Events and Attractions
Inside Patina Group’s massive operation at the PGA Championship
SBJ’s Josh Carpenter takes you behind the scenes of Patina Group’s massive food and beverage operation at the PGA Championship at Aronimink Golf Club. From feeding thousands of fans to executing premium hospitality experiences, get an inside look at the scale, logistics, and precision behind one of ...
AT&T Stadium, Lincoln Financial Field inch closer to World Cup readiness
AT&T Stadium’s preparations for the FIFA World Cup are “ramping up” as the stadium “readies for its (latest) close-up, one with a long-awaited international spotlight,” according to Eric Prisbell of the DALLAS MORNING NEWS. In the lead-up to the World Cup, the Cowboys completed a two-year, $300M...
World Cup Notes: K.C. mayor softens stance on city liquor laws
In K.C., Katelyn Umholtz reported K.C. Mayor Quinton Lucas appeared to “soften his stance on the city’s restaurants and bars extending liquor sale hours” during the World Cup after a City Council committee meeting Tuesday. Lucas introduced an ordinance that his office said would “partially exempt Ka...
F1 Canadian Grand Prix readies for earlier date despite concerns of overlap with NHL
Canadian Grand Prix organizers said that they are “ready for their new, earlier slot” on the F1 calendar, even if it “raises the possibility of overlap” with a Canadiens playoff run this year, according to Morgan Lowrie of the CP. F1 has rescheduled the Montreal race from mid-June to May 24 in order...
World Cup expected to test limits of U.S. transit infrastructure
America’s patchwork railway system in the coming months will be “challenged -- and its weaknesses exposed -- across all 11 U.S. sites of World Cup matches,” according to Kaitlyn Tiffany of THE ATLANTIC. The most “public drama” over World Cup transportation until now “has occurred in a region that ha...
FIFPRO renews heat concerns at FIFA World Cup after new warnings
FIFPRO “renewed concerns” on Thursday about heat at this summer’s FIFA World Cup after scientists “warned the likelihood of dangerous temperatures for players and fans has sharply increased,” according to Iain Axon of REUTERS. An analysis by climate research group World Weather Attribution found t...
Possible ICE presence at World Cup to aid in security raises concerns amongst fans
Two Department of Homeland Security officials said that federal officers and agents who arrest immigrants as part of their work with ICE “may be at FIFA World Cup matches” when the international tournament begins next month, according to Julia Ainsley of NBCNEWS.com. The officials said that the agen...
California attorney general pushes FIFA for info on ‘misleading’ ticketing maps
California Attorney General Rob Bonta has written to FIFA asking for more information on World Cup “ticketing maps that some fans have labeled misleading,” according to Henry Bushnell of THE ATHLETIC. In a letter sent Wednesday to FIFA’s legal department, Bonta requested “a variety of information fr...
Steelers expected to draw strong fan presence in Paris against Saints
It is “widely expected” that Steelers fans will “outnumber” Saints partisans in the teams’ Paris matchup despite the Saints being designated the home team and being the only NFL team granted marketing rights in France, according to Chris Adamski of TRIBLIVE. That was “by far the case last season” wh...
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If we live in a world where Ohio State and Michigan rest their starters for that game at the end of the season because they’ve got the potential of five playoff games sitting in front of them, then college football as we have known it ceases to exist.-- ESPN’s Mike Greenberg, on growing support for a 24-team College Football Playoff.
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