- The Raiders added another tranche of high-profile limited partners, with Dell Technologies founder Michael Dell, Blackstone Head of Global Private Equity Strategies Joseph Baratta and TKO Group executives Ari Emanuel and Mark Shapiro buying stakes in the team.
- Arctos Partners acquired 3.2% of the Browns, its third ownership stake in the world’s richest sports league. A source familiar with the deal said the deal values the team at just north of $9 billion.
- While a number of NFL cities made the list of Best Sports Business Cities, Atlanta stands out for a variety of reasons, and Falcons owner Arthur Blank touts how the city’s stakeholders have time and again come together to create such a fertile environment for investment.
- Training facilities are becoming places that are about more than working out. In this week’s magazine, SBJ’s Bret McCormick looks at the latest generation of these facilities, such as the Pats’ New Balance Athletics Center and the Browns’ CrossCountry Mortgage Campus.
- The NFL added Tixr to its verified ticketing ecosystem called NFL Ticket HQ (formerly NFL Ticket Network). As a new licensed channel, Tixr can now become a primary ticketing partner for NFL teams, a major milestone for the emerging sports ticketer, reports SBJ’s Ethan Joyce.
- When Al Michaels calls Amazon Prime Video’s opening regular season game on Sept. 17 — the Lions at Bills at Buffalo’s new Highmark Stadium — it will be the 10th time in the broadcaster’s storied career that he is on the mic for an inaugural regular season game in a new NFL stadium, writes SBJ’s Richard Deitsch.
- DAZN acquired the rights to broadcast International Federation of American Football’s flag football games under a multiyear deal.
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