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NCAA Expands Field for Women’s Ice Hockey, Beach Volleyball Tournaments

The NCAA beach volleyball and women’s ice hockey brackets will be expanded starting with this season’s championship events. The Division I Council on Wednesday approved the recommendations from the Division I Competition Oversight Committee to increase the beach volleyball tourmament field to 16 teams and women’s ice hockey tournament to 11 teams. Both brackets had […]

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UBS Arena's opening ends a long-awaited drought for New York Islanders fans who were waiting for a new home. Photo by Jason Gewirtz

UBS Using Arena Naming Rights
to Propel New Sports Division

As the opening game for the New York Islanders approaches at its new UBS Arena, the financial behemoth that has its name on the venue is hoping to use that branding to attract new business to its latest financial division aimed at the sports market. “I was born and raised in New York City, less […]

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Staples Center No More: Venue Changing Name to Crypto.Com Arena

Staples Center, the downtown Los Angeles home of the NBA’s Lakers and Clippers, the NHL’s Kings and the WNBA’s Sparks, will change its name after 22 years of operation to Crypto.Com Arena, venue owner AEG announced Tuesday night. Multiple reports peg the deal to be $700 million over 20 years, making it what is believed […]

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NCAA to Expand Beach Volleyball, Women’s Hockey Brackets

The NCAA intends to expand the bracket sizes for its National Collegiate Beach Volleyball and Women’s Ice Hockey championships. The move came after a decision by the Division I Competition Oversight Committee that will be forwarded for a formal vote. The move for the Beach Volleyball Committee to double in size — to 16 teams from […]

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Sacred Heart Selects Smart Windows for Hockey Arena

The new Martire Family Arena at Sacred Heart University will be using Smart Windows, built by View, Inc., at the future home of the school’s men’s and women’s NCAA Division I hockey programs, club hockey programs and the university’s nationally ranked figure skating team. The arena is the centerpiece of Sacred Heart’s campus expansion program […]

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Honda Center Using SpotOn for Cashless Transactions

Appetize, which has been recently acquired by SpotOn, has been selected by the Honda Center’s Anaheim Arena Management to power all concessions with cloud technology in advance of the Anaheim Ducks‘ 2021–2022 season. Guests at the arena will order and pay for all food and beverage through SpotOn’s contactless platform that offers a end-to-end solution […]

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USA Hockey Partners with LiveBarn on Streaming

USA Hockey has announced a new partnership with LiveBarn to stream youth and amateur sports in North America. Under terms of the deal, LiveBarn will have designation as an official partner of USA Hockey and will help to promote the game of hockey and highlight various USA Hockey initiatives. “We’re pleased to add LiveBarn to […]

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From right: ASM Global’s Doug Thornton standing with Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker, Blackhawks Chairman W. Rockwell “Rocky” Wirtz and CEO Danny Wirtz at the BMO Harris Bank Center in Rockford, Illinois, on April 6, 2021

ASM Global Extends Agreement to Manage BMO Harris Bank Center

ASM Global has been selected to continue management of the BMO Harris Bank Center and the Coronado Theater in Rockford, Illinois, and will work on the BMO Center’s renovation project along with the city of Rockford, Rockford Area Venues & Entertainment Authority, Chicago Blackhawks and the Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity. Under the […]

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Richmond Area Mall Redevelopment Has Hockey Arena in Plans

Officials in the Richmond Region have unveiled plans to have a two-rink indoor hockey facility as part of its overall plans for a 100,000-square-foot mixed-use district on the site of a former mall in Chesterfield County, Virginia. The venue, built on the site of the former Spring Rock Green shopping area, would house two National […]

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Florida Panthers Searchomg for New Arena Naming Rights Partner

The Florida Panthers will be playing the 2021–2022 NHL season in its usual arena but with a new name attached to it. The Arena Operating Company, a subsidiary of Sunrise Sports & Entertainment which owns the team, has started a search for a new arena naming rights partner. In the interim, the arena will be […]

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