Flying Over Banc of California Stadium

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Flying Over Banc of California Stadium

Steel canopy takes shape on Figueroa Street.

New aerials images from architectural photographer Hunter Kerhart show off progress at Banc of California, the future home of LAFC.

The soccer-specific venue, located at the former site of the Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena in Exposition Park, will feature 22,000 seats when it opens later this year.

Gensler designed the project, which is budgeted at $350 million.

Crews recently completed work on the steel frame that will support the Figueroa Street side of the stadium.

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https://www.mlssoccer.com/post/2017/08/26/columbus-brewery-teams-other-companies-make-soccer-themed-beer

Columbus brewery teams up with other companies to make soccer-themed beer

To celebrate the collaborative nature of both soccer and craft beer, a Columbus brewery is teaming up with the opposition for a couple of soccer-themed brews.

Land-Grant Brewery is well-known to Columbus soccer fans thanks to its American wheat ale, Glory, which launched this year in partnership with Columbus Crew SC and supporters.

Now, the brewery has taken its soccer-inspired beer to another level, and is introducing two new beers made in partnership with Texas-based Peticolas Brewing and Kansas City’s Boulevard Brewing Company.

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https://digiday.com/marketing/how-smaller-sports-leagues-are-using-facebook-to-drive-tune-in/

How small sports leagues are using Facebook to drive tune-in

Small sports leagues are using Facebook video to drive tune-in to live games.

To get people to watch Major League Soccer’s second Heineken Rivalry Week of the year on TV, MLS created 12 video ads for Facebook and Instagram, where they’re being targeted to soccer fans, team-specific MLS fans and other likely sports viewers across both social platforms. The event consists of five nationally televised games in the U.S. and Canada through the end of the weekend and the games will air on ESPN, Fox Sports and UniMás in the U.S. and TSN in Canada.

“There’s no area of our business that we haven’t activated on Facebook and Instagram this year,” said David Bruce, vp of brand and integrated marketing for MLS.

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http://worldsoccertalk.com/2017/08/24/most-watched-soccer-games-on-us-tv-for-august-15-20-2017/

Most-watched soccer games on US TV for August 15-20, 2017

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http://ntneighborhoodnews.com/2017/04/wiregrass-ranch-sports-complex-finally-moving-forward-bcc-vote/

Wiregrass Ranch Sports Complex Finally Moving Forward After BCC Vote

The Pasco County Board of County Commissioners (BCC) approved regular business item R5 that green-lit the RADDsports  Wiregrass Sports Complex, as well as agreeing to double the Tourist Development Tax (TDT), or bed tax, in order to help finance it.

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http://www.rowdiessoccer.com/news_article/show/825689

Rowdies Add Depth In Backline With Addition of Hunter Gorskie

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http://www.theunsubs.com/wp/2017/08/23/episode-128-in-an-uncomfortable-position/3208

Episode 128 – In An Uncomfortable Position

Matt and Dan talk about the Otta-draw, recap the Eastern Conference standings, discuss the signing of Hunter Gorskie and USL’s new attendance mark, and look ahead to a week without a match while teams around us cash in some of their games-in-hand.