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Travelocity.com and the Dallas Mavericks have joined forces to launch a new sports marketing promotion.

The new Paul Brown Stadium ? home of the NFL?s Cincinnati Bengals ? got a positive reception from fans this weekend.

Escalating steel prices could create havoc with the construction budget of two major new stadium builds in the US.

Fuxito.com, the US-based online soccer media source, has named Terry Hillery, the ?At-Large North American Collegiate Entrepreneur of the Year?, as its director of Strategic Development and E-Commerce.

The Arena Football League Board of Directors has awarded Dallas Cowboys owners Jerry Jones, Jerry Jones Jr. and Stephen Jones an Arena Football League expansion team for Dallas.

Organisers of the Sydney Olympic Games have received a poor report card for their running of the event, according to a major opinion poll.

The Chicago Cubs have dropped Ticketmaster as their exclusive ticket-service provider after 18 years of partnership and entered a new multi-year agreement with its rival, Tickets.com.

SportsLine.com CEO Michael Levy expects this year?s revenue levels to be around a hundred million dollars - and the company to break even on a cash flow basis in its U.S. operations by the fourth quarter.

The official 2000 US Open web site, www.usopen.org, has gone live allowing tennis fans from around the world to experience the action wherever they are, at any time.

Be Here Corporation, the provider of 360-degree Internet video technology, will give Internet viewers a close up look of the Summer X-Games taking place in San Francisco.

eMarketWorld.com, a producer of industry-specific eBusiness marketplaces, and the Atlanta Sports Council have launched a new sports internet conference and exhibition scheduled for November 28-30, 2000.

The Promotion Marketing Association, the trade association representing the multi-billion dollar promotion marketing industry, has named ESPN as Promotion Marketer of the Year.

Univision Communications, the US-based Spanish-language media company, has acquired the exclusive U.S. Spanish-language television rights to broadcast the final tournaments of the FIFA World Cup in 2002 and 2006.

The NFL?s Chicago Bears are in discussion with city officials to transform its existing stadia into a state-of-the-art complex.

The NCAA will not pull basketball?s Final Four out of Atlanta in protest at the State of Georgia?s use of the Confederate battle symbol ? but the issue remains open.

Belo Interactive has reached an agreement with eFANshop, a Dallas-based e-commerce company, to operate online sports stores at the web sites of Belo's television stations and newspapers.