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within the last year. The St. Louis Rams, of course, already moved back to Los Angeles, from whence they came. Two other California two is truly company when they head north to also play in Los Ange- Vegas, where a proposed 65,000-seat domed stadium expected to cost $1.9 billion will await. Just $1.9 billion? The stadium in LA that will house the Rams and Chargers clocks in at $2.6 billion and is scheduled to open in 2019.
HAS to be the title sponsor. Hey, the relocation from St. Louis and San
the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus after 146 incredible touring years was more bitter than sweet. What child (and adult for that matter) does not carry special precious memories from the time of economic and other factors to pull the plug. Many a venue has been blessed to have had the circus come to town, and on Page 30 several
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to the Cox Convention Center in downtown OKC for two days on March 18-19, 2017. The event is building on LEGO’s amazing pop- ularity and ingenuity with awesome attractions all centered around everybody’s favorite plastic building blocks. Professional LEGO artist Jonathan Lopes will be coming from
Building. He will be in attendance all weekend and will be able to talk to attendees on his life as a professional LEGO artist and how they, too, can be LEGO master builders.
Greg Flakus emerging from the world of fancy foods that more stores and venues - per Green Moringa. Navitas Naturals, the super food company, now fastest growing category, that would be premium coconut and maca- damia nut waters and milks from Harmless Harvest and Milkadamia.
it brought together the top 35 bull riders in the world competing against the best bucking bulls in the business for the chance to claim the $30,000 Jacksonville Invitational event title. But before things got serious, a media mechanical bull challenge was held on January 12 for those in the fourth estate daring enough to try and take a 15-second spin aboard the faux bull. “It was a good way to connect with our local media partners and
Alex Alston, director of sales and marketing. Bill McConnell, PBR’s Neil Van Orsow and City of Jacksonville Dave Herrell. Curtis Dvorak, mascot for 19 years, took home the top honors (it pays to have the FM
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The Las Vegas Convention Center has had quite a start to the new year. Just one day prior to the mammoth Consumer Electronics Show, space, once home to the Riviera Hotel & Casino, is a 26-acre combi- nation of a 20-acre outdoor exhibit area, more than 3,000 parking spaces, three acres of landscaped walkways, four vehicle access loca- tions, 1,800 amps of power in four locations, and telecommunications and property-wide surveillance capabilities. The space ends Phase One of the venue’s $1.4 billion, four-phase expansion and renovation convention center that will include 600,000 square feet of additional exhibit space, new meeting rooms, pre-function space, as well as ser- vice and support areas.
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