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The Las Vegas Raiders officially ended its stay in Oakland, California by declining an option the franchise had to play one more season at Oakland Coliseum. NBC Sports Bay Area reported that the franchise inserted the option for one more season in 2020 in the case that Allegiant Stadium, the team’s new home on the […]
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The Missouri Development Finance Board has voted to give the ownership group for St. Louis’s Major League Soccer expansion franchise a $5.7 million state tax credit to help pay for the construction of the franchise’s soccer-specific stadium that will be in the downtown area. The board’s action comes three months after Gov. Mike Parson’s administration […]
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The air-inflated roof of the Carrier Dome has come down, taking away one of the focal points of the skyline for Syracuse, New York, as renovations for the 41-year-old venue begin with the installation of air conditioning that will be operational by the spring of 2021. The move is part of a $118 million renovation. […]
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Lee Michaud, a former NCAA All-American diver at the University of Michigan before going into the business world, will return to the sport as the new president of USA Diving. Michaud joins the organization from Daseke, Inc., where he spent the past eight years leading Smokey Point Distributing and The Schilli Companies. He will begin […]
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The Bahamas Bowl will be looking for a new sponsor after the village in Illinois that had sponsored the game the past two seasons declined to renew for a third year. The game will continue at the 15,000-seat Thomas A. Robinson National Stadium in December as an ESPN event with a new sponsor after Elk […]
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Alysha Carse has been named the sports sales manager of Visit Plano. Carse most recently served as catering sales executive at the Renaissance Dallas at Plano Legacy West Hotel and in her new role will be responsible for booking sports tournaments and securing hotel room nights. Carse also has experience as a special events programmer […]
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Visit Monroeville Sports Tourism will be the host of an American Junior Golf Association event in 2020 and 2021, the VM Sports Preview at Westmoreland Country Club in Export, Pennsylvania. The 2020 event is scheduled to be held May 1–3, with a practice round followed by 36 holes of stroke play. A putting contest will […]
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The Texas Rangers have secured six new sponsorships for areas around Globe Life Field as the ballpark gets closer to its grand opening. Among the sponsorships is the Lexus Home Plate Club, located at field level directly behind home plate that will include a full-service bar, plus in-seat food and beverage service. Along the first-base […]
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Houston’s BBVA Stadium and NRG Stadium will host the semifinals and Arlington’s AT&T Stadium the championship of the CONCACAF Nations League men’s soccer finals in June. The event will mark the inaugural tournament’s culmination after group play was held in 2019. The semifinals will be June 4 with the United States playing Honduras at the […]
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Taki Pappas, who has more than two decades of experience in the sports and entertainment industry, has been hired by ASM Global as director of event booking and business development for the KFC Yum! Center, Lynn Family Stadium and Norton Health Sports Athletics & Learning Center in Louisville, Kentucky. Pappas will work to drive content […]
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