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The home of the minor league Richmond Flying Squirrels will get a new look in the future as the Virginia destination has released a RFP for developers to create a new mixed-use development area in the Diamond District. The 70-acre site is owned by the city four minutes from downtown and includes the current Diamond […]
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The Fresno Grizzlies, a low-A affiliate for the Colorado Rockies, have signed a 10-year extension of its existing stadium naming rights deal with the Chukchansi Economic Development Authority, an economic development enterprise of the Picayune Rancheria of the Chukchansi Indians, to retain the Chukchansi Park name. The Chukchansi Tribe will continue to build on the […]
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The home of baseball’s College World Series will be named Charles Schwab Field Omaha, representing the financial services company, through 2029. The Charles Schwab Corporation obtained naming rights for the stadium after its October 2020 acquisition of TD Ameritrade. The name change in Omaha will start effective in 2022 at the 24,000-seat baseball stadium with […]
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The former home of a Frontier League team in Marion, Illinois, will be retrofitted from a home for minor league baseball into a sports tourism complex. The 7,000-capacity Rent One Park is under contract to be sold to Marion Center Project LLC, which will work with Florida-based Sports Facilities Companies on a sports tourism plan […]
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Ripken Baseball has signed Stewbowie Sports & Entertainment to exclusively represent its youth sports brand across all sponsorship sales. Stewbowie will provide strategic partnerships and advertising sales across all Ripken Baseball-owned properties and assets. “We’ve experienced incredible growth in the last few years and are looking for partners who want to build with us,” said […]
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The owner of the South Bend Cubs in Indiana is working on plans for a major expansion and upgrades to the city’s 33-year-old Four Winds Field with plans for an upper deck expanding the capacity along with a new scoreboard and lighting system. South Bend Cubs owner Andrew Berlin said last week he didn’t know […]
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The Houston Astros are the latest Major League Baseball team to look into setting up a mixed-use entertainment district around its ballpark, with the team’s owner saying construction could start within the next year. The team purchased nearly 1.75 acres of land around Minute Maid Park in 2019 and has spent more than $100 million […]
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The former spring training home to two Major League Baseball teams has undergone a rebranding as the Launch Pad Sports Complex, part of having management operations taken over by Sports Facilities Management. The venue in Cocoa, Florida, was formerly known as Coastal Florida Sports Park and originally built in 1964 as the spring training home […]
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Construction is scheduled to begin soon in College Station, Texas, on a new Texas Independence Ballpark in Midtown College Station with an eye toward attracting baseball and softball events to the region. The new facility will feature eight fields, batting cages, concession stands and more. The venue, officially called Independence Park, will be used to […]
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The Seattle Mariners have signed a long-term lease for the former Pyramid Brewery building next to T-Mobile Park with redevelopment plans including a restaurant and boutique brew pub, as well as flexible interior event space that could accommodate groups as large as 800 people for community gatherings. The Mariners project the work to be done […]
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The @Big12Conference has selected the Maverik Center in West Valley City, Utah, to host the 2025, 2026 and 2027 Big 12 Gymnastics Championships. The 2025 Big 12 Gymnastics Championship’s two sessions will be held March 22 at noon and 5 p.m. local time.
.@PlayNAIA has selected Orange Beach Sportsplex in Orange Beach, Alabama, and @GSOB_Sports as hosts for the 2025, 2026 and 2027 NAIA Men’s Soccer National Championships.
Move United was given the 2024 Rings of Gold Award by the United States Olympic and Paralympic Committee during its annual assembly last week in Colorado Springs, Colorado.
Triple Crown Sports has announced the departure of Sean Hardy, who is stepping down from his role as chief operating officer to join League One Volleyball as chief growth officer.
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