Bret McCormick

A ceremonial groundbreaking this morning signaled a milestone for a new Caesars sportsbook set to open in 2025 at Monmouth Park in Oceanport, N.J. The state-of-the-art facility and full-service restaurant combo will feature 16,000 square feet of indoor and outdoor sports viewing, with wall-to-wall flatscreen TVs,...

Dragon Seats has partnered with Kinematic Company to debut a new sideline shading system called the Dragon ShadER. The adjustable overhead shady system can provide weather protection for all elements and is designed to attach to Dragon Seats’ climate-controlled benches . Kinematic is the...

Elevate has won the right to support ticketing-based revenue opportunities at Penn State’s Beaver Stadium, according to people familiar with the matter. A $700M renovation of the 64-year-old, 106,000-plus-seat stadium -- designed by Populous, built by a joint venture consisting of Barton Malow, AECOM Hunt and...

Aramark booked record Q2 revenue for both its U.S. and international segments and grew quarterly company-wide revenue 7% year-over-year to $4.2B, according to an SEC filing posted this morning. That growth was led by the U.S. segment, which recorded over $3B in Q2 revenue, backed in part...

313 Presents, the joint venture between Ilitch Sports and Entertainment and Pistons Sports and Entertainment, has created a new all-inclusive premium space at Little Caesars Arena for non-NBA/NHL entertainment called the Encore Lounge. It’s the first all-inclusive hospitality space in the arena solely devoted to concert-type events. ...

DAN MEIS and 13 others from MEIS Design Studio have joined AECOM’s sports design practice. Meis will serve as Director of Global Sports Design, including oversight of a newly consolidated Americas Sports Group, including sports designers based in  N.Y., K.C. and L.A.    AECOM -- a...

When Orlando City SC decided it needed to change an underselling corner of Inter&Co Stadium , the club didn’t turn to an architect or contractor. It worked with 4Topps , the company that first brought mesh seats...

Stepping into Churchill Downs’ Woodford Reserve Paddock Club Tunnel, the aroma of bourbon is immediate. The dark tunnel, part of a recently completed $200 million overhaul of the paddock, is lined with Woodford Reserve bourbon barrels, producing a scent that highlights not the...

Arthur M. Blank Sports and Entertainment controlled almost no aspect of the fan experience at the Georgia Dome, the downtown Atlanta venue where its Falcons played from 1992 to 2016. Obtaining improvements was an incremental, almost painful experience that Falcons owner Arthur Blank likened to multiple visits...