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Conseco name to stay on Pacers arena
The Conseco Fieldhouse name will live on despite the brand disappearing from the marketplace, as officials with CNO Financial Group — the new name for Conseco — decide to keep the old name for now. The firm is 12 years into a 20-year, $40-million naming-rights deal for the home of the Indiana Pacers (NBA). The […]
Ole Miss discusses new arena
Ole Miss officials are looking at a replacement for 9,000-seat Tad Smith Coliseum, as the school considers an upgrade to what’s considered the worst basketball facility in the Southeastern Conference. Ole Miss has looked at upgrading its basketball facilities in the past, but in recent years band-aid solutions were undertaken: for instance, this season a […]
Move to NAHL pays off for IceRays
Attendance at Corpus Christi IceRays games is down ever so slightly this season — only 130 fans a game — but with the drastically lowered operating costs engendered by the move from the pro CHL to the amateur NAHL, the team is on a much more solid financial footing. The team cut a slew of […]
Jazz unveil EnergySolutions Arena renovations
The Utah Jazz (NBA) spent $4 million this offseason on renovations and improvements to EnergySolutions Arena, and the end results were unveiled this past weekend. No surprise that Utah sells more ice cream at the arena than any other NBA team — those devout souls in the area still need to consume something at the […]
NDSU sells naming rights to new complex — again
North Dakota State University struck again on the naming-rights front for a renovation of the Bison Sports Complex: local sporting-goods firm Scheels ponied up $5 million to rename the arena Scheels Center. The renovation cost of the entire complex is $32 million. The school already sold naming rights for the entire complex — which includes […]
Casinos file suit to block new Vegas arena
MGM Grand and Boyd Enterprises, behind the shield of Taxpayers for the Protection of Nevada Jobs, have filed suit against a citizens group seeking to build a new Las Vegas arena behind Harrah’s, funded with a 0.9 percent hike in the Strip’s sales tax — and there’s some merit to their arguments, if third parties can […]
Baltimore eyes ambitious $1B arena/convention center proposal
It would be one of the most ambitious building projects in Baltimore history, as the Greater Baltimore Committee is proposing a billion-dollar expansion of the downtown Convention Center that would include a 18,500-seat arena to replace 1st Mariner Arena. Details of the proposal include a 400,000-square-foot Convention Center expansion, a 500-room Sheraton to replace an […]
The Week That Was: Dec. 19
It was a week where Glendale managed to keep the Phoenix Coyotes (NHL) by paying Matthew Hulsizer more than what the team is worth, when MSG upturned the Los Angeles music scene by negotiating a sale of the Fabulous Forum, and we visited Amway Center, the stunning new home of the Orlando Magic (NBA). The […]
Arena Visit: Amway Center
{jathumbnail off} From the outside, Amway Center looks like a fairly normal arena, maybe a little nicer than most and more than suitable as the frame for plenty of videoboard advertising targeting thousands of drivers passing daily on I-4. Walk inside the arena to the seating bowl, though, and one thing will be immediately clear: […]
Glendale approves Coyotes lease
After a contentious meeting that lasted will into the night, the Glendale City Council approved a $197-million deal that will keep the Phoenix Coyotes (NHL) in Jobing.com Arena through 2040. Under the terms of the lease, Glendale will float bonds backed by the facility and immediately pay new team owner Matthew Hulsizer $100 million, which […]
Remembering the New York Americans
The New York Rangers are celebrating their 85th anniversary this season, but they weren’t the first NHL team at Madison Squre Garden. Here’s to the New York Americans, once the toast of the town and feted by the likes of the Astors, Roosevelts and Whitneys. Pro hockey was still mainly a Canadian concern in 1925 […]
New Orleans ownership group emerging
A potential Louisiana-based ownership group for the New Orleans Hornets is emerging, as locals work to keep the NBA franchise in New Orleans Arena despite interest from other cities. The group could include local attoney Morris Bart and current minority owner Gary Chouest, who now says he could up his stake in the team from […]
