The WNBA’s 25th Season: For the W
The WNBA, playing its 25th season this year, has found a comfort level playing in buildings ranging from NBA capacity to as low as 3,500 seats.
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Category: Teams and Tenants
Seen and Herd in the Deer District
Two years ago, soon after the Deer District opened, up to 11,000 fans gathered there during a Milwaukee Bucks playoff run that ended in the conference finals. This year brought a whole new dimension to the district.
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USL: The Buildup
Justin Papadakis has a bold vision for growing the United Soccer League. His family co-owns the multileague organization, and they want to build 35 new stadiums over the next five years.
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Momentous deal: SodexoMagic teams with Centerplate at new ballpark
CaroMont Health Park’s food service has a high-profile partner in SodexoMagic, co-owned by NBA Hall of Famer Earvin “Magic” Johnson.
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Petco Park Concerts Return
The Beach Boys and Ziggy Marley will play socially distanced shows at Petco Park over Memorial Day weekend.
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Sportsbooks Bet on Arenas, Stadiums
ODDS ARE GOOD: The Fox Bet Lounge at Lincoln Financial Field offers members premium perks in a sportsbook-themed space. (PhiladelphiaEagles.com) They’re splashing their brands on in-venue areas as they battle for market share PlayUp, an Australia-based sportsbook operator, has its work cut out as it fights for a share of the increasingly competitive U.S. sports betting market. After going live in Colorado in March, PlayUp is readying its launch in New Jersey, a state that has established itself as the most robust sports betting market in the nation. More than $6 billion in sports bets were placed in New Jersey last year; Nevada, with $4.3 billion in handle, was a distant second. While that’s enticing for companies with market access in the Garden State, grabbing a slice of the pie doesn’t come easy when competing against established brands like FanDuel, DraftKings, BetMGM and William Hill. PlayUp sees its sponsorship […]
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Double Play: KC Ballpark Hosts NWSL Team
Minor league baseball’s Kansas City Monarchs and Kansas City NWSL are co-tenants at Legends Field.
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Sparks to Tip Off at LA Convention Center
The WNBA’s Sparks began moving into the Los Angeles Convention Center on Wednesday as the team prepares to play 11 games at the facility.
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Earth Day: Sustainable Effort?
In light of the coronavirus pandemic, must sustainability take a back seat to health and safety at public assembly facilities?
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Why One Team Thinks It’s Worth the Wait
CHECKERS PAST: The Charlotte Checkers salute their fans before COVID-19 halted play. The Checkers chose not to play the 2020-21 American Hockey League season. As the state of North Carolina slowly reopens public assembly venues with fans in the stands, Tera Black remains confident that the Charlotte Checkers made the correct decision to skip the 2020-21 American Hockey League season altogether. “We’re getting through this season and getting players on the ice (through other channels),” said Black, the Checkers’ chief operating officer and alternate governor. “The biggest responsibility of the AHL is developing NHL prospects. People are jumping through hoops to get that done and it’s working.” In Charlotte, the majority of the team’s fan base agreed with the Checkers’ decision to sit out the season, she said. They were one of three AHL teams to cancel the season. The other two were the Milwaukee Admirals and Springfield (Massachusetts) Thunderbirds. […]
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Minor Leagues, Major Decisions
EARLY ARRIVALS: At Luther Williams Field, Georgia’s Macon Bacon were among the first baseball teams with fans in the stands after the shutdown last year. (Courtesy team) Across the country, owners have weighed the wisdom of going dark vs. playing on, all with the goal of making it past the pandemic Ken Young owns five minor league baseball teams, stretching from Norfolk, Virginia, to Albuquerque, New Mexico. Every Monday during the pandemic, the general managers of those clubs send him an update on the available cash on hand and whether Young needs to replenish those coffers. Those exchanges are tough to swallow, as they have been for everybody working in sports and entertainment. For Young, who also serves as executive chairman of Spectra Food Services and Hospitality, the losses he incurred from the cancellation of Minor League Baseball in 2020 run in the “multiple millions of dollars.” “I sit around […]
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Pandemic Isn’t Sinking the Swamp Rabbits
A dozen of the ECHL’s 26 teams decided not to operate this season. Greenville is among the 14 remaining teams that forged ahead.
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