How New Sports Leagues Can Position Themselves for Long-Term Success
Startup sports entities such as the United States Football League, Premier Lacrosse League, LIV Golf, Big3, 3Ice, American Cornhole League, The Basketball Tournament…
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U.S. Rugby Sevens League to Debut With Olympians, 30-Year-Old CEO
The idea of launching a new sports league in a relatively niche sport, on the heels of an ongoing global pandemic, might sound daunting. But Owen Scannell is doing just…
Sustainable Projects Generating Real Returns for Teams and Venues
Designs were approved, permits secured, and construction was well underway at what’s now known as Climate Pledge Arena in Seattle before, well, everything changed…
New York Yankees Top Sportico’s 2021 MLB Valuations at $6.75 Billion
Major League Baseball has taken its lumps the past decade. An audience too old, a game too slow and a dearth of marketable stars have it doomed, shout the naysayers. Not…
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NBA Considering New Rules to Entice More Institutional Investors
The NBA is discussing expanding the number of institutional investors that can take equity stakes in its teams, according to two people with knowledge of the…
Donald Dell: Sports Must Meet Health and Economic Challenges to Bring Fans Back
Donald Dell is group president of media, events and tennis for SportFive. With this difficult and challenging year coming to an end, what does the sports landscape look…
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Billionaire Perot, Microsoft CEO Nadella Headline First Investors in U.S. Cricket League
The effort to form a professional cricket league in the U.S. gets a major boost today as 26 investors have signed on as the initial backers of Major League Cricket. The…
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Bollywood Superstar Shah Rukh Khan Invests in New U.S. Pro Cricket League
The world’s most popular actor is betting millions of dollars that the U.S. is ripe for establishing a pro league of media-friendly cricket. Shah Rukh Khan, a Bollywood…
Market to Own Sports Teams Endures Thanks to Ego, Media Rights and Tax Breaks
There may be no fans in the seats, fewer eyeballs on the screen and lots of debt piling up, but as the recent sales of the Utah Jazz and New York Mets show, demand…
World Series Fans a Preview of 2021 As Packed Arenas a Year Away, Fitch Says
Get used to the sight of quarter-filled stadiums like this year’s World Series in Arlington, Tex. The best-case scenario for the start of U.S. sports going into 2021 is…
Pro Sports Taking Billions in Debt to Get Through Pandemic
With few fans in the stands and fewer games on TV since COVID-19 roiled sports in mid-March, the NFL, Golden State Warriors and Atlanta Braves are among the dozens of…
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NFL Player Development Pioneer Moving to Police and Community Group
A legend in the NFL’s player development community has joined a national organization dedicated to building sustainable relationships between police and the…
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