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The sun sets behind Allegiant Stadium, new home of the Las Vegas Raiders. (AP Photo/John Locher, File)

Allegiant Stadium First U.S. Venue To Go All-Cashless

Allegiant Stadium, the new home of the Las Vegas Raiders, will be the first American pro sports venue to be an all-cashless experience for fans when it opens. Fans can pay for items using debit or credit cards, or mobile wallets including Apple Pay, Google Pay or Samsung Pay. Cash-to-card kiosks will be positioned throughout […]

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Lansing Lugnuts Field Gets Naming Rights Sponsor

The Midwest League’s Lansing Lugnuts have signed a seven-year stadium naming rights deal with Jackson National Life Insurance, making the team’s home field in Michigan known as Jackson Field through 2027. The announcement covers the entire stadium and playing field. The Lugnuts ballpark opened in 1996 and had been Cooley Law School Stadium since 2010. […]

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Sports Complex Planned in Connecticut

Plans for a 76-acre sports complex that includes indoor and outdoor facilities at a cost of $110 million has been approved in Connecticut, with developers saying the complex would bring in millions in sports tourism and create up to 400 jobs. The All Sports Village would be in Windsor Locks, Connecticut, after the town’s planning […]

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Legacy Sports Park Opening in Mesa, Arizona, in 2022

A new 320-acre sports and entertainment complex is planned for Mesa, Arizona, with multiple outdoor and indoor sporting opportunities aimed toward driving the area’s sports tourism market to become even more of a destination beyond Major League Baseball spring training. The Legacy Sports Park is scheduled to open in 2022 and Legacy Sports USA, the […]

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ASM Global, Brookfield Properties to Redevelop San Diego Sports Arena District

The pair of ASM Global and Brookfield Properties has been selected by the city of San Diego to redevelop the surrounding property of the San Diego Sports Arena into a new destination and mixed-use entertainment district. The new destination will incorporate public parks, housing, office space and an entertainment venue. The project is projected to […]

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Sports Complex Opens in Pasco County, Florida

The new 98,000-square-foot Wiregrass Ranch Sports Campus of Pasco County in Wesley Chapel, Florida, has officially opened, kicking off a new era of sports tourism for the destination of Pasco County and Experience Florida’s Sports Coast.   The complex is home to 16 volleyball courts, eight basketball courts, a 5,000-square-foot competition cheerleading studio and two cheer […]

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Competitiors in the men's 5,000 meter event at the 1984 Olympic Summer Games in Los Angeles circle past the Olympic torch during the race on August 11, 1984. Los Angeles in 2028 will join London and Paris as the only three-time hosts of the Olympic Summer Games. (AP Photo, File)

Squaw Valley Resort to Drop Derogatory Word From its Name

The home where one of the biggest moments in the United States’ Olympic Winter Games history occurred will have a new name after Squaw Valley Resort announced it will drop its current moniker. The resort cited “extensive research into the etymology and history” of the word after talks with the Washoe Tribe and other Native […]

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Companies Partner to Introduce Flexible Seating Solutions

Two seating companies are combining on a new partnership to bring custom seating solutions for venues looking to welcome back spectators in a socially distanced way. 4Topps Premium Seating and Staging Concepts are collaborating to set up venues by overlaying existing row seats with staging and socially distant loge boxes, which can later be returned […]

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Erik Moses to Lead Nashville Superspeedway

Erik Moses has been named president of Nashville Superspeedway, the latest stop in a long career in sports and hospitality. In being named to the post, Moses becomes the first Black president of a NASCAR track. The move, announced by track owner Dover Motorsports, puts the veteran sports executive in charge of the speedway after […]

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