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Without sports, how do we even recognize our seasons?
The disappearance of sports is even more crushing than we thought. It’s not just about scoreboard: What has vanished are the steady beats of a life’s rhythm.
Sports wagering startup makes the move to Colorado
PointsBet is an up-and-coming sports betting provider that’s stepping onto the playing field as Coloradans, thanks to passage of a November 2019 ballot measure, get to put just about any professional sports team or game or point spread.
Broncos Icon Terrell Davis is Back in Business
Following his Broncos career, Davis started his retirement like anyone else with relaxation and golf. This quickly turned to boredom and Davis kick-started his second career in business.
The Broncos' Mile High Parking Lots Prep for a Makeover
Parking lots are on the verge of being obviated as the world of professional sports embraces a longstanding principle of real estate development: devoting a selected plot of land to its “best and highest use.”
Bruce Benson Goes to Work
Bruce Benson doesn’t apologize. “That’s what I do,” he says. “I work.”
Strong leadership connecting the global village
Fries, a 54-year-old skateboarding, bike-racing, adventure-skiing enthusiast who fronts a local rock band in his spare time, retains a sort of youthful joie de vivre in his grown-up gig, despite maintaining an exhausting schedule of travel, meetings and event appearances, coupled with long-term strategic planning sessions and the occasional interview on CNBC.
SportsBiz: A facelift for LoDo
Rockies fans aren’t purely passive bystanders here. Economic success in professional sports often translates to bigger player payrolls.
CEO of the Year: Joe Ellis goes long
The Denver Broncos’ president and CEO brings a steady hand and deliberate approach to the job of running Colorado’s most beloved team – and reigning Super Bowl champion. Oh: and he prefers road games.
Prolific publisher Pat Wiesner wraps it up
Thirty-three years, 30 magazines, hundreds of employees, 11 airplanes and countless columns later, prolific Colorado publisher Pat Wiesner is putting down his pen. And picking up a guitar.
Sports biz: Going out of biz
Ten years ago, I wrote the first of what would be many “SportsBiz” columns for ColoradoBiz, examining the marketing and pricing approach adopted by Kroenke Sports & Entertainment for a newcomer on the sports scene: the Colorado Mammoth.Tom Philand of Kroenke Sports explained his belief that with t...
Sports biz: Boulder’s not-so-secret agent man thrives on authenticity
Let’s get this out of the way now: Your name is not Johnny Alamo and my name is not Johnny Alamo and that is simply the unfairness we must accept. […]
Sports biz: Data network answers Broncos’ need for speed in digital era
There’s a trendy tech move happening in professional football these days: Shotgun formations and cornerback blitzes are sharing the field with cloud-based video and ultra-fast Ethernet connections. It’s a measure driven by a familiar football hunger: the need for speed. The vast consumer embrace o...
