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The Pimlico Race Course will undergo extensive rebuilding starting this summer with $400 million in state bonds that will also see the Preakness Stakes relocated in 2026 to nearby Laurel Park before returning to an updated Pimlico in 2027. Maryland Gov. Wes Moore signed a measure on Thursday to transfer the track to a newly […]
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The CORE4 Athletic Complex in Atlanta and The Sports Facilities Companies have announced Shaka Johnson as the facility’s general manager. Johnson has more than 18 years of experience in the sports industry, including roles with the University of Georgia, the NBA’s Atlanta Hawks and the now-defunct Atlanta Thrashers of the National Hockey League. “I’m excited […]
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On this balmy April evening in Newark, New Jersey, the game experience for NHL fans walking from Penn Station to the Prudential Center starts before they even step into the venue. It’s outside at the area they call “championship plaza” where food trucks tout various fare, a local band plays and fans of both the […]
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The home of Missouri football since 1926 will undergo some modernizations in time for its centennial anniversary after the University of Missouri Board of Curators approved the hiring of Kansas City architecture firm DLR Group to execute the $250 million Memorial Stadium Improvements Project. The design will preserve the historic Rock M Hill while providing […]
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Jerry Richardson Stadium will be getting a $60 million expansion for the first phase of enhancing the UNC Charlotte football stadium after the University of North Carolina Board of Governors approved the financial outlay on Thursday. Stadium capacity will increase to 18,170 with the first phase of expansion, with plans in motion for further expansion […]
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The National Hockey League has approved the sale of the Arizona Coyotes to Utah Jazz owner Ryan Smith, as well as the relocation of the franchise to Salt Lake City starting with the 2024-2025 season, the league said Thursday afternoon. Ryan and Ashley Smith of Smith Entertainment Group bought the team and its existing assets […]
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The late winter will be a test period for Kai Tak Sports Park in Hong Kong after a nearly decade-long build for the $4 billion sports, recreation and entertainment project. Kai Tak Sports Park is expected to formally open in 2025 and is one of the sports venues that will deliver events for the 2025 […]
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A years-long search to find its own stadium by New York City Football Club is finally coming to a conclusion after New York City officials approved a plan to build a 25,000-seat soccer-specific stadium in Queens next to the New York Mets’ stadium, Citi Field. The stadium announcement ends an era for NYCFC, which won […]
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Tyler Yoder has been named general manager of the Emerald Acres Sports Connection, an $80 million complex in Mattoon, Illinois, that will be opening in the fall of 2024. A graduate of Ball State University with a masters degree from the University of North Georgia, Yoder has been director for facilities and event management at […]
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City officials in Northport, Alabama, broke ground this week on a youth sports facility called River Run Park. The $27 million complex will have nine baseball/softball fields with two centerpiece fields that will have concession buildings and grandstands that could host high school and college events. The baseball field will have seating for over 550 […]
Continue ReadingThe 2025 @MLS All-Star Game will be played at Q2 Stadium in Austin, Texas, the league announced on Wednesday at the home of @AustinFC , which will host the game for the first time. @sportsaustin
The full @NFL schedule gets released tonight, but international games are headed to London, Munich and Sao Paolo.
FIFA will launch a Women’s Club World Cup starting in January 2026 that will involve 16 club teams from around the world although it did not specify how they would qualify or where they could play the inaugural event.
.@USABoxing has announced that Golden Gloves VR, a virtual reality boxing game created by Tulsa-based tech company Engine Room VR, is now the NGB’s official esports boxing game.
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