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ChukchansiPark

Fresno Grizzlies Announce Naming Agreement for Stadium

The Fresno Grizzlies, a low-A affiliate for the Colorado Rockies, have signed a 10-year extension of its existing stadium naming rights deal with the Chukchansi Economic Development Authority, an economic development enterprise of the Picayune Rancheria of the Chukchansi Indians, to retain the Chukchansi Park name. The Chukchansi Tribe will continue to build on the […]

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CollegeWorldSeriesOmaha

Home of College World Series to be Named ‘Charles Schwab Field Omaha’

The home of baseball’s College World Series will be named Charles Schwab Field Omaha, representing the financial services company, through 2029. The Charles Schwab Corporation obtained naming rights for the stadium after its October 2020 acquisition of TD Ameritrade. The name change in Omaha will start effective in 2022 at the 24,000-seat baseball stadium with […]

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BCCC Expansion Facing West

Fort Lauderdale Convention Center Marks Expansion Milestone

The newly expanded Greater Fort Lauderdale/Broward County Convention Center in Florida has reopened with the improved venue boasting 800,000 square feet of space, including 350,000 square feet of contiguous exhibit space. While the latest expansion has opened, more work remains, with total planned renovation expected to finish out at 1.2 million square feet by late […]

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BaylorFacilities

New Venue Proposed for Baylor Basketball in Waco

A new $185 million arena for the national powerhouse Baylor University basketball teams and other events will be part of a larger development in downtown Waco, Texas. The Bears men’s basketball team, coming off its first national championship in the spring, is ranked No. 1 early in the 2021–2022 college basketball season. Should approvals from […]

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Scheels Sports Park at Legacy Pointe

Scheels Secures Naming Rights for Legacy Sports Complex

Scheels has secured naming rights for a multi-use sports facility currently under development at the Legacy Pointe Town Center in Springfield, Illinois. Designed to be a regional destination for sports tournaments, Scheels Sports Park at Legacy Pointe will include eight turf fields that can be configured into 14 baseball/softball fields or eight soccer/lacrosse fields. A […]

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OLReignSeattle

OL Reign Returns Home to Seattle

OL Reign will relocate from Tacoma to Seattle and Lumen Field, home of the Seattle Seahawks and Seattle Sounders, starting with the 2022 National Women’s Soccer League season. OL Reign will make the move to Lumen Field from its current home at Cheney Stadium in Tacoma, where the team moved in 2019. At the time, […]

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rentoneballpark

Illinois Ballpark to Undergo Sports Complex Retrofitting

The former home of a Frontier League team in Marion, Illinois, will be retrofitted from a home for minor league baseball into a sports tourism complex. The 7,000-capacity Rent One Park is under contract to be sold to Marion Center Project LLC, which will work with Florida-based Sports Facilities Companies on a sports tourism plan […]

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Allegiant Stadium is the home of the Las Vegas Raiders and hosted the Super Bowl in 2024. (AP Photo/David Becker)

Las Vegas to Host Super Bowl LVIII at Allegiant Stadium

Vegas, Baby. The NFL has awarded hosting rights for Super Bowl LVIII in 2024 to Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas, the league announced after multiple reports indicated that was the choice. The official announcement was made today during the league’s owners meetings in Dallas. The 2024 Super Bowl was originally scheduled for New Orleans but […]

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