SBJ Weekly — January 29, 2024: Wake Forest shows competitive streak

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Colleges

Why Wake Forest has no size limitations

The ACC’s Demon Deacons are the nation’s smallest Power Five program, but AD John Currie, coaches, athletes and the school’s big-time supporters believe success has no size limitations — even in an NIL world.

Olympics

LA28: Sponsorship sales are slow, but there’s still time before the finish line

Finance

Market Watch

State of Play

Forum

Madkour: Markets update, from Dallas to Chicago

Upfront

LA28: Sponsorship sales are slow and the organization needs a new CEO, but there’s still time before the finish line

NHL benefiting from Bieber influence during All-Star Week in Toronto

All-Star party scene will light up Toronto

Arthur M. Blank to be honored with SBJ’s Lifetime Achievement Award

IndyCar presses on with rights talks in tight market

MLBPA shows global ambitions with new hire

Pickleball Slam returns with enhanced sponsors, prime ESPN slot

Portfolio

Nick Saban’s Rising Tide

Wide a-Wake

Wake Forest: A decade of progress

In Depth

Facilities: Finance, Design and Construction

Recent sports facility financings

A sampling of sports venue projects scheduled to finish in 2024

Three-year skid ends as spending on projects completed in 2024 climbs to $5.8 billion

Boomtown — billions in facility spending planned for 2026 and beyond

Push to invest in women’s sports facilities is led by female investors

Superdome renovation removes concrete ramps, allowing space for soaring atriums, natural light and new club spaces

Opinion

Big properties are getting bigger, but are rights fees flattening?

People and Pop Culture

Faces and Places

Closing Shot

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