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St. Pete Times Forum Upgrades Debut Tonight With Panthers-Lightning

St. Pete Times Forum attendees will "get their first full-scale look" at the $40M in renovations to the venue with tonight's home opener against the Panthers. The upgrades include "new seats, a new organ, better lighting and two Tesla coils that are supposed to shoot lightning about 20 feet to celebrate Tampa Bay goals." The coils "may not be ready for tonight's game." Lightning Owner Jeff Vinik: "It surpassed my expectations definitely. The outside deck looks terrific and the organ and the lights where it says Tampa Bay Lightning looks terrific" (TAMPABAY.com, 10/17).

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Learfield's Cory Moss, MASN/ESPN's Ben McDonald, and Canelo

On this week’s pod, SBJ’s Austin Karp has two Big Get interviews. The first is with Learfield's Cory Moss as he talks about his company’s collaboration on EA Sports College Football. Later in the show, we hear from MASN/ESPN baseball analyst Ben McDonald on how he sees the college and professional baseball scene shaking out. SBJ’s Adam Stern shares his thoughts on the upcoming Canelo-Mungia bout on Prime Video and DAZN.

SBJ I Factor: Molly Mazzolini

SBJ I Factor features an interview with Molly Mazzolini. Elevate's Senior Operating Advisor – Design + Strategic Alliances chats with SBJ’s Ross Nethery about the power of taking chances. Mazzolini is a member of the SBJ Game Changers Class of 2016. She shares stories of her career including co-founding sports design consultancy Infinite Scale career journey and how a chance encounter while working at a stationery store launched her career in the sports industry. SBJ I Factor is a monthly podcast offering interviews with sports executives who have been recipients of one of the magazine’s awards.

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