Tag: US

Florida youth-to-pro USL expansion franchise

Article posted by Coliseum, September 2^nd, 2022

The United Soccer League (USL) announced on August 30th that JAXUSL, a Jacksonville (Florida, US)-based group of investors and executives, has acquired the rights to a USL Championship expansion franchise with the intent of beginning play in 2025. The new club will be the first in Northeast Florida... » Read more

Oakland Roots-Soul go-to-‘town’ venue plans

Article posted by Coliseum, September 2^nd, 2022

The United Soccer League (USL) team Oakland Roots SC and Oakland Soul SC (women’s soccer team) (US) announced on August 30th plans to explore developing a stadium for their men’s professional soccer team and their women’s team, who will begin play in 2023. ‘Oakland Roots SC and USL’... » Read more

Vanderbilt-FirstBank naming rights deal

Article posted by Coliseum, September 2^nd, 2022

The Vanderbilt University in Nashville (US) and FirstBank have signed a 10-year football stadium naming rights and campus collaboration agreement, as announced on August 29th by Candice Lee, Vice-Chancellor for Athletics and University Affairs and Athletic Director of the varsity. ‘Vanderbilt... » Read more

Midway Rising poised to build San Diego arena

Article posted by Coliseum, September 1^st, 2022

After 10 months of real estate competition for the 48-acre City’s sports field, San Diego (City in California, US) Mayor Todd Gloria has selected the group’s proposed winner to build the most expensive condominium. ‘GETABOUTCOLUMBIA.COM’ stated that recently, the Mayor said he is... » Read more

Will Twins’ shared AR app lead to gold rush?

Article posted by Coliseum, August 31^st, 2022

It largely flew under the radar on August 22nd when the Major League Baseball (MLB) team Minnesota Twins announced that they had launched – what is believed to be the first shared augmented reality (AR) application for live sports – for use at their home ballpark – Target Field in... » Read more

Julie Giese to helm NASCAR Chicago show

Article posted by Coliseum, August 30^th, 2022

On August 25th, the National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing (NASCAR) announced that Julie Giese, current President of the Phoenix Raceway in Arizona (US), will transition to the same role overseeing all NASCAR operations for the NASCAR Cup Series first-ever Chicago Street Course, which will... » Read more

High-voltage rink rivalry at Browns home

Article posted by Coliseum, August 29^th, 2022

The Haslam Sports Group (HSG), the National Football League (NFL) team Cleveland Browns and the Ohio State University in Columbus, Ohio (US) announced recently that ‘Faceoff on the Lake’ (the first ice hockey game at the Browns’ stadium) will be played at the FirstEnergy Stadium in Cleveland,... » Read more