David Broughton

David Broughton

Panini the latest sponsor of NFL Experience at Super Bowl

Panini makes its first visit to NOLA’s Ernest N. Morial Convention Center, as the venue will host its fourth Super Bowl Experience from tomorrow through Saturday.

NFL Playoffs: Lincoln Financial, Coca-Cola, Aramark win big on business front

The Eagles and Chiefs are the big winners on the field during the NFL Playoffs, but on the business front, the victors feature brands and companies getting the most exposure during the games and on TV.

The Superdome’s unique place in NFL history

How’s this for a book title? “The Superdome at 50: How Pat Summerall, the Blues Brothers and Beyonce made the Super Bowl what it is today.”

Raleigh set to host '25 Rocket League Championship

Rocket League is a soccer-like video game for PCs and consoles where the players are vehicles rather than humans, developed and published by Psyonix, which Cary, N.C.-based Epic Games acquired in 2019.

Record spending seen on college and minor league venues set to open in 2025

Nearly $6 billion in construction at new and renovated professional and college sports facilities is scheduled to finish in the United States and Canada in 2025, according to Sports Business Journal’s annual venue preview, buoyed by record spending on stadiums at the college and minor league levels.

NFL attendance ticks up again in 2024, but caveats emerge

The average NFL crowd size in 2024 ticked up again by 0.45% to 69,555, the highest number since SBJ started tracking attendance 21 seasons ago, according to an analysis of box score data.

Bowl games draw 1.5 million fans, down slightly from '22, '23

The Snoop Dogg Arizona Bowl presented by Gin and Juice by Dre and Snoop in Tucson area drew a game-record crowd of 40,076, which gave the entertainers the chance to promote the release of their second spirit after the debut of their successful canned gin and juice cocktails in early 2024.

Las Vegas Bowl plans 'mic drop' of gifts for USC, Texas A&M

When Texas A&M and USC arrive in Las Vegas on Sunday ahead of their Dec. 27 SRS Distribution Las Vegas Bowl matchup, bowl committee representatives will greet them at the airport with Elvis Presley sunglasses (complete with sideburns).

Drones cause concern despite increase in penalties for unauthorized use

After nearly a decade in a holding pattern, the sky might finally be clearing for the owners and operators of open-air sports venues when it comes to how to handle drone activity near their events. In March 2023, partly in response to criticism by the Federal Aviation Administration’s inspector gene...

Event credentials, staff training among security topics undergoing change

T he credentialing process has long been a target for fraudsters and a task encumbered by inconsistent (and often erroneous) policy enforcement.