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Brooklyn Nets

Brooklyn Nets Enter Luxury Hotel Partnership

The Spain-based Palladium Hotel Group is entering the United States sports market with a season-long sponsorship deal with the Brooklyn Nets. Palladium branding elements will appear at Barclays Center during Nets home games, and the partnership will produce a digital content series featuring the team and the hotel company’s properties. The NBA recently gave teams […]

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Maryland Renovations

University of Maryland Unveils Multimillion Dollar Renovation Plan

The University of Maryland athletics department unveiled a master plan of facility renovations that features a $15 million video board at the home of Terrapins football, with the overall cost coming in at $40 million for all the projects combined. Athletic Director Damon Evans announced the plans during an online address to fans and boosters. […]

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Australian Open Tennis
Spectators watch the men's semifinal between Serbia's Novak Djokovic and France's Lucas Pouille on Rod Laver Arena at the Australian Open tennis championships in Melbourne, Australia, Friday, Jan. 25, 2019. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)

Fortnite Summer Smash Partners With Australian Open

On the heels of its runaway success when held at one iconic tennis venue, Fortnite Summer Smash in Australia is following the trend and for the second year in a row will organize its event at the Australian Open to coincide with the Grand Slam tennis tournament’s championship weekend. Fortnite Summer Smash will be a […]

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BoiseState

Boise State Plans Football Stadium Expansion

The stadium famous for its blue turf will have expanded seating with new amenities and premium seating as Albertsons Stadium will be expanded at Boise State University, the school has announced. The project will allow for two options of seating for fans, with premium seating on the lower bowl of the stadium’s east side with […]

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Henrico sportsplex

Henrico County Arena Planned

An arena project in Henrico County, Virginia, is being planned after the county’s board of supervisors approved a $50 million investment at the Virginia Center Commons mall site in Glen Allen, Virginia, near Richmond. The county is considering financing the project through lease revenue bonds that could be considered by the Board of Supervisors early […]

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ForestGreen

English Soccer Team Plans All-Wooden Stadium

A soccer club in England known for its focus on sustainability and eco-friendly philosophy is planning to build the world’s first stadium made almost entirely out of wood. Forest Green Rovers, which currently plays in League Two (the fourth tier of English soccer), plans a 5,000-capacity Eco Park that would be in parkland surrounded by […]

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FAU arena

Florida Atlantic Gets $5 Million for Arena Naming Rights

Florida Atlantic University’s home for men’s and women’s basketball plus women’s volleyball will now be known as RoofClaim.com Arena after a 10-year sponsorship agreement worth $5 million to the Conference USA athletic program. The athletic center formerly known as FAU Arena is a 5,000-seat arena that opened in 1984, with men’s basketball and volleyball moving […]

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The Syracuse Crunch is one of 11 independently owned teams in the American Hockey League, which has the Calder Cup Playoffs scheduled to start in early May.

Naming Rights Sold for AHL Arena

The home of American Hockey League team Syracuse Crunch will be known as the Upstate Medical University Arena at Onondaga County War Memorial as part of an 11-year, $2.7 million sponsorship agreement that includes naming rights in addition to continued team sponsorship. The naming rights element includes Upstate’s name on major exterior and interior signage […]

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