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ASM Global has appointed Steve Tadlock, an industry veteran with more than three decades of experience in event and facility operations, as general manager of Pechanga Arena in San Diego. Tadlock spent 19 years with SMG, opening and operating two arenas as general manager, most recently the Save Mart Center in Fresno, California. In addition, […]
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The Arizona Coyotes have submitted a bid for what could be its next permanent home in the drawn-out saga involving one of the National Hockey League’s franchises and the arena that has said this upcoming NHL season will be its last hosting the team. The city of Tempe received a response before its Thursday deadline […]
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Oak View Group has named Steve Fraser as president of Coachella Valley Arena and its to-be-named American Hockey League expansion team that will be based in Palm Desert, California, as the top affiliate of the newest National Hockey League team, the Seattle Kraken. Prior to joining OVG, Fraser served as vice president of business operations […]
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Oak View Group has hired Chris Granger, who has been tapped to serve as chief executive officer of the venue management company’s facilities division. Granger’s appointment comes days after Oak View Group announced plans to merge with food and beverage and hospitality provider Spectra to create a new full-service live events company. Before joining Oak […]
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Caesars Entertainment has released the renderings of its planned sportsbook, bar and broadcast studio across from Chase Field in downtown Phoenix as part of its sports betting and daily fantasy partnership with the Arizona Diamondbacks. Opening in early 2022, the sportsbook will be located at the former Game 7 Grill space outside of Chase Field. […]
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USA Luge has seen its flagship World Cup stop in Lake Placid, New York, taken off the calendar by the International Luge Federation for the second year in a row after the FIL cited difficulty getting foreign athletes into the country during the pandemic. The planned World Cup stops in Lake Placid along with Whistler, […]
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Two of the biggest names in the live events industry will merge as Oak View Group and Spectra will become one company to make one of the biggest venue operating companies in the world. Oak View Group currently manages about 15 venues and has a presence in 40 buildings. Founded in 2015 by Tim Leiweke […]
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Gulf Shores, Alabama, along with the Gulf Shores | Orange Beach Sports & Events, plan to add 12 pickleball courts at the Gulf Shores Sportsplex in an attemp to draw further sports tourism to the destination. The 12 courts will be built at the Gulf Shores Sportsplex in an unused grassy area next to a […]
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The Texas Rangers and Choctaw Casinos & Resorts announced a multi-year naming rights partnership for Globe Life Park in Arlington, the former home of the Major League Baseball team that will now be called Choctaw Stadium. The partnership expands a relationship that the two parties have had for more than a decade, and extends a […]
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Cal Athletics has announced the first collegiate cryptocurrency naming rights sponsorship in which its football field will be known as FTX Field at California Memorial Stadium in a $17.5 million deal that will be paid in full in cryptocurrency. In addition to field-naming rights, the relationship will feature on-field branding and branding on athletics press […]
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Fraser Bullock was officially named executive chair and president for the Organizing Committee for the 2034 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games in Salt Lake City while former Utah Speaker of the House Brad Wilson was named as chief executive officer.
The @MountainWest Conference, in partnership with the Arizona Sports and Entertainment Commission, will host the 2025 Credit Union 1 Baseball Championship at Sloan Park in @VisitMesa, Arizona, May 21–24.
.@usavolleyball has announced that Denver will host the 2025 ParaVolley Pan America Sitting Volleyball Zonal Championships on May 24–28, an event which will run alongside the 2025 USA Volleyball Open National Championship.
The Sports Facilities Companies has been selected to operate Destination KP, a new youth sports venue located on Long Island, New York, withTim O’Connell appointed as general manager.
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