College sports fans ages 18-29 are more likely than their older counterparts to approve of college athletes being paid and to support the recent round of conference realignment, according to data from CivicScience/SBJ Sports Consumer Insights.

The early start to ESPN’s partnership with WWE for premium live events adds to Indianapolis’ growing portfolio with the pro wrestling property. February’s Royal Rumble at Lucas Oil Stadium drew a franchise record 70,347 fans. Now, Gainbridge Fieldhouse will host the first-ever Wrestlepalooza on Satu...

With three weeks left in the WNBA season and an attendance record already assured, the league is eyeing a total attendance of nearly 3 million fans, according to an SBJ analysis of official league data.

MLB’s visit to the Trie-Cities last week for the Speedway Classic provided a financial boom to the market’s 94 hotels, according to data provided to SBJ by CoStar, the hospitality industry’s data tracking analysts.

With the baseball world taking up residence in Appalachia this week for the MLB Speedway Classic at Bristol Motor Speedway (near the homes of the Bristol State Liners, Elizabethton River Riders, Johnson City Doughboys, Kingsport Axmen of MLB’s summer collegiate league), I am geekily eager to see nex...

East Texas A&M Univ. is expected to announce today that it has selected The Sports Facilities Companies to operate its $70M under-construction arena that is scheduled to open in fall of 2026.

Sporting KC, Populous and Turner Construction are scheduled to break ground in a few weeks on a 9,000-fan capacity entertainment area at Children’s Mercy Park, the club’s home stadium. The 90,000 square-foot plaza at the stadium’s main entrance, which is currently used for gameday fan engagement act...

The Fever and Wings G Paige Bueckers are leading the WNBA in team and player-level sponsorship activity this season, according to the SponsorUnited’s just-completed, first-ever WNBA Partnerships Report.

Mike Nichols joined financial services firm Group 1001, parent company of Gainbridge, in 2022 after 25 years as a professional golf executive. He spent more than 16 years at the LPGA, most recently as the chief business officer of the organization’s qualifying tours. Nichols oversees a portfolio tha...

Tony Hulman Jr. bought the run-down Indianapolis Motor Speedway in 1945 and through a series of handshake agreements, oversaw numerous construction projects over the next three decades because he said he wanted to give fans and drivers “the best race experience.”