- In my Insiders column this week, I write how the jobs of those overseeing facilities for sports teams are changing.
- Gensler shared a menu of Lenovo Center renovation options with the Centennial Authority board during its Thursday meeting as the second phase of a roughly $300 million project prepares to commence summer 2026. The Hurricanes and the N.C. State men’s basketball team are among the facility’s tenants.
- Redfin, the real estate website, listed Rocket Arena — which, to be very clear, is not for sale and was part of an April Fools’ joke — as part of an expanded arena naming rights deal between the Cavaliers and Rocket Companies.
- Among the Power Players putting on the FIFA World Cup is Ron VanDeVeen, the president and CEO of Metlife Stadium, one of the venues hosting eight matches during the tournament.
- West Virginia’s projects for Milan Puskar Stadium’s West Tower and Hope Coliseum are emblematic of how colleges gearing renovations and development with an eye on generating revenue for NIL and other athletics expenses.
- At the recent SBJ Business of Soccer event, my colleagues and I checked out progress on the Centennial Yards development. A wise planning effort will have key components of the mixed-use district ready for the FIFA World Cup in June.

