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Blue Jays Spring Training Home Gets New Name

The Toronto Blue Jays will continue to stay at the only spring training the franchise has ever known with a renovated complex getting a new naming rights sponsor in TD Bank. TD Ballpark will be the centerpiece of the Blue Jays’ renovated complex in Dunedin, Florida, the city that has hosted the Major League Baseball […]

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Seattle Mariners Offer Build-Your-Own Season Ticket Program

The Seattle Mariners will try to get more fans to T-Mobile Park by offering more flexibility to create a season-ticket package for consumers than ever before in Major League Baseball. The “fully flexible” membership option will allow fans to pick how many tickets they want to buy, plus the seat locations and for how many […]

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Washington's Juan Soto celebrates in the dugout after his home run against the Houston Astros during the fourth inning of Game 1 of the World Series in Houston. Photo: Matt Slocum/AP Images

Destination DC Goes Big for Nationals in World Series

When you have the World Series in your backyard for the first time since before World War II, you pull out all the stops. So as Juan Soto led the Washington Nationals to a 5-4 victory against the Houston Astros in Game 1 of the Fall Classic on October 22 in Houston, Destination DC was […]

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StadiumLinks Golf Visiting Four MLB Stadiums in November

StadiumLinks, which combines long-distance golf shots from elevated tees onto manufactured greens, will hold multi-day events at four Major League Baseball stadiums throughout November. The course design and layout will be new from previous years when events visit Busch Stadium, Citi Field, Angel Stadium and Minute Maid Park. StadiumLinks already visited Levi’s Stadium in San […]

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Self-checkout Kiosks Installed at Homes of Broncos, Mets

Mashgin, the self-checkout kiosk manufacturer, has partnered with two more professional franchises to make for automated experiences in checking out at concession stands. MLB’s New York Mets and the NFL’s Denver Broncos are the latest teams to partner with Clear and Mashgin for the technology, with both having implemented the kiosks in their stadiums already. […]

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Atlanta Braves to Host Big Air Event

Big air is coming to Atlanta. U.S. Ski & Snowboard, in partnership with the Atlanta Braves, has announced that will host the Visa Big Air Presented by Land Rover at SunTrust Park, December 20–21, 2019. The event will be sanctioned as a FIS Snowboard and Freeski World Cup and will feature competition among elite international […]

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Philadelphia Phillies to Hold Eagles Watch Parties

Should the Philadelphia Phillies not make the Major League Baseball playoffs, there’ll still be sporting events to cheer at Citizens Bank Park this fall. The Phillies announced that parts of their ballpark will be open during Philadelphia Eagles home games this season, along with Shake Shack takeout for tailgaters around the stadium complex area. A […]

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Astros to Spend $25 Million on Minute Maid Park Enhancements

The Houston Astros will make offseason renovations at Minute Maid Park, including a season-ticket holders club and new food and beverage service in the right field area, and will promptly improve protective netting inside the ballpark and extend the netting down both the left and right field lines. The renovations are estimated to cost $25 […]

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