The first phase of renovations to Scottrade Center -- $34M worth -- "will be on display" during tonight's Blue Jackets-Blues preseason game. The upgrades "touched on many aspects in the building, including new restrooms, three new concession stands, new LED lighting, a new sound system" and many "less obvious infrastructure improvements." The "first thing most fans will notice is the new video board." Other projects include "construction of a new floor with capabilities for an Olympic-size ice surface, to new boilers to help with heating, and the new restrooms." All the work has "taken place since the end of June" (STLTODAY.com, 9/20).

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— St. Louis Blues (@StLouisBlues) September 19, 2017

South Korea President Moon Jae-in will unveil the design of the '18 PyeongChang Games medals tonight at a VIP dinner in N.Y., coinciding with a simultaneous event in Korea. Moon and many Olympic dignitaries will gather at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in Central Park tonight to show off the medals and celebrate the coming Winter Olympics. Moon and IOC President Thomas Bach have been in N.Y. this week for the UN General Assembly.

The Michigan Department of Natural Resources tonight is holding a meeting to "get the public's input" on the Verizon IndyCar Series Chevrolet Detroit Grand Prix as officials consider "whether to renew a five-year agreement that would allow the race to continue" on Belle Isle. The current Grand Prix agreement with the city of Detroit was "honored by the DNR when the department assumed management of the island" in February '14. The agreement "will expire this year" (DETROIT FREE PRESS, 9/20).

The White Sox have partnered with Illinois-based drug and alcohol treatment center Footprints To Recovery to create a new addiction recovery awareness campaign. The "Batting For Better Days" effort will include a pregame recognition Sunday at Guaranteed Rate Field of caregivers and medical professionals in the addiction treatment community and a donation to Chicago White Sox Charities. A portion of ticket sales to the game will also be donated to Footprints To Recovery’s scholarship fund.

The deal represents the first sports partnership for Footprints To Recovery, and the campaign is under consideration for an '18 rollout as well. “Addiction has been so stigmatized, so we’re trying to connect with big brands like the White Sox that our potential clientele may align with,” said Footprints To Recovery CMO Eliott Wolbrom, whose company has treatment facilities around the country.

Philips Arena will host the '18 McDonald's All American Games on March 28. Atlanta "previously hosted" the boys' side of the high school basketball showcase in '83 and '92. The move "follows a run of the All American Games in Chicago," which hosted for seven consecutive years beginning in '11. During that time, "more than 100,000 fans attended" (BIZJOURNALS.com, 9/20). This comes after a "brawl occurred after the game" at United Center in late March, with more than a dozen people "seen fighting in a video" (CHICAGO.SUNTIMES.com, 9/20).

Virginia-based Federated Auto Parts has renewed its title sponsorship of the '18 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series fall race at Richmond Raceway. Next year will mark the company's seventh consecutive year sponsoring the race at Richmond (Richmond Raceway).

The Charlotte Sports Foundation has signed Charlotte-based Sports Marketing Consultants to sell sponsorships for its multiple properties, which next year include the Dr Pepper ACC Football Championship; Belk Bowl; NCAA Tournament first and second rounds; and Tennessee-West Virginia Belk College Kickoff  (Adam Stern, Staff Writer).

The LPGA's Symetra Tour will broadcast the final round of its Tour Championship on Facebook Live on Oct. 8. The broadcast will originate on the LPGA's Facebook page (LPGA).

"The initial reports are good, but our commitment to ownership is to give a full report back by tomorrow night -- Thursday night -- and that will cover the stadium, the hotel facilities that we will be using, and also the airport" -- NFL Exec VP/Int'l Mark Waller, on the state of Estadio Azteca in Mexico City after this week's earthquake. The site is scheduled to host Patriots-Raiders on Nov. 19 (NFL.com, 9/20).

“It has to happen. As time goes on, to have all these tours competing against each other and having to change dates and this and that, it’s counterproductive” -- Golfer Rory McIlroy, on the possibility of golf’s governing bodies eventually creating a “world tour” (“No Laying Up Podcast,” NOLAYINGUP.com, 9/20).

"We’re obviously also speaking to the mixed martial arts companies and boxing promoters. Our plan is to really blow out the opening and have as much diverse content on as many days as possible" -- Raj Saha, GM of the Bucks' new arena, on being able to host multiple forms of entertainment (POLLSTAR.com, 9/19).

From "nobody scores baseball is boring!!!" to "are too many home runs bad for baseball?!?" in, what, three years? Don't ever change, humans.

— Sam Mellinger (@mellinger) September 20, 2017

Glad McD's AA Game back to being moved around. Would love to see a way to get it back to college campuses & away from cavernous NBA arenas.

— Eric Bossi (@ebosshoops) September 20, 2017

By the way, this is interesting note: There has not been a single MLB managerial change during the 2017 season. When's that happened before?

— Tony Paul (@TonyPaul1984) September 20, 2017

Fact that there are 2 teams in this league (Bengals) w/o a TD & all the crappy play across the board... Are we really surprised abt ratings? https://t.co/H9wWpp6g0N

— Buck Reising (@BuckReising) September 20, 2017

Something you don't hear very often: "Alabama hasn't played a venue this small in 10 years." -- Vanderbilt coach Derek Mason

— Christopher Walsh (@WritingWalsh) September 20, 2017

Legendary boxer Jake LaMotta died today at the age of 95. See ESPN's remembrance of LaMotta's boxing career, as well as the original trailer for "Raging Bull," with Robert De Niro portraying LaMotta in one of the all-time great sports films.

Tennis HOFer Billie Jean King will appear on NBC's "Late Night" at 12:35am ET.

Tennis player Maria Sharapova will appear on NBC's "Last Call With Carson Daly" at 1:35am ET.

73 -- Number of countries represented among the 641 players on MLS rosters this season, "as determined by birthplace" (MLSSOCCER.com, 9/20).