Franchises
Avs, Nuggets introduce outdoor viewing for home playoff games
Kroenke Sports & Entertainment will welcome up to 3,500 Avalanche and Nuggets fans to watch each of the teams’ home playoff games outside Ball Arena. The new fan zone and viewing area will be known as Avs Alley for Avalanche games, with Key Bank serving as the presenting sponsor, and Base Camp 5...
Philadelphia NLL team plays final game in front of sellout crowd
The National Lacrosse League’s Philadelphia Wings won their final home game on Sunday at Xfinity Mobile Arena, drawing “one of the team’s largest crowds (9,913) in recent memory” and selling out the arena’s lower bowl. The team’s owner, Comcast Spectacor, announced on March 30 that it would be “pull...
Kevin Garnett makes long-awaited T’Wolves return
Basketball HOFer Kevin Garnett made his “long-awaited homecoming” on Sunday when he returned to the Target Center in Minneapolis for the “first time since 2018.” Garnett had had a "rift with former owner Glen Taylor," but that is "over with new leadership." Garnett is officially a team ambassador an...
Post Position: How Louisville is becoming a sports business pacesetter
It takes sports travelers in Louisville mere minutes to feel as if they are in a place unlike any they’ve visited.
Mavs’ Dumont to ramp up search for next basketball operations chief
Mavericks Governor Patrick Dumont’s plan for filling the team’s president of basketball operations position -- a process that “unofficially began” after former GM Nico Harrison’s Nov. 11 dismissal -- is “about to shift to hyperdrive” with the season concluding. Dumont said, “Monday morning, we’re go...
Fleet draw sellout crowd for first PWHL game at TD Garden
A sellout crowd of 17,850 welcomed Saturday’s Montreal Victoire-Boston Fleet game at TD Garden, succeeding in a “test run” for potentially more PWHL games at the venue. The game, which the Victoire won 1-0, “marked the second-largest women’s professional hockey crowd” in U.S. history, behind only la...
Ichiro statue unveiling marred by snapped bronze bat
The Mariners on Friday unveiled a statue of Baseball HOFer Ichiro Suzuki outside T-Mobile Park, but the bronze bat Suzuki was holding “snapped at the handle, leaving the rest of the bat dangling at a 45-degree angle.” Fellow HOFers and Mariners legends Ken Griffey Jr. and Edgar Martinez pulled the d...
Twins offering free tickets after Opening Day power outage
The Twins are “offering some fans free tickets to an upcoming game” after a power outage at Target Field “disrupted the team’s home opener” on April 3. Fans who had tickets to that game can “receive complimentary tickets to the April 17 home game” against the Reds. Single-game ticket buyers from the...
Connecticut Sens. join in sponsoring Home Team Act following Sun sale
U.S. Sens. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) have joined U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and U.S. Rep. Greg Casar (D-Texas) in introducing the Home Team Act, bicameral legislation to require owners of professional sports teams to give local communities the chance to buy teams ...
Boston Fleet ready to play first PWHL game at TD Garden
TD Garden on Saturday night will host its first PWHL game when the Boston Fleet host the Montreal Victoire, and the Fleet are “pulling out all the stops to make it an unforgettable experience for fans.” The game has been “sold out since February,” and team execs “plan to use all the bells and whistl...
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With the Pope Hat, we’re seeing people show up with their own, so we thought it would be a nice play for our fans -- dare I say a tip of the cap, if I can say cap, to the Pope -- as he does his great work.-- White Sox EVP/Chief Revenue & Marking Officer Brooks Boyer, on the team's upcoming “Pope Hat” giveaway on Aug. 11.
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