When Major League Soccer (MLS) started play in 1996, there were 10 teams in the league and the whole undertaking faced an uncertain future. Despite the wild popularity of soccer…
Charlotte Observer reports on the fledgling debate over Mecklenburg County using capital funds for the proposed Major League Soccer stadium—-should the Queen City be awarded and expansion franchise, that is:…
The Charlotte Observer has a longer article out looking at why NASCAR attendance is tanking. The problem: Speedway Motorsports, based in Concord, International Speedway Corporation and Dover Motorsports are three…
The road course in Watkins Glen, NY. Yes, really. Per the Elmira Star-Gazette, in an article previewing the race coming up this weekend: While attendance totals are guarded because Watkins…
The UPoR has a front-page article out today on the still-sluggish demand for NASCAR tickets. Some highlights: • Admission revenue at Charlotte-based Speedway Motorsports Inc. fell 11?percent over the past…
In Formula 1. From the BBC: If there is not enough external sponsorship out there to maintain the whole grid, where will the money come from to keep the sport’s…
The Charlotte Observer compiles a list of top CEO compensation in North Carolina. Many are based here in the Triad.
A unanimous three-judge panel of the N.C. Court of Appeals has reversed a lower-court ruling and has ruled against Speedway Motorsports’ effort to have North Carolina courts decide a complicated…
According to a dispatch from SportsBusiness Journal, Lowe’s has signed on to be a sponsor of the NASCAR Hall of Fame. The $195m. venue is slated to open in May…
First the good news. Speedway Motorsports exec Marcus Smith finally got around to paying his 2008 property taxes, including almost $800 in interest penalties. The bad news is Bloomberg is…
… to all of those pedestrians who sued Speedway Motor Sports because of the walkway collapse in 2000. Appeals court judges agreed with the trial court that the “statute of…