These sorts of accreditations will be important as venues welcome back fans: Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse, home to the Cleveland Cavaliers (NBA) and Cleveland Monsters (AHL), earned a Global Biorisk Advisory Council’s (GBAC) STAR facility accreditation. (more…)
So much for a Christmas Day present: Commissioner Adam Silver doesn’t see the 2020-2021 NBA season beginning until January, as the league struggles with logistics and economics in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic. (more…)
We have a new James Brown Arena design, as the Augusta Commission is presented with the look of a proposed $228-million complex to replace the existing James Brown Arena. (more…)
There has never been a portion of the season played like the bubble games held this year. It looks like it’s being viewed as a learning experience as well, and we could see changes in NBA scheduling as a result. (more…)
A proposal for a new Philadelphia 76ers arena and additional development at Penn’s Landing has been rejected by the Delaware River Waterfront Corp., which instead went with a competing proposal from the Durst Organization of New York. (more…)
The Inglewood City Council gave final approval to sell 22 acres of city-owned land for $66.25 million to a team-controlled developer, paving the way for a new Los Angeles Clippers arena. (more…)
Miami Heat naming rights at AmericanAirlines Arena is still unresolved, as Miami-Dade County officials have not been able to close a replacement deal, triggering a potential $2 million payment to the NBA franchise. (more…)
After mediation between owner Fox Valley Pro Basketball and the arena builder, a federal judge approved a settlement that paves the way for the end of Menominee Nation Arena bankruptcy. (more…)
The NBA playoffs inside the Disney bubble are on hold as the league and players map a response to calls to end the season in protest of the police shooting of Jacob Blake, a Kenosha Black man. (more…)
A new Philadelphia 76ers arena could be in the works, as NBA team ownership is exploring a new facility in the Penn’s Landing area on the downtown Delaware River waterfront, per an Inquirer report. (more…)
A group of German researchers held a mock pop concert this weekend to research the methods of a COVID-19 spread in arenas, testing three scenarios. (more…)
Though owners have been targeting Dec. 1 as the start date for the 2020-2021 NBA season, Commissioner Adam Silver says there’s a chance the season could start even later if it means getting more fans in arenas down the road. (more…)
