Houston unveils World Cup legacy effort focused on youth soccer access
With one year to go until the 2026 FIFA World Cup, Houston World Cup Host Committee President Chris Canetti told SBJ last June that the host city’s ability to raise money and cover costs associated with hosting matches would determine how ambitious it could be with its legacy program.
World Cup funding delays test U.S. democracy’s major event playbook
Robert F. Kennedy famously said in 1968 that “Democracy is messy, and it’s hard. It’s never easy.” Forty-five years later, then-FIFA Secretary General Jérôme Valcke declared ahead of the 2014 World Cup in Brazil that “less democracy is sometimes better for organizing a World Cup.”
MLS adds back-of-kit sponsorship opportunity for clubs
MLS clubs will have the opportunity to raise additional sponsorship revenue by offering logo placement on the back of their kits for the first time. Teams are already in the market shopping the new inventory, which will sit below the numbers of the back of jerseys. Sponsor logos will begin appearing...
Delaware North, Levy showcase St. Louis fare at NSF
With receptions held at all three active downtown St. Louis sports venues, two of sports’ biggest players in the culinary sector stepped up to showcase their offerings.
Men’s hockey gold medal game commands NSF attendees’ attention
About two dozen NSF attendees, several of whom had just arrived from the airport, gathered around the TV above the bar in the Union Station Hotel lobby early Sunday morning to watch overtime of the U.S.-Canada gold medal hockey game. Michael Dowling of jersey manufacturer Jog Athletics was dressed f...
Oregon wins Case Cup for L.A. Kings marketing plan
Speaking of the Case Cup, the clear glass trophy was out on the town Monday night as the winning team from the University of Oregon’s Sports Business MBA program celebrated late into the night. The revelry was well-deserved, given the team (captain Sydney Hennessey, Spence Berman, Vincent Mestler an...
Plenty of ‘nods’ at NSF Founder’s Dinner
Nearly 100 guests attended the Founder’s Dinner at the Anheuser‑Busch’s indoor Biergarten on Saturday night, where guests also toured one of the largest brewing facilities in the country. The Founder’s Dinner is an annual tradition at NSF, where top sponsors, guests and members of the Steering Commi...
Howie Nuchow, Chris Zimmerman showcase value of ‘work-life balance’
Finding work-life balance was a running theme at this year’s Forum, with both CAA Sports co-Head Howie Nuchow and Blues President and CEO Chris Zimmerman showing off their own balancing acts.
Kickoff has a few meanings
Many flew to St. Louis on Saturday, which also marked the start of the 31st MLS season, and featured St. Louis’ hometown City SC hosting Charlotte FC.
INTRO - Behind the Scenes NSF
This week’s 30th anniversary edition of the National Sports Forum was the first under the stewardship of Sports Business Journal, but the familial, feel-good and at times raucous energy fostered over the decades by founder Ron Seaver, his wife, Christy, and long-time members of the “Forum Family” we...