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LakePoint Sports near Atlanta will have extended road infrastructure at its sports campus, leading to more than 500 acres of development including the construction of a 200-room hotel that will open in 2021 at a cost of $39 million. Located adjacent to LakePoint Sports’ 170,000-square-foot Champions Center and baseball complex, the hotel will feature a […]
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The National Women’s Soccer League will be back in the double figures for teams with the addition of Louisville, Kentucky, as the league’s fourth expansion franchise, with play scheduled to begin in 2021 at Lynn Family Stadium, a soccer-specific stadium with a capacity of nearly 14,000 scheduled to open in 2020. Louisville will be the […]
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Globe Life Park, the former home of the Texas Rangers, will be converted into a venue to host two professional sports teams in Arlington starting in 2020. Details released show the venue being used to host the Dallas Renegades of the reborn XFL football league, plus soccer matches for the USL League One club North […]
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The WNBA’s New York Liberty, under new ownership, will have a new home for the 2020 season. The franchise will play home games at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, currently the home of the NBA’s Brooklyn Nets. The move will allow the Liberty to move back into the New York City market after two years […]
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The Pepsi Center, home of the NBA’s Denver Nuggets, the NHL’s Colorado Avalanche and the NLL’s Colorado Mammoth, will be offering an alternative to paper and plastic cups that have traditionally been used for concession drinks at sporting events. Kroenke Sports & Entertainment has agreed to a deal with Ball Corporation leading to “infinitely recyclable” aluminium cup […]
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The NAIA has moved its 2020 softball championship tournament to Columbus, Georgia, after the original host in Springfield, Missouri, had a scheduling conflict. This will be the second time that Columbus has hosted the NAIA softball tournament, having done so in 2013–2014. The city also hosted the NAIA swimming and diving championships from 2016–2019. The […]
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The home of Arizona State basketball and other sports will have a new name as the Wells Fargo Arena becomes the Desert Financial Arena for the next five years. The agreement sees the university getting paid $1.5 million per year from Desert Financial Credit Union, which has been in the Phoenix area since 1939. The […]
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Mindful of the extensive heat conditions that have been in Japan this summer, the International Olympic Committee is seeking to be proactive by putting adjustments in place for athlete safety under humid conditions when Tokyo hosts the 2020 Olympic Summer Games. As a result, the IOC has announced it will move the Olympic marathon and […]
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ASM Global will become the new management firm for the Tom Benson Hall of Fame Stadium in Canton, Ohio, as part of the Hall of Fame Village that is the centerpiece each summer for the Pro Football Hall of Fame induction ceremonies. Tom Benson Hall of Fame Stadium joins other major stadiums managed by ASM […]
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The United States may be getting a second Formula 1 race in Miami starting in 2021, which would complete a drawn-out saga in the racing series’ quest to place a race in South Florida that it believes would become a showpiece event. Formula One has an agreement in principle with Hard Rock Stadium to have […]
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