Weekly Issue

04.11.2020
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Venues, teams losing out on millions of fans, billions in game-day spending

The CEO of the Atlanta Hawks and State Farm Arena has resisted the urge to bury his analysts in requests for financial models and forecasts during this unprecedented crisis — not because Steve Koonin doesn’t care exactly how much money the franchise stands to lose during the shutdown, but because there’s little he can do to influence the tally.

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Strange start

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Virtual value

Sports and Society

Missed Opportunities

COVID-19 impact: $3.4 billion in spending, 51 million fans

Blue Jackets CMO plays part of executive and single mother

First Look podcast

Franchises

Nashville SC and Inter Miami CF adjust to strange expansion year

Facilities

A mixed bag for mixed-use

Marketing and Sponsorship

Sponsors find value in NASCAR esports series

Team doctors describe new life while confronting ‘a really scary disease’

Media

Fall could be great for viewers, not so great for selling TV ads

Sports film festival presses on, aims to help filmmakers and others

Classic games score big

‘No Laying Up’ adds to distribution gains

New books: Running the bases

In Depth

A new reality powered by AI

Zoom’s meteoric rise is met with questions on privacy

Labor and Agents

Athletes First in position for big first round

Colleges

Start a new college business now? DiFebo says yes

Technology

Remote productions a win for Kiswe

Opinion

Forum: Advice for sports industry: Lead, heal and innovate

Setback to comeback: How will the sports world rebound?

Cartoon: This could take awhile

People and Pop Culture

State of Play

On the Move

Closing Shot: Masterful Mooooove

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Quote of the Day
We are counting on the NFL to come back to New Orleans as soon as they can, to make New Orleans an even dozen in the number of Super Bowls that we have hosted
Marcus Brown, New Orleans Super Bowl Host Committee chair, on the city hosting a future Super Bowl.
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