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Say goodbye Mankato. After almost 50 years, the Minnesota Vikings are spending their NFL preseason at home, in their new TCO Performance Center in suburban Minneapolis. While there will be 11 teams on the road for training camps; keeping in mind the Rams, Raiders and Chargers will probably take up state of the art residences …
On the way to the mainstream, niche sports often face a common challenge – convincing fans, media, and partners that their participants are true athletes. Today, few would claim NASCAR drivers are not real athletes. Decades ago, the sentiment was decidedly different. Mark Martin, perhaps the best driver to never win a NASCAR championship, gave …
It’s not easy being minor league in a major city. Then again if you are the disruptive leaders of the New York Penn League’s Brooklyn Cyclones, there is little minor league about the experience, except for the cost of admission and family fun. A recent trip to MCU Park in Coney Island served as a …
For all its innovation and brand creativity baseball has yet to have an official hot dog. We have our flashy national Chevrolet promotions, but the food most closely associated with the National Pastime, the hot dog, missed a beat last week as the industry celebrated Now there is no shortage of regional hot dog celebrations …
There has been so much talk and interest around the new “hot” elements of sports business; from the rise of esports to niche streaming services to sports gambling it is always good to take a look back and see what was “hot” for many became what was “not” over time, as a rush to one …
The following is by new contributor Scott Huntington… It’s hard to understate just how big of an impact Tiger Woods has had on golf. One of the game He caught fans attention immediately and completely changed how much people cared about the sport. With him taking a hiatus for the past couple years, people …
Last week during his “State of the Game” presser at the MLB All-Star Game in Washington, MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred was asked about the lack of celebrity exposure Mike Trout has had. His answer came down to this: the marketing of players is a two way street these days, dedication and performance of the field …
The following recently ran on Portada… The best news coming out of World Cup for sports business in the United States was the aggregate power of Latino activation that played out across broadcast numbers, social engagement and brand activation. The ROI from all who looked to the Latino demo, from millennials and Spanish-first speakers to …
The following was done by new contributor Scott Huntington The John Deere Classic typically doesn’t get a whole lot of attention. Located in the small town of Silvis, IL and taking place before the much larger Open Championship, both the big name golfers and major TV networks tend to sit this one out. In fact, …
Sometimes you find great stories, and opportunity, in the strangest places. Case in point, while on vacation in Alaska at Denali National Park a few weeks ago we came across a very unique branded water. Its packaging was unique, its sustainable message was very clear; its reusability was very handy. It wasn’t Evian, or Poland …