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Hours before the 2023 All-Star Game started in Seattle, Major League Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred touched on several subjects including future hosts for the midseason game plus the drawn-out process of the Oakland Athletics relocating to Las Vegas. Next year’s All-Star Game is scheduled for the Texas Rangers’ Globe Life Field in Arlington. The 2026 […]
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The New York Mets and Philadelphia Phillies will play a two-game series in London next season as MLB takes another rivalry abroad at London Stadium, ahead of this weekend’s series between the St. Louis Cardinals and Chicago Cubs. The first MLB series in the British capital — and in Europe — featured the New York […]
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Major League Baseball has announced that Rickwood Field, the oldest professional ballpark in the United States and former home of the Birmingham Black Barons of the Negro Leagues, will host a regular season game next year between the St. Louis Cardinals and San Francisco Giants on June 20, 2024. The contest is scheduled around the […]
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The Oakland Athletics cleared a major hurdle for their planned relocation to Las Vegas after the Nevada Legislature gave final approval on Wednesday to public funding for a portion of a proposed $1.5 billion stadium with a retractable roof. The Assembly approved the final version of the bill with $380 million in taxpayer money on […]
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New York Hilton Midtown announced that reservations are now available for the Grand Slam Suite that celebrates the New York Yankees, as fans can spend a night in the ultimate Yankees baseball suite for stays beginning July 1 with rates starting at $1,398 per night. The suite is available to book for stays from July […]
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The Oakland Athletics are planning to build their new ballpark in Las Vegas on a portion of the current Tropicana Las Vegas property. The team signed a binding agreement with Bally’s Corporation, in conjunction with Gaming & Leisure Properties, Inc., for nine acres of the 35-acre site located on Las Vegas Boulevard and Tropicana Avenue. […]
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The Oakland A’s have made the next move toward relocating to Las Vegas, announcing that the team has signed a binding agreement to purchase 49 acres of land near the Las Vegas Strip for the site of a future ballpark. In a statement, the team, which for years has negotiated with the city of Oakland […]
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The Toronto Blue Jays officially unveiled the completed first phase of Rogers Centre renovations, featuring a new Outfield District that will be ready for the 2023 home opener on April 11 which will feature five distinct neighborhoods and many additional new social spaces, available to everyone with a game ticket. Designed with Populous, the Outfield […]
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Head out to Tempe, Arizona, and walk up the steps to the gates at Tempe Diablo Stadium to see the Los Angeles Angels, a compact stadium packed to the brim not just in the stands but in the outfield grass and concourses on this Friday afternoon with fans both in Angels red and San Diego […]
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Major League Baseball has named Booking.com as its official online travel partner in a deal that makes the online booking platform the presenting sponsor of the American and National League Division Series, too. A recent survey conducted by Booking.com revealed 49% of U.S. baseball fans plan to travel to at least one MLB game this […]
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Kentucky Sports Alliance has announced it has completed a major rebrand. The consortium of 15 Kentucky tourism-based organizations has joined under one umbrella to bring sporting events to the Bluegrass State.
Jamie Corr has been named the managing director at Burson Sports, a specialist sports practice based in Lausanne, succeeding Lars Haue-Pedersen, who is stepping down after more than 20 years of leading the agency.
The Sports Facilities Companies has acquired Firland Management as part of launching a new ice division, which includes a partnership with Central Park Conservancy which assumes the management of the Harlem Meer Center in New York City.
As the @NCAA enters the final month of its deliberation on which cities will be future hosts for hundreds of events across all three divisions, destinations around the country anxiously await news of the status of their bids.
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