Author: Don Muret

Rangers Have Sold 80% of Premium Seats

Rangers Have Sold 80% of Premium Seats

Posted by | Mar 11, 2020 | , ,

FOUNDERS KEEPERS: The Texas Rangers have sold nine of 10 Founders Suites at Globe Life Field. (Don Muret / Staff) Diversity of products at Globe Life Field widest in MLB, team says As of March 13, the Texas Rangers’ first regular-season game at Globe Life Field remained in flux due to the coronavirus outbreak, but team officials are in a good place. They’ve sold 80% of total premium seat inventory, said Joe Januszewski, the Rangers’ executive vice president and chief revenue and marketing officer. The new $1.2 billion retractable-roof stadium has 71 long-term suites, plus 2,200 club seats distributed among five lounges. The diversity of premium product is unmatched in Major League Baseball, Januszewski said, and a far cry from the offerings at Globe Life Park, the Rangers’ old open-air facility across the street. “We’re going from one club at the old park to five clubs in the new building,… Continue Reading Rangers Have Sold 80% of Premium Seats

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Love. It’s What Made Subaru Park.

Love. It’s What Made Subaru Park.

Posted by | Mar 10, 2020 | , ,

UNION LABEL: Subaru branding on canopies at the Philadelphia Union’s Subaru Park in Chester, Pa., is shown in a rendering. (Courtesy Philadelphia Union) Shared commitment to community led to naming-rights deal for Union’s stadium The genesis for automaker Subaru of America signing its first naming-rights deal for a sports venue dates to a grade-school friendship between Dan Griffis and Marcus Fischer, two veteran marketing professionals. In February, Major League Soccer’s Philadelphia Union announced its stadium has been renamed Subaru Park after signing a 10-year agreement valued at about $4 million annually, according to industry sources. The terms are similar to naming-rights deals for newer MLS stadiums, said Tim McDermott, the Union’s chief business officer.  The stadium opened as PPL Park in 2010 and later became Talen Energy Stadium. Griffis, president of global partnerships at Oak View Group, consulted on the Subaru deal for the Union. (OVG also owns VenuesNow.) Fischer is… Continue Reading Love. It’s What Made Subaru Park.

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Rossetti, Populous Team Up in Calgary

Rossetti, Populous Team Up in Calgary

Posted by | Mar 4, 2020 | , ,

Four groups are vying to design the planned Calgary Event Centre, which will be home to the NHL’s Flames. (Rossetti.com)  Firms’ joint effort puts them among finalists for NHL arena project The Calgary Event Centre project has drawn a pair of heavyweights in sports architecture together to compete for designing the NHL arena. Rossetti and Populous, which typically go head-to-head on sports facility development, have teamed up with local firm Gibbs Gage Architects. The other three finalists are HOK/Dialog, Manica Architecture/Brisbin Brook Beynon/S2 and NBBJ/Stantec, said sources familiar with the process. Clare LePan, vice president of marketing and communications for the Calgary Municipal Land Corp., which is the project development manager, did not return phone calls to confirm the finalists. About 10 design teams submitted proposals, sources said. Interviews are scheduled Thursday in Calgary to design the future home of the NHL’s Flames and the Calgary Stampede, the city’s annual… Continue Reading Rossetti, Populous Team Up in Calgary

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Austin Track Ready to Throw a Stones Party

Austin Track Ready to Throw a Stones Party

Posted by | Mar 4, 2020 | , ,

Bruno Mars performs on the Super Stage in October 2018 at Austin’s Circuit of the Americas. (Courtesy Circuit of the Americas) Concert at Circuit of the Americas will have a festival feel The Rolling Stones are throwing a big holiday party in Austin, Texas, a departure from their typical concert format. Their Memorial Day weekend performance at Circuit of the Americas, a Formula One racing facility, will take on a festival vibe with multiple activities at the sprawling property. The May 24 concert is the only non-stadium booking among the 15 venues that make up the Stones’ 2020 “No Filter” tour. For COTA, it’s the first stand-alone concert for the 8-year-old track apart from live shows tied to the annual F1 races and the Germania Insurance Amphitheater, the complex’s 14,000-capacity outdoor music venue. Call it Stonesfest, done Texas-style. In addition to the concert, ticket holders can fish, boat, swim, play… Continue Reading Austin Track Ready to Throw a Stones Party

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Wanted Your Picture in ‘Jackpots’? Tom Was the Guy to Talk To

Wanted Your Picture in ‘Jackpots’? Tom Was the Guy to Talk To

Posted by | Mar 2, 2020 |

Tom Powell is flanked by hall of famers John Havlicek (left) and Joe DiMaggio. (Courtesy Kevin Powell) Years before cellphones, the old Amusement Business magazine equipped its staffers with cameras and black-and-white film to document their travels to arenas, stadiums, fairs, amusement parks, carnivals and concerts. As part of taking photographs for the trade publication, AB editor Tom Powell enforced a strict rule: Two people were required to be in a picture. It sounds simple, but finding a second person could be difficult at a key moment in time. It could also lead to a potentially embarrassing situation for those having their picture taken. Just ask Bill Lester. Lester, retired executive director of the old Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome in Minneapolis, recalled AB’s “two-person” photo rule during the recent Stadium Managers Association seminar in Phoenix. “One year, I was walking out of the stadium after a big event, Super Bowl… Continue Reading Wanted Your Picture in ‘Jackpots’? Tom Was the Guy to Talk To

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