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NYCFC unveils renderings for first premium seating at new venue

Daily - 07/24/2024 | Daily - 07/24/2024

New York City FC unveiled Tuesday the first premium seating renderings for its new stadium, which will break ground this coming fall and is scheduled to open in 2027. Deposits for seats will be accepted beginning Aug. 21, though the club declined to share any...

Meijer gets naming rights to Lions training facility

The Lions and Meijer are "expanding their partnership," with the team's headquarters and training facility "renamed the Meijer Performance Center," according to Jay Davis of CRAIN'S DETROIT BUSINESS. Interior and exterior Meijer Performance Center branding will be "placed all around the building." Meijer branding will also be "placed on...

Texans sell out season tickets for 2024 season

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The Texans have "sold out of season tickets for the 2024 season," the first time season tickets have been sold out before the season since 2019. Single game and group tickets to Texans home games can still be purchased from the team's website, Ticketmaster or at the box...

Royals debut facial authentication technology at Kauffman Stadium

Power Up Newsletter - 07/24/2024 | Daily - 07/23/2024

The Royals’ Kauffman Stadium debuted MLB Go-Ahead Entry at two gates (Gates B and D) on Monday night, becoming the sixth MLB venue to use the quick-entry lanes. The facial authentication technology was first piloted in 2023 with the Phillies . MLB shared that fans who used Go-Ahead...

Erie County halfway through paying $250M contribution to Bills' new stadium

Daily - 07/24/2024

Erie County is “now more than halfway through paying" its $250M contribution to the new Bills stadium, according to Sandra Tan of the BUFFALO NEWS. The County Legislature approved “paying half of the money owed in cash” and “borrowing the other half.” As of the county’s last...

OVG land 10-year deal to run concessions at most Penn State facilities

Daily - 07/23/2024

Penn State has signed a 10-year deal making Oak View Group its new food and beverage provider at nearly all the school’s facilities. OVG was selected through an RFP process to replace the school’s in-house F&B unit, which has run the Beaver Stadium’s concessions since it opened...

Renderings of Flames' new arena drawing raves as construction begins

Daily - 07/23/2024 | Daily - 07/23/2024

Scotia Place, the Flames' future 18,400-seat, C$800M home , is a building “far more striking than many anticipated,” according to Eric Francis of SPORTSNET.ca. The arena was “designed with a fire and ice theme” that “includes a depiction of flames on the upper level of the façade,...

Michael Reinsdorf, Danny Wirtz proposing $7B redevelopment around United Center

Daily - 07/23/2024 | Daily - 07/23/2024

Bulls President & CEO Michael Reinsdorf and Blackhawks Chair Danny Wirtz today announced their "vision for the 1901 Project, a wide-ranging, 10-year redevelopment of the parking lots that encircle" the United Center, which their families jointly own, according to Danny Ecker of CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS. Reinsdorf and Wirtz are proposing a $7B...

Univ. of Oklahoma secures record $20M gift for baseball, football programs

Daily - 07/24/2024

Univ. of Oklahoma Athletics secured its “largest single commitment in program history” as Brian and Kim Kimrey pledged a $20M gift to OU's baseball and football programs, according to Colton Sulley of the OKLAHOMAN. It is the fifth eight-figure gift in OU athletics history. The Kimreys’ pledge...

Bengals' Brown declines comment on stadium lease, praises new locker rooms

Daily - 07/23/2024

Bengals owner Mike Brown “declined to address a question about the status of negotiations with Hamilton County to renew the team’s lease" at Paycor Stadium, which expires in 2026, according to Steve Watkins of the CINCINNATI BUSINESS COURIER. The Bengals lease can be "extended by up to 10 years." Brown...

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NYCFC unveils renderings for first premium seating at new venue

Meijer gets naming rights to Lions training facility

Texans sell out season tickets for 2024 season

Royals debut facial authentication technology at Kauffman Stadium

Erie County halfway through paying $250M contribution to Bills' new stadium

OVG land 10-year deal to run concessions at most Penn State facilities

Renderings of Flames' new arena drawing raves as construction begins

Michael Reinsdorf, Danny Wirtz proposing $7B redevelopment around United Center

Univ. of Oklahoma secures record $20M gift for baseball, football programs

Bengals' Brown declines comment on stadium lease, praises new locker rooms

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