an informal term for a rough, estimated figure. The term was derived from the approximate assessment of the number of spectators at a sporting event...
Going to a baseball game is no longer just about watching the field — it's about the ballpark “experience.” SF Giants Chief Operating Officer Larry Baer says that stadium sales at AT&T Park account for up to 65 percent of overall team revenue. Baer shares his insights on the ever-changing,...
By Brian Murphy, Saint Paul Pioneer Press, Minn. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 21--As the governor and the Minnesota Twins scrutinize legislation to build a new ballpark, a Hennepin County judge could decide in two weeks whether to proceed with a lawsuit trying to...
PITTSBURGH AP -- Bring an open mind and an open wallet this summer to the ballpark, where the menu is much broader than the hot dogs and popcorn of Joe DiMaggio's days. At the Pittsburgh Pirates' new ballpark, which opened this week, fans had an array of food items from...
SAN FRANCISCO--BUSINESS WIRE--May 29, 1996--Tom McDonald, a highly successful sales and marketing executive for both the NBA's Portland Trail Blazers and the Oregon Arena Corp. for the past eight years, has been named vice president of marketing for the China Basin Ballpark Corp. CBBC, San Francisco Giants' Executive Vice President/COO...
To celebrate its 50th year of business, Iowa Realty is treating agents, customers, employees and friends to "A Night at the Ballpark" on Wednesday, June 26, at Sec Taylor Stadium. To celebrate its 50th year of business, Iowa Realty is treating agents, customers, employees...
The Detroit Tigers hope that the stadium naming-rights deal with Comerica Inc. will provide an impetus to suite sales at the new ballpark. The 30-year, $66 million deal demonstrates local commitment and confidence in the 42,000-seat ballpark, said The Detroit Tigers hope that...
New 41,000+-Seat Nationals Park Gets Wireless Ticket Checking and Point-of-Sale SUNNYVALE, Calif. -- Nationals Park, the first ballpark to offer high-performance IEEE 802.11n wireless Internet access to everyone attending Washington Nationals baseball games, has deployed a Meru Networks wireless LAN system as its network infrastructure for stadium operations,...
The NBA is laying off 9% of its domestic workforce and its season ticket sales are down, while the Wachovia Center in Philadelphia needs a new name. Perhaps it will become the new BOB -- not Phoenix's old Bank One Ballpark, but something along the lines of "Bail Out Ballpark."...
DRAMATIS PERSONAE: Joe Citizen a citizen Jack and Jill Jones (Joe's neighbours) Mr Whatam-Ibid a surveyor Mr Ballpark-Estimate a valuer Ms Dreamhomes an estate agent Mr Moneybags a small banker Mr Dollarsacks a global fund manager Mr Brown a prime minister voices off (depositors;taxpayers) Stage props:two bricks: one...
TicketNetwork.com, the leading source for theticket industry's most comprehensive inventory, today announced it isoffering the lowest priced tickets to American and National League baseballgames. Savvy consumers who compare prices on the internet will find thatsimilar seats are available on other ticket Web sites for at least 5-10%more. "At...
Trinity Restoration of Tulsa will market, distribute and sell licensed Eleanor Mustangs under a national dealership agreement with Classic Recreations of Yukon. The deal caps a dispute started by a March Journal Record article on startup Tulsa manufacturer Brand New Muscle Car, a...
It's game time in San Diego, as a prominentgroup of lending, legal and real estate industry experts warm up for theannual Trigild Lender Conference, "Handling Curves in the Lender Ballpark,"October 22-24, 2008. Held at downtown San Diego's Omni Hotel -- adjacent to Petco Ballpark --the event is designed...
Asheville, N.C., has no ski resort. No ocean, either. Other than that, it's hard to think of anything the city and its surroundings are lacking. The appeals are so numerous that tourism is the No. 1 employer. Even the minor league baseball team, with its charming downtown ballpark,...
Never set a world record? No? Wait no longer. The Orem Owlz, in the grand tradition of minor league baseball promotions, needs your help with their attempts to set a Guinness World Record on Saturday night. First, show up sober....
NEW YORK -- Fitch Ratings assigns an 'AA-' long-term and an 'F1+' short-term rating to the $75,000,000 Hennepin County, MN third-lien variable rate sales tax revenue bonds Ballpark Project series 2008C. Fitch also affirms its ratings on the following outstanding county bonds: --Approximately...
#1 Bourbon Maker Supports Hometown Pride and Urges Chicagoans to SaveOurName.com DEERFIELD, Ill. -- Beam Global Spirits & Wine, Inc. [Fortune Brands, Inc. (NYSE:FO)], a global leader in premium spirits, and Jim Beam[R], the world's number one selling bourbon, today hit a home run with...
DURHAM, N.C. -- The bull still snarls from atop the outfield wall, snorting smoke after home runs and taunting hitters with four simple words written on it: Hit bull, win steak. The replica of the prop Hollywood built for "Bull Durham" is larger...
Two Tulsa real estate companies plan to start construction in mid- 2009 on a 42,000-square-foot retail and loft project in downtown Tulsa's Brady District. Called 120 Brady Village, the project will involve 18,000 square feet of ground-floor retail space on Elgin, between Archer...
Lil Wayne's Tha Carter III sold 1.01 million copies last week, the first album to top the million mark in a week since 50 Cent's The Massacre in 2005. Signs abounded that the New Orleans rapper was about to break big. Last week, the album sold...
The Remy Cos. intends to start construction this fall on South Village, an estimated $55 million mixed-use development along the Arkansas River in Bixby. The Bixby-based company is finalizing contracts for a five-story hotel, an eight- to 10-screen movie theater and a fast-casual...
