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The Biz of Basketball :: Part of the Business of Sports Network: Timberwolves Unveil Two New Seating Areas At Target Center
The Biz of Football :: Part of the Business of Sports Network: Santa Clara Co. Council Vote Allows for Exemption for Competitve Bidding on 49ers Stadium
The Biz of Hockey :: The Business of Sports Network: Caps, Flyers Game Pushes VERSUS Ratings to Highest Point Since '05
Timberwolves Unveil Two New Seating Areas At Target Center
The Biz of Basketball :: Part of the Business of Sports Network —
The Timberwolves start the 2008-10 season with some new seating sections for Target Center, Starting Weds. with Opening Night vs. New Jersey, the Timberwolves will unveil two new ections for Wolves fans attending games at Target Center: Loge Boxes and the Backcourt Club.
The Loge Box seats are located in the first three rows in the corners of the arena and feature wait service and television and stats monitors.
The Backcourt Club is an exclusive club available only to season ticket holders in the lower level's best seats. Fans will access the Backcourt Club from an exclusive entrance in the south tunnel and watch the opposing team enter and exit the ...
NBA Opening Night on TNT Sees Highest Viewed Regular Season Double-Header Since '96
The Biz of Basketball :: Part of the Business of Sports Network —
On the heels of the most-watched NBA regular season in Turner Broadcasting’s 26 years of airing NBA basketball, TNT tipped off the 2009-10 season with its most-watched doubleheader since Feb. 2, 1996 with nearly 3.7 million total viewers. The previous record is held by a doubleheader featuring the Suns @ Cavaliers and Bulls @ Lakers. In addition, the doubleheader ranks as Turner’s most-watched opening night in its 26 years of airing NBA basketball. TNT, which has enjoyed back-to-back years of ratings increases for its regular season and NBA Playoffs, last night earned a 2.3 U.S. household rating for ...
Santa Clara Co. Council Vote Allows for Exemption for Competitve Bidding on 49ers Stadium
The Biz of Football :: Part of the Business of Sports Network —
Less than two weeks after California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger signed a bill approving the building of a new football stadium in the city of Los Angeles, another new California stadium’s rise used the legal system to avoid road blocks, this time in the city of Santa Clara. The Santa Clara City Council voted 5-2 Tuesday night approving the use of a newly passed state exemption that allows the bypassing of city competitive bidding rules.
Unlike the Los Angeles stadium, the Santa Clara stadium has a host team, the San Francisco 49ers. The reason for the vote was the team’s claim that the project might be in jeopardy if its desired contractor did not get the job. If the council had voted against the exemption, the project would ...
Caps, Flyers Game Pushes VERSUS Ratings to Highest Point Since '05
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VERSUS announced the Washington Capitals vs. Philadelphia Flyers game Tuesday night drew its highest ratings since the NHL joined the network in 2005. The 0.6 edged the previous high which was opening night of this season when the Capitals vs. Boston Bruins got a 0.5. VERSUS says ratings are up 33 percent from last season. The high ratings come despite DirecTV no longer carrying VERSUS due to a contract dispute.
VERSUS deal includes 54 or more NHL games each season as well as coverage of Stanley Cup Playoff games. The network will carry games 2 and 3 of the Stanley Cup this season. In January of 2008, the NHL and VERSUS reached an extension of their contract to keep the NHL on VERSUS at least through 2011. This season, the network ...
Buccaneers Fire Back After Report That Team May Be Up For Sale
The Biz of Football :: Part of the Business of Sports Network —
Early Thursday morning, word arrived via Noah Pransky of WTSP (10 Connects), the CBS affiliate in the Tampa Bay area, that the Tampa Bay Buccaneers might be up for sale, it came as a bit of shocker. Pransky cited Dan Sileo of WDAE saying that due to Joel Glazer losing as much as $400 million in the Bernie Madoff scandal, the team was headed for a new owner.
"Massive losses due to investments with Bernie Madoff have forced the owners of the Buccaneers to run the team on a minimal budget, according to WDAE-AM's Dan Sileo, and may lead to the team's sale," reported Pransky.
After making some calls, the best I could come up with was a possibility that a minority stake might be put up ...
