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Construction has begun on the new corporate headquarters for the PGA of America in Frisco, Texas. Adolfson & Peterson Construction, Cushman & Wakefield and Page, have started construction the new 106,622-square-foot headquarters that will sit on 6.2 acres of a 660-acre PGA Frisco campus. The project will also include two new championship golf courses, a 500-room […]
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The rescheduled 2020 Olympic Summer Games in Tokyo will be simplified in four categories as part of the local organizers’ continuing work with the International Olympic Committe’s Coordination Committee, while not cutting the number of participating athletes for either the Olympics or Paralympics. Among the Games’ streamlining will be a reduction of stakeholder personnel attending […]
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The 2021 USA Volleyball Girls Junior National Championship will be held in Las Vegas for the first time. The event will be June 26 through July 5 at the Las Vegas Convention Center. The girls junior nationals is the United States’ premier junior girls club tournament and attracts college scouts from across the country. “We […]
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The United States Olympic & Paralympic Committee has hired Dr. Jessica Bartley as its director of mental health services, starting immediately to be responsible for the development and implementation of mental health services and programming for Team USA. Bartley has more than a decade of work in the mental health space and will direct the […]
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The environmental review process will begin October 1 for a proposed gondola system that would allow baseball fans in Los Angeles to go between Union Station in downtown to Dodger Stadium within minutes. The environmental review process will be completed by 2022 with a timeline for the system showing construction would begin sometime around 2025. […]
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Esports organization Gen.G will be committing $100,000 annual for the next decade toward developing college students interested in pursuing careers in gaming or other industry professions, with Eastern Michigan University and the University of Kentucky among its foundation partners. The scholarships will support women, low-income students or people of color who want to major in […]
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The Pittsburgh Penguins will be at least the fourth National Hockey League team with a sports betting lounge inside its venue after the Penguins signed a multiyear partnership with Rivers Casino and BetRivers.com to become the team’s official casino and official sportsbook, a deal that will include the placement of a BetRivers sportsbook-style lounge inside […]
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Droo Callahan has been selected as the general manager for The Bridge Sports Complex in West Virginia, a Sports Facilities Management venue that is set to open in 2021. The hire was made by the city of Bridgeport, West Virginia, which is overseeing the project in partnership with SFM. Callahan had a 10-year professional soccer […]
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A proposal led by the San Diego Padres to turn parking lots next to Petco Park into a mixed-use project that would bring apartments and other office spaces into the downtown district has been given initial approval by the city of San Diego, giving the Padres group the chance to seek city approvals for a […]
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While perhaps not at the forefront of many sports fans’ minds, the Professional Bull Riders were actually the first pro league in North America to have an event during the COVID-19 pandemic, starting up within six weeks of suspending action. “It seems like a lifetime ago,” said PBR Commissioner and CEO Sean Gleason during the […]
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