among key stakeholders in motorsports needs to become even more of a priority when it comes to bringing new sponsors into the sport, said panelists during the opening session of the '16 Motorsports Marketing Forum , being held today and tomorrow at the Mandalay Bay Resort and...