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The merger between two of the biggest names in sports venues has become official, creating a mega-company that owns some of the biggest names in the arena and stadium business. AEG Facilities, the venue subsidiary of AEG, and SMG, the facilities management giant owned by the Onex company, will combine to form ASM Global, with […]
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Luella Chavez D’Angelo has been hired by the United States Olympic and Paralympic Committee as its chief marketing and communications officer to lead USOPC marketing and communications initiatives, including setting and stewarding the overall strategic direction for the organization and its properties. Chavez D’Angelo brings over 30 years of experience as a top marketing and […]
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The American Hockey League’s Board of Governors awarded an expansion franchise to the upcoming NHL Seattle expansion franchise, with the Oak View Group placing the team in Palm Springs, California. The AHL’s 32nd team will be the primary development affiliate of NHL Seattle and will play at a new arena on the Agua Caliente Indian […]
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The home of the Nashville Predators will continue to be named Bridgestone Arena after the tire and rubber manufacturer and the Predators signed a five-year naming rights agreement extension that runs through 2030. In its nine years as Bridgestone Arena, the venue annually hosts more than 1 million people with not only NHL games but […]
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Nerd Street Gamers, a national esports infrastructure company, will bring a gaming space to the Wells Fargo Center, the first time a major sports arena in the United States will house an esports center as an amenity. The center will include localhosts, which are esports facilities that feature the same computers professional gamers use in […]
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The Rock Hill BMX Supercross Park in South Carolina will host the 2024 International Cycling Union BMX World Championships, the UCI announced as part of its awarding of sites for its next four major events. Rock Hill is one of the traditional stopovers of the BMX Supercross World Cup, having hosted rounds in 2015, 2016, […]
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Where the Chesapeake Bay meets the Atlantic Ocean, Virginia Beach may be all about soft sands and ocean waves but planning your sporting events here will put you right on solid ground.
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Minneapolis will host the 2020 U.S. Paralympic Team Trials for cycling, swimming and track and field, the United States Olympic and Paralympic Committee has announced. It is the second time that the trials will have three sports concurrently organized, having been held in that fashion in 2016 in Charlotte, North Carolina. The 2020 event, to […]
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Greg Barckhoff, who has worked in Atlanta sports marketing and events for more than two decades, will be the executive vice president of partnerships and marketing for LakePoint Sports in the metro Atlanta area. Barckhoff is currently the vice president of partnerships for the Atlanta Basketball Host Committee, which is working with the NCAA to […]
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Terry Bassett, who has worked in professional sports and other organizations for more than two decades, has been named as the new chief executive officer for USA Diving and begins his role on October 1. Bassett’s career experience includes stops at with the NFL’s Miami Dolphins, NASCAR/International Speedway Corp., Roger Penske’s Motorsports Division, Professional Bull […]
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