Events and Attractions
New stadiums encounter modern competition in race for Super Bowls
There’s strong precedent for new NFL stadiums getting to host a Super Bowl — the last nine did — and the lure of major events is a common talking point when teams line up for financial help from taxpayers. Many people continue to labor under a belief that new stadiums always get a new Super Bowl. Bu...
World Cup Notes: Mexico City airport renovations ramp up as tournament nears
The AP’s Fabiola Sanchez noted with the FIFA World Cup less than a month away, thousands of passengers arriving at Mexico City’s Benito Juárez International Airport are “greeted by a chaotic construction site of buzzing drills, scattered pipes and unfinished flooring.” Airport authorities noted that...
N.J. embraces short-term rentals ahead of World Cup amid N.Y. restrictions
N.J. has “doubled down on efforts to make the Garden State a hotbed for short-term stays” during this summer’s FIFA World Cup, while N.Y. leaders have “refused to ease restrictions on short-term rentals in anticipation of the event,” according to Addie Morfoot of the N.Y. TIMES. Regulation of short-...
FIFA monitors Ebola as DR Congo alters World Cup prep
The Democratic Republic of the Congo soccer team has “cancelled their pre-World Cup training camp in the capital Kinshasa due to the Ebola outbreak in the country,” according to Adam Leventhal of THE ATHLETIC. The World Health Organization has called it “a public health emergency of international co...
Dallas city leaders tout public safety gains ahead of World Cup
Dallas leaders say that downtown transformation work ahead of the FIFA World Cup “is delivering lasting results, with crime and homelessness down and a new police command center signaling a more permanent shift,” according to María Ramos Pacheco of the DALLAS MORNING NEWS. Violent crime “was down” 1...
Report: New men’s CBB tourney in the works that features blue bloods
The Diamond Cup, a proposed eight-team pool-play event to debut during that 2027-28 men’s college basketball season, is “in the latter planning stages,” according to sources cited by Matt Norlander of CBSSPORTS.com. The event would be “blue blood-laden” -- the schools in talks are Arizona, Connectic...
New MMA league-style fight promotion targets 2027 debut
Strikeforce founder and former Bellator President Scott Coker is launching a “yet-to-be-named fight promotion” with $60M in initial funding, according to Mark Puleo of THE ATHLETIC. Coker said that the tournament-styled league will be “additive to the ever-expanding fight industry.” The promotion do...
N.Y. residents to be offered discounted World Cup tickets through lottery
A “limited number of affordable tickets to the FIFA World Cup will be available for New Yorkers through a lottery,” according to Alexa Herrera of CBSNEWS.com. N.Y. Mayor Zohran Mamdani “secured 1,000 tickets for city residents” that will cost $50, with lottery winners also getting “free round-trip b...
Most Valuable Promotions staying in MMA after Rousey-Carano card
Most Valuable Promotions co-founder Nakisa Bidarian told the MMA community they are “here to stay” after the Ronda Rousey-Gina Carano card “broke the sport’s all-time U.S. viewership record," according to Drake Riggs of UNCROWNED. No discussions have been held yet with Netflix about the future. But ...
Sights from SBJ Tech Week Day 2
Leaders across the sports and tech worlds discussed the latest innovations and trends impacting the industry on Wednesday.
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We are enjoying a lot of momentum, and I think it’s due to the fact that we listen to our fans. We’ve made some changes in the game that I think were really important, and we’ve been blessed with a great influx of young talent and a lot of it showed up and played in the World Series.MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred, on the league seeing growth as the 2025 World Series was awarded at the 2026 Sports Business Awards.
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