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Sports Media Podcast: Teresa Gould upbeat about Pac-12's growth
This week’s Sports Media Podcast comes from SBJ’s Intercollegiate Athletics Forum, presented by Learfield, where co-host Austin Karp speaks with Pac-12 Commissioner Teresa Gould about her efforts to rebuild the conference, its media rights situation and what she’s keeping an eye on as 2025 looms.
Avenue Capital Group eyes expansion in women’s sports
Amid the rising business of women’s sports, Avenue Capital Group, through its Avenue Sports Fund, is seeking to expand its ownership portfolio by investing in emerging leagues and business primed for growth, such as the WNBA and NWSL.
A look back at 2024 SBJ Dealmakers event
The 2024 edition of SBJ Dealmakers in Sports ended in D.C. on Wednesday. The two-day conference featured industry leaders breaking down a wide range of topics. Here's a look back at some of the conversations.
Avenue Capital Group eyes expansion in women’s sports, targets WNBA and NWSL
Amid the rising business of women’s sports, Avenue Capital Group, through its Avenue Sports Fund, is seeking to expanding its ownership portfolio by investing in emerging leagues and business primed for growth such as the WNBA and NWSL.
Laura Ricketts: Civic entities must ‘include women’ in public funding of venues
Laura Ricketts ’ schedule is packed. Adding up the hours in the day spread between her role as co-owner of the Cubs, Red Stars and Sky in Chicago, along with her time spent with family, she said the number would “be over 24 hours a day.”
SBJ Dealmakers Day 2 to feature Leonsis, Milley
On tap today: Day 2 kicks off with a networking event followed by a conversation between Ted Leonsis , the founder and chairman of MSE, and General Mark Milley , the former chair of the Joints Chiefs of Staff. Among other scheduled programming, Marc Lasry , the chairman and CEO of Avenue Capital Gro...
Klutch working with Monumental Sports amid Capital One Arena renovation
Klutch Sports Group is known for representing high-profile athletes across some of North America’s largest leagues, but the agency is also expanding its property representation, which now includes Monumental Sports & Entertainment as it prepares to undergo an $800M-plus renovation of Capital One...
College venues, top experiences drive investments
Look no further than the Moody Center in Austin for a clear justification for private equity in collegiate sports venues, said Francesca Bodie , COO of Oak View Group, which operates the venue on behalf of Texas.
Facial recognition for ticketing, security helping teams create seamless fan experience
Tailgaters at Cleveland’s FirstEnergy Stadium used to linger outside as long as they could before kickoff, waiting until 15 minutes before the game’s start to line up at the gates. This situation, from a few years ago, created a bottleneck, meaning many Browns fans didn’t enter until 15 minutes afte...
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The old adage, ‘Can we still be friends?’ There ain't no friends. … That was not happening. So I look over at Joe [Castiglione] and this thing all broke and said, ‘Bro, we got no friends now.’ And we had to go to those meetings ... We had to go to meetings for a whole year.-- Texas AD Chris Del Conte, on the relationships that were being torn with Texas and Oklahoma leaving the Big 12 for SEC.
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