Marc Ganis
Marc Ganis
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The Superdome has been one of the greatest sports facility investment a community has ever made, ... But it would be significantly diminished if the Saints left.
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Ratings are down because ratings are down for every network.
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They are a cash machine. They print money, ... While there is no revenue pressure, they'll try to keep certain things pristine.
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Sometimes deadlines help and sometimes they don't make much of a difference. They rarely hurt, unless they are arbitrary or excessively short. But if you are working in good faith and the deadlines can be extended if progress is being made, they work well.
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Fans really want to feel intimate with the action. This is part of what has made the NBA so successful. You can almost smell the sweat.
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They took a chance to take a company owned by Comcast. That might end up being a very good thing ... Comcast can promote it -- on its own cable systems -- on ESPN, on Fox Sports Net. Let's see if they do so. That'll say how committed they are.
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You never get a second chance to sell your first tickets. How you price them, and how fans feel about transaction with the team, are absolutely vital.
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This is a really smart move. The NFL Network will get many more subscribers and is going to be available to many more households. That will allow the NFL Network to be viewed by tens of millions more people regularly.
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This is a testament to Dan Snyder's ability to run and manage an entertainment-based business. His success with the Redskins has been nothing short of phenomenal. It shows he knew what he was doing when he paid a then-record $800 million for this franchise.
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Once you announce you're moving the team, you give up your key piece of leverage. When they moved, a new stadium deal was expected to take a matter of months. It took eight years.
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The cable operators are going to be compelled to carry the NFL network. Their subscribers want NFL programming. They will be heard loudly if the cable companies provide niche channels with gardening shows and not the NFL Network.
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That's just polite discourse. Of course they're competing for the same money.
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That myth has been broken long ago, ... Everyone who follows the Olympics knows commercialism and corporate sponsorship is as much a part of the Olympics at this point as athletic competition. It is simply aesthetics, it is simply a veneer.
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This actually puts hockey on more news pages, not necessarily in the way you want it, but it still is a cover story. Wayne Gretzky and his beautiful wife are good art, and that always attracts attention.