Facilities speed reads

• Don’t miss my tour of the nearly completed new Highmark Stadium, which opens this summer.
• SBJ’s Influence 125 project featured three entries from the Facilities world: Earl Santee of HOK Sport and Populous, Canopy Team’s Janet Marie Smith and Larry Levy and Andy Lansing for Levy.
• Texas issued a request for proposals (RFP) on Wednesday seeking a development team to build an arena and student-athlete housing on four acres next to Moody Center. The smaller scale arena would be home to the university’s powerhouse women’s volleyball program.
• Ole Miss also issued an RFP on Wednesday seeking a development partner for a mixed-use development project that would create an entertainment district on 25 acres of land surrounding Vaught-Hemingway Stadium.
• T-Mobile Arena and Zoox entered into a multiyear sponsorship deal that makes Amazon’s robotaxi subsidiary an official venue partner of the Las Vegas arena.
• NYCFC selected Legends Global to run food and beverage at Etihad Park, the MLS club’s $780 million stadium opening in 2027. The stadium’s F&B program will mirror N.Y.’s diverse food culture, especially Queens.
• Oak View Group named Erik Hudson as the GM of the arena that it’s opening in Mobile, Ala., in 2027.