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The Simon Cup, a new esports competition, will have regional finals and festivals in New York and Los Angeles before culminating in a Grand Final at Las Vegas’ HyperX Esports Arena with a $50,000 shopping grand prize going to the winner. The Fortnite event will be co-produced by Allied Esports and Simon, the owner of […]
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StadiumLinks, which combines long-distance golf shots from elevated tees onto manufactured greens, will hold multi-day events at four Major League Baseball stadiums throughout November. The course design and layout will be new from previous years when events visit Busch Stadium, Citi Field, Angel Stadium and Minute Maid Park. StadiumLinks already visited Levi’s Stadium in San […]
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The Pepsi Center will retain its name for one more year after a contract extension between PepsiCo. and Kroenke Sports and Entertainment was announced at an event celebrating two decades of the building’s existence. The previous contract had expired over the summer on a 20-year agreement that started when the building opened in 1999. The […]
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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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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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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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Sports fans know Oklahoma City as the home of the NCAA Women’s College World Series every year, but fewer people are aware that, 100 miles or so down the road, Tulsa has become an important site for another college sport: tennis. For the past 14 years the city has hosted the Intercollegiate Tennis Association Men’s […]
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