A great inside account of the Celtic’s draft process from ESPN’s Andy Katz. Katz reports that Green is in the mix to be taken at #5, but Yi was the favorite as of Monday night. Come on Sixers, get Jeff Green.
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Among other things, Mark Cuban suggests that he will bid on the Cubs if Wrigley Field is offered in the sale.
An interesting look at what happens to an old arena (Kemper) when a new one (Sprint) is opened.
Mets and Citigroup have completed a 20 yr naming rights deal to name the new stadium CitiField for an estimated $20 million PER YEAR.
This is about twice the previous record deal between Reliant and the Houston Texans. This is a staggering deal. I really can’t imagine how much the Giants/Jets stadium will get, if it is seen through to completion.
A look at J.P.J. Arena. This is the model of what Georgetown needs, although not as large. I think that this building may be too large for UVA Basketball (certainly will be for a few years). It’s a tough balance, because you want to build a building big enough to draw top flight shows and concerts, but the main purpose of the building is UVA basketball, and you can’t lose sight of that.
One of the best shows on TV has been renewed for 15 episodes. Sounds like it was very close to not coming back, so this is great news. Need this show to become a hit.
They are setting up temporary shops in Miami malls, preparing for the Super Bowl.
I still remember the mess that was the Super Bowl shop at the JAX Airport the day after the game. The store, which was fully stocked the Friday night when I arrived, was bombed out, with everything on sale. They must make tons of cash at these stores. Interesting stat: 75% of merchandise sold is items for the winning team after the game. I never thought that figure would be that high.
EA is predicting that Sony will miss its already decreased goals of shipping 1-1.2M PS3s to the US. Ohh boy. Start camping out now.
In what appears to be a slick move, NY Times is reporting that YouTube gave Sony and Universal BMG equity stakes in the company just hours before its sale to Google. The stakes could be worth up to $50 million. It also appears that YouTube set up similar deal with Warner earlier in the year.
Pretty slick. I assume the TV networks will want more $$ though.
via GigaOm
