Stadia
Business

Milwaukee-based ScheerGame Sports Development LLC has been selected, along with its partners Renaissance Design Build Group and Gilbane Building Company, to manage the development of Jacksonville?s new $125million arena and $25million ballpark.
Sponsorship & Marketing

Baseball fans face an increase in average ticket price of nearly 13 per cent this season, according to the Team Marketing Report's annual survey.
Business

The Minnesota Twins believe they have cleared the ?first hurdle? in creating a finance package for the development of a new ballpark, following the introduction of a bill to the legislature.
Events

Tickets.com and the Milwaukee Brewers are expanding their relationship to include retail distribution through Tickets.com's retail outlets and call centres.
Business

Asian Internet firm chinadotcom is to cut more than 400 staff by June and sell non-core operations.
Business

The city of Nashville is under investigation by the IRS over the issue of $153 million in tax-exempt bonds to fund the construction of the Adelphia Coliseum, home of the Tennessee Titans.
Business

All online gambling in Australia will be outlawed under Federal Government legislation designed to ban Australians from Internet betting.
Stadia

US-based managed services company Aramark will supply 13 Major League Baseball stadiums with managed food, retail merchandise and other services, when the new season begins April 1.
Business

Sports media technology Sportvision has teamed up with CBS Sports and SportsLine.com to deliver animated play analysis of the 2001 NCAA Men?s Basketball Championship.
Sponsorship & Marketing

Youbet.com, the US-based online live event and wagering company for the horseracing industry, has launched Youbet Express, a new web-based version of its core horseracing product line.
Media

Sportinglife.com has signed an exclusive deal with Sports Media Broadcasting Limited.
Business

English premier league soccer club Leicester City is poised for one of the most exciting periods in its history on and off the field, chairman Rodney Walker said on Tuesday after the club moved into profit.
Media

Major League Baseball will charge fans to listen to broadcasts of its games over the internet, according to the New York Times.
Stadia

Andrew Coulson has been named CEO of Broadband Interactive Group (BIG), the privately held company specialising in interactive television programming.
Media

UK-based structural strands company Bridon International has secured a contract to supply structural cables for the roof structure of the Inchon Munhak World Cup Stadium in South Korea.
Stadia

English rugby league teams Bradford and Wigan are considering buying into rugby union.
Business

The Pittsburgh Steelers are still struggling to secure a naming rights deal for its new stadium.
Business

English football?s Premier League has sold its pay-per-view rights for #181m ($258m) to a media consortium made up of British Sky Broadcasting, Ondigital, Telewest and NTL, the Premier League confirmed to sportbusiness.com