Ratings roundup is a rundown of rating news from the past week and is derived from press releases and reports around the industry. In this week’s edition, the College Football Playoff semifinals capped off ESPN’s activity in 2018, the 2018 NHL Winter Classic drove home the best rating for the event in four years, the […] More
There’s a post-apocalyptic feel to a large stadium the morning after a major sporting event. Where once nearly 95,000 fans roared, a few stragglers meander through aisles strewn with remains as if they’re trudging through a foot of snow. More
With Monday’s BCS National Championship Game rapidly approaching, one of the busiest stretches on the ESPN calendar is nearing its conclusion. Of the 35 bowl games that have been on the docket from Dec. 15 to Jan. 7, the ESPN family of networks is televising 33 of them, including a stretch of at least one […] More
If anyone needed further proof of the elevated status of college football in today’s sports landscape, then they need look no further than the 2013 Rose Bowl (Jan. 1) and the BCS National Championship Game (Jan. 7). ESPN will raise the audio stakes at both events by deploying several dedicated multichannel microphones in the stadiums […] More
Amidst the rising talks of the adoption of a college football playoff system, ESPN signed a 12-year extension with the Rose Bowl Game. The agreement with the Pasadena Tournament of Roses, the Big Ten Conference and the Pac-12 Conference begins in January 2015 and will include rights to the annual Rose Bowl Game across ESPN’s platforms through […] More
Compiled by Karen Hogan, Assistant Editor, SVG The price tag for renovating the Rose Bowl is $35 million over budget and the project is now behind schedule because of unexpected construction setbacks, Pasadena city officials said. Rose Bowl officials said last week that it may now take them until late 2014, about a year longer […] More
The future of Aloha Stadium has long been a hot topic, but the heat was turned up a notch during Hawaii Gov. Neil Abercrombie’s first State of the State Address when he recommended to stop spending any more money to fix the aging facility. Aloha Stadium in Honolulu will take center stage Sunday with the […] More
The rain that pushed back the start time of this year’s NHL Winter Classic turned out to be a bona fide blessing in disguise, as the New Years Day faceoff between the Washington Capitals and Pittsburgh Penguins on NBC was the most watched regular season NHL game in 36 years. The game was originally scheduled […] More
VIZIO, the Tournament of Roses and ESPN have entered into a four-year agreement that establishes VIZIO as the presenting sponsor of the Rose Bowl Game through 2014, as well as the title sponsor of the 2014 BCS National Championship Game. The Rose Bowl Game will be known as the “Rose Bowl Game presented by VIZIO” […] More
Nebraska announced plans this week for a $56 million expansion to Memorial Stadium that will add 5,000 seats and luxury suites. The proposed expansion is for the east side of Memorial Stadium, which will increase Memorial Stadium’s attendance to more than 90,000, that according the school’s website. The stadium’s current capacity is 81,091 and the […] More
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