Franchises
Sabres win streak draws big crowds, spike in ticket prices
The Sabres are at an NHL-high eight wins in a row after Saturday’s game, which saw get-in ticket prices in “triple digits for the top of the 300 level and more than $200 for the 100 level.” KeyBank Center was “packed Saturday and the building was wired” as fans have “quickly been taken” by the team’...
TGL kicking off second season with upgrades to fan experience
TGL is “getting a jump on its second season” today with a rematch of last year’s championship, as the Atlanta Drive and N.Y. Golf Club will face off at 3pm ET. After a full first season on ESPN and ESPN2, TGL makes its “network television debut with the season 2 season open on ABC” (GOLFWEEK, 12/27)...
Kansas Gov. defends Chiefs stadium deal
Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly said state taxpayers “will not be at risk at all” for the Chiefs’ stadium deal that will see STAR bonds pay for 60% of the new project, which includes a Wyandotte County stadium. Many have “criticized Kansas for the deal,” arguing the state is “essentially providing a taxpaye...
Bills sell out of PSL inventory for new stadium
The Bills have “sold out their PSL inventory” at the new Highmark Stadium, and they will “be taking 75% of their current season ticket holders with them when they move next season.” The Bills were able to sell “more than 54,000 seat licenses,” even after some “initial trepidation ... and some sticke...
Martha Stewart takes minority stake in Swansea City
TV personality Martha Stewart has joined rapper Snoop Dogg and former Real Madrid MF Luka Modric in “becoming a minority owner” at EFL Championship club Swansea City. Stewart is a “close friend of Snoop Dogg, who has links with Swansea’s American owners,” led by Brett Cravatt and Jason Cohen, who “w...
Padres-led Tailgate Park redevelopment deal collapses
The city of San Diego’s deal to sell the Tailgate Park parking lot east of Petco Park to a development team led by the Padres, "stalled in court for 3 1/2 years, has collapsed,” according to a front-page piece by Jennifer Van Grove of the SAN DIEGO UNION-TRIBUNE. The development team cited the “ongo...
Munetaka Murakami signing gives White Sox needed boost
The White Sox signing Japanese star 3B Munetaka Murakami to a two-year, $34M deal is a deal that can be described “as a ‘win-win,’” according to Jon Greenberg of THE ATHLETIC. The Sox drew under 1.5 million in attendance last season, their “fledgling RSN needs subscribers and their official radio st...
Walton-Penner ownership group transforming Broncos on and off field
The Walton-Penner ownership group in just three years has “transformed the Broncos from a foundering franchise” to the “best in the NFL,” according to Mike Klis of Denver-based KUSA-NBC. By “nearly every metric -- on-field success, current and former player relations, sports performance, revenue gen...
Chiefs’ move to Kansas reflects shift toward public-funded, multi-event NFL stadiums
The Chiefs are leaving Missouri for a new domed stadium in Kansas because Kansas is “willing to foot more of the bill than Missouri,” according to Nick Bromberg of YAHOO SPORTS. The Chiefs said yesterday that Kansas’ proposal to use STAR bonds from the state “would cover 60% of the project.” Missour...
Missouri leaders ‘stunned’ by Chiefs’ move to Kansas
The Chiefs’ plan to leave Arrowhead Stadium and move to Kansas “sent shockwaves across the team’s home state” and left Missouri officials “stunned after they spent the last six months touting an incentives package they felt was enough to keep the team inside state lines,” according to Kacen Bayless ...
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We both understand we’re not going to coach this team. We’re not going to decide who we draft. We’re not going to decide what’s going to happen at the trade deadline. But he does bring a history of winning, I’d argue, almost like no one else. I love it that he wants to be involved here.-- Predators owner Bill Haslam, on bringing College Football HOFer Nick Saban in as a minority owner of the team.
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