Events and Attractions

Almost 80,000 Unauthorized Rugby World Cup Tickets Touted Online

Global - 09/09/2015

Almost 80,000 tickets to the Rugby World Cup are being sold illegitimately online and will leave buyers facing "bitter and costly disappointment" at the turnstiles, fans are being warned, according to Dan Hyde of the London TELEGRAPH. Many of the tournament's biggest games, which start with England vs. Fiji...

French Federation Expecting Ongoing EuroBasket 2015 To Bring France $19M

Global - 09/09/2015

France's national basketball federation's calculations indicate that the ongoing EuroBasket 2015 will provide an economic impact of €17M ($19M), according to MUNDO DEPORTIVO. In addition to this sum, the impact of the tournament in Montpellier and Lille, the sites of the preliminary phase and finals, respectively, "will activate the economy...

Event Notes: Marseille To Host Sailing If Paris Wins 2024 Olympics Bid

Global - 09/09/2015

The Mediterranean port city of Marseille will host the sailing events if Paris wins the bid to host the 2024 Olympics. The Paris bid committee chose Marseille on Monday over five other candidates -- Le Havre, La Rochelle, Brest, Hyeres and Quiberon. Among the "key points in Marseille's favor" was the...

State Subsidy Helps WTA Connecticut Open Boost Fan Interest, Attendance

Daily - 09/08/2015

Attendance for the WTA Connecticut Open, which ended Aug. 29, was up 10% "over last year to 51,946," while ticket revenues spiked 16% to about $750,000, according to Dan Haar of the HARTFORD COURANT. A crowd of 4,800 for the Petra Kvitova-Caroline Wozniacki semifinal "was the week's best --...

American Pharoah Helps Saratoga To Record-Setting Season For Handle, Attendance

Daily - 09/08/2015

Saratoga Race Course "broke records for on-track handle, total handle, and announced attendance at the meet that ended" yesterday, according to NYRA figures cited by Mark Singelais of the Albany TIMES-UNION. Customers "wagered $157,647,598 on track during the 40-day meet and paid attendance was 1,064,093." NYRA "will announce official...

Darlington's Throwback Seen As Successful Despite Coverage Of Confederate Flag Issue

Daily - 09/08/2015

The throwback weekend held around Sunday's NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Bojangles' Southern 500 at Darlington Raceway "was great fun all around" and the grandstands "were close to full," according to Tom Jensen of FOXSPORTS.com. Teams "bought into the throwback idea, the sponsors did and the crew guys did." Driver...

Hopes For Monza To Remain On F1 Calendar Rise Following Weekend Negotiations

Global - 09/08/2015

Monza's hopes of staying on the F1 calendar after '16 have risen after a weekend that "left no doubt about the historic Italian circuit's importance to drivers, fans and the very fabric of the sport," according to Alan Baldwin of REUTERS. Following talks with race organizers and politicians, including Italian...

South Africa To Step In As Host Of 2019 Rugby World Cup If Japan Loses Event

Global - 09/08/2015

South Africa has "made clear that it is ready and prepared to host the 2019 Rugby World Cup if Japan is stripped of the tournament because of a failure to guarantee it can meet its obligations," according to Mark Souster of the SUNDAY TIMES. South Africa Rugby Union CEO Jarie Roux...

Interest drives Super Bowl 50 hospitality sales

Journal - 09/07/2015

With still five months to go before Super Bowl 50, the NFL has already sold out 70 percent of its corporate hospitality packages for the title game. ...

Open targets replay for all courts by 2018

Journal - 09/07/2015

The U.S. Open Tennis Championships aim to have full and centralized replay functions available for future events by 2018. The expanded service compared with what exists now would eliminate a competitive inequity in tennis, which gives some players access to replay but not others, based on where matches...

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Almost 80,000 Unauthorized Rugby World Cup Tickets Touted Online

French Federation Expecting Ongoing EuroBasket 2015 To Bring France $19M

Event Notes: Marseille To Host Sailing If Paris Wins 2024 Olympics Bid

State Subsidy Helps WTA Connecticut Open Boost Fan Interest, Attendance

American Pharoah Helps Saratoga To Record-Setting Season For Handle, Attendance

Darlington's Throwback Seen As Successful Despite Coverage Of Confederate Flag Issue

Hopes For Monza To Remain On F1 Calendar Rise Following Weekend Negotiations

South Africa To Step In As Host Of 2019 Rugby World Cup If Japan Loses Event

Interest drives Super Bowl 50 hospitality sales

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