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L.A. Setting For AXS Facilities & Franchises/Ticketing Symposium

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The AXS Sports Facilities & Franchises Conference and Ticketing Symposium kicks off in earnest today at the Sheraton Grand L.A., with the ticketing portion of the program up first. The three-day agenda will focus on the intersection of sports and entertainment, with sessions on in-stadium engagement, fan enhancements, innovations in ticketing, changing fan preferences and new revenue opportunities. Speakers include LA 2028's Brian Lafemina , Ticketmaster's  Catherine Wood , WNBA Sparks' Danita Johnson , Dodgers'  Stan Kasten and Legends'  Shervin Mirhashemi . Attendees will have a chance to check out Staples Center, a Dynamo-LAFC match at Banc of California Stadium, Dodger Stadium and the SoFi Stadium construction site.

Today's Back Pages....

The Morning Buzz offers today's back page sports covers from some of North America's major metropolitan tabloids:

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I will say, as I look at the calendar and the amount that we need to get done really over the next two months ... I think we need to now move toward the next-level sense of urgency.
-- NBA Commissioner Adam Silver, on how the WNBA needs to increase the urgency to finalize a collective bargaining deal.
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