- Last week, I wrote the Bills’ new Highmark Stadium now costs $2.2 billion, $100 million higher than most previous reports on the overruns had indicated. My source for that figure was New York state, which used that number on their own website. However, Empire State Development Corp. now says their website was incorrect and has changed it to $2.1 billion. SBJ has edited the previous report to reflect the state’s adjustment.
- The Commanders and Ravens are battling for marketing rights in Maryland suburbs.
- The four games during NFL Divisional weekend averaged 37.1 million viewers, down 7% from just over 40 million viewers last year, which was a Divisional round record for the NFL, reports SBJ's Austin Karp.
- New Orleans Super Bowl Host Committee Chair Marcus Brown tells SBJ's Terry Lefton that he feels this year’s host city is ahead of schedule with planning.
- SBJ this week rolled out our class of 2025 Champions: Pioneers & Innovators in Sports Business. Among those with ties to the NFL world are Ross Greenburg, who established "Hard Knocks" at HBO Sports, as well as longtime 49ers front office exec Carmen Policy and Frank Vuono, who headed consumer products at NFL Properties from 1985-1993.
