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Players Era Festival CEO says men’s event profitable, women’s ‘slight loss’
Players Era Festival CEO Seth Berger said that the “men’s event is profitable this year,” while the women’s event, which is “playing its inaugural four-team tournament, will be a ‘slight loss,’” according to Cora Hall of the KNOXVILLE NEWS SENTINEL. The men’s event “barely broke even in its inaugura...
San Diego State, SDFC arrange contingency plan over championship host sites
San Diego FC would host the MLS Cup at Snapdragon Stadium “a day after” San Diego State hosts the Mountain West championship game at Petco Park if both teams reach their respective title games, according to Kirk Kenney of the SAN DIEGO UNION-TRIBUNE. The two teams share Snapdragon Stadium, and would...
Vancouver to consider bylaw changes around hosting World Cup matches
The Vancouver City Council on Wednesday will consider “temporary bylaw changes that will limit street vendors and performances, block unauthorized commercial advertising and loosen noise restrictions during the two months the city hosts World Cup matches.” The changes “will be in place from May 13 t...
Report: Players Era Festival made stake offers to other power conferences before Big 12 deal
Before the Big 12 inked a deal to take a 15% stake in the Players Era Festival, organizers of the college basketball tournament “offered the same deal to the three other power conferences,” according to sources cited by John Ourand of PUCK. Sources noted the ACC and SEC are “currently more receptive...
NWSL Championship festivities highlight league’s rapid growth
When my colleague Alex Silverman first met Jessica Berman a month after her first season in 2022, the NWSL commissioner was still kvelling over her upstart team at the league office for “pulling together what felt like a Super Bowl” around the NWSL Championship in Washington, D.C.
Copa América organizers settle class action suit over chaotic 2024 final
A “settlement was reached” Monday in the class action lawsuit that was filed by fans in the wake of the “chaotic” 2024 Copa América final at Hard Rock Stadium, where fans rushed the gates and breached security in an attempt to gain entry. Because of “crowd trouble prior to kickoff, some fans with ti...
Las Vegas GP delivers sellout, eases city’s tourism dip in quiet season
The F1 Las Vegas GP delivered its “third-straight sellout” over the weekend, and MGM Resorts President & CEO Bill Hornbuckle said that the race was “just what the city needed amid a mild tourism dip,” according to Mick Akers of the LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL. Hornbuckle said that “having a major e...
Players protest relegation plan at USL Championship final as CBA talks continue
Players in the second-tier USL Championship “staged a protest” against the league during the championship match on Saturday, with members of FC Tulsa and the Pittsburgh Riverhounds “wearing USLPA shirts as they walked out for anthems ahead of the final,” according to Ben Steiner of SI. The shirts “d...
Players Era tournament reshaping college hoops’ slate, potential expansion in future
The Players Era Festival is “altering the very nature of how the college basketball schedule is built in the first month of the season,” according to Matt Norlander of CBSSPORTS.com. After launching last year, the sophomore edition of Players Era is “poised to be the biggest thing in the sport durin...
Big 12 to get investment stake in Players Era Festival
The Players Era Festival was welcomed to the college basketball scene in 2024 with side eyes and skepticism.
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