Author: Don Muret

Padres Add Punch to Premium Space

Padres Add Punch to Premium Space

Posted by | Mar 15, 2019 | ,

The Compass Premier Club at San Diego’s Petco Park has a fresh look after a $2.5 million upgrade. (Courtesy San Diego Padres) Compass Premier Club has real estate broker as newly signed naming-rights sponsor Major League Baseball’s San Diego Padres have revamped a premium club at Petco Park and signed real estate broker Compass to a three-year deal to sponsor the upgraded space. The Compass Premier Club, a $2.5 million project funded by the Padres, brings new life to an 8,000-square-foot lounge that had not been renovated since the ballpark opened in 2004, said Erik Greupner, the team’s president of business operations. Carrier Johnson, a local architect involved in the original San Diego Ballpark District master plan, designed the Compass Premier Club and BNBuilders constructed it.   As part of re-creating the club, the Padres removed five rows of 122 regular seats to install 42 theater-style loge box seats with… Continue Reading Padres Add Punch to Premium Space

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Royals Offer Taste of Diamond Club

Royals Offer Taste of Diamond Club

Posted by | Mar 14, 2019 | , ,

The diamond club seats, among the best in Kauffman Stadium, are situated behind the Crown Club, which is next to the field. (Courtesy Kansas City Royals) MLB team selling 11-game plans for premium area behind home plate For the first time since the Konica Minolta Diamond Club opened at Kauffman Stadium in 2010, Major League Baseball’s Kansas City Royals are selling 11-game mini season ticket plans for those seats. The club is a three-tiered section of 775 seats behind home plate that sits behind the Crown Club, the premium seats closest to the field. Diamond club seats, as they are known generically, are among the most lucrative seats in baseball because of their location, and most MLB teams sell them in full-season and half-season ticket plans. In Kansas City, though, the Royals have seen some attrition four years after winning the 2015 World Series. They had a rough 2018 season, winning… Continue Reading Royals Offer Taste of Diamond Club

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Spectra Has Big Plans in Big D

Spectra Has Big Plans in Big D

Posted by | Mar 7, 2019 | ,

Cotton Bowl Stadium at Fair Park is home to the annual college football game between Texas and Oklahoma. (Kevin Brown / State Fair of Texas) Fair Park’s new manager making plans to improve 277-acre Dallas complex Spectra has its hands full in Dallas, charged with revitalizing historic Fair Park, home of the State Fair of Texas and multiple sports and entertainment venues. In January, the facility management firm officially took over operations of the 277-acre property. Spectra signed a 20-year deal with Fair Park First, a nonprofit whose mission is to restore the complex. It’s a big move for the city of Dallas, whose park and recreation department ran Fair Park for decades before handing the reins to Fair Park First to strengthen its future growth. Spectra named Peter Sullivan, an industry veteran whose resume extends to NFL stadiums in Jacksonville, Pittsburgh and Phoenix, as Fair Park’s general manager. His… Continue Reading Spectra Has Big Plans in Big D

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Falcons, Atlanta United Going Cashless

Falcons, Atlanta United Going Cashless

Posted by | Mar 4, 2019 | ,

AMB Sports & Entertainment has added cash-free points of sale at Mercedes-Benz Stadium in the past year. (Getty Images) Transition comes as part of AMB Sports’ decision to lower some concessions prices further Cashless venues are gaining traction at the highest level of sports. AMB Sports & Entertainment, owner of the NFL’s Atlanta Falcons and Major League Soccer’s Atlanta United FC, has committed to eliminating cash transactions at Mercedes-Benz Stadium. The move takes effect March 10, when Atlanta United opens its 2019 home schedule against FC Cincinnati. Mercedes-Benz Stadium becomes the second big-league building to go cashless for food and merchandise after Tropicana Field, home of Major League Baseball’s Tampa Bay Rays. Levy runs the food service at both venues and merchandise at the Trop. Fanatics runs retail at Mercedes-Benz Stadium. Other facilities in Atlanta are moving in the same direction. Delaware North Sportservice, the food provider at SunTrust Park,… Continue Reading Falcons, Atlanta United Going Cashless

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Miami Open: Paradise in a Parking Lot …

Miami Open: Paradise in a Parking Lot …

Posted by | Feb 27, 2019 |

At Hard Rock Stadium, the Miami Open extends to 30 combined competition and practice courts outside the NFL facility. (Courtesy Hard Rock Stadium) … and inside an NFL venue, as the Miami Open makes its debut at Hard Rock Stadium Over the past decade, big league teams have become more aggressive and creative in booking nontraditional sports events to fill stadiums and generate incremental revenue. The X Games, the Bridgestone NHL Winter Classic, the U.S. Women’s Open bowling tournament and Fenway Park’s Big Air snowboarding and ski jumping competition are just a few examples. In South Florida, the Miami Dolphins are ready for the next step: For the first time in sports, professional tennis is taking over an NFL venue.  The Dolphins’ 65,000-seat Hard Rock Stadium and a portion of the vast parking lots surrounding the building have been transformed into a sports and cultural oasis for the Miami Open… Continue Reading Miami Open: Paradise in a Parking Lot …

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