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ANN ARBOR , MICH . CLEVELAND Michigan plans first night game Ballpark tours start April 13 The University of Michigan football team will hold th e firs t night game in schoo l history at Michigan Stadium against Notre DameonSept.lO,2011,accordingtoareport in the Detroit Free Press. The report quo ted Michigan Athletic Director DaveBrandon: "It'd be a ter r ific tradition to start." Tours of Progressive Field for the 2010 MLB season are now on sale to th e general public. The behind -the-sce nes tours, presented by Panera Bread. run from April 13 through September. with all proceeds ben efiting Cleveland Indians Charities. Tickets are $7.50 for adults and $5.50 for senior citizens and children. Since Progressive Field opened in 1994, more than 270,000 fans have toured the park, generating more than $700,000 for the charitable group. ARLINGTON , VA . Marathon contest returns Comeast SportsNet Washington and th e Marine Corps Marathon are bringing back the "Start the Marine Corps Marathon at Your House" contest. On Apr il 6, CSN and marathon personne l will visit the contest winne r at their resid en ce to celebrate th e official beginning of the regis tration per iod, which opens the following day. The winne r 's pr ize package incl udes two entries to the Oct. 31 race. Contes t entries are acce pted un til Thursday at CSNWash ington .com. COLUMBUS Jackets add corporate partners Th e Colum bus Blue J ackets added Sport Clips and Ohio Mulch to th e its ros ter of corporate partners , wh ile Environm ental Pest Management renewed its ag ree ment wit h the team. Sport Clips rece ives various ingelements. Ohio Mulch's in-arena messag program is hi ghli ght ed by electronic messaging and signage in th e are na. BALTIMORE DENVER D continue Eutaw Street promotion 's Th e Balt imore Orio les are bringing back the popular 2110Eutaw Street promotion, presented by Home Savings of America and Southwest Airlines, for its seco nd season in 2010. The promotion highlights the uniform num bers of outfielders Nick Markakis and Adam J ones.On five 2110 Eutaw Street dates, fans can purchase a Eutaw Street Bleacher seat and a limited edition 2110 Eutaw Street T-shirt for $21. BUFFALO ~~~ LHAUNC EYBILLUPS .' 0:~ ~ ~\r: ../J \ 'S,. - Bills fans can rank draft picks Th e Buffalo Bills introduced a fan m icrosite on buffalobills.com th at lets fans vote in a poll called the Buffalo Bills All-Time Draft Picks presented by Bud Light. The microsite features an interactive draft board for fans to place their top 10picks and rank them in order of value. CHICAGO Races help launch fitness initiative Bank of America will ma tch fun ds ge nerated through its Chicago-based running events - the Bank of Ame rica Shamrock Shuffl e and Bank of Ame rica Chicago Marathon - to la unc h a loca l youth fitn ess initiati ve in its su pport of afte r-school progr ams. A total donation of $324,000 will be split am ong four local org an izat ions: ChicagoRun , Girls on the Run , MGR Found at ion and Special Ch ildre n's Charities/ Special Olympics Chicago. II I MARCH 29 -APRI L 4 , 2010 KANSAS CITY Royals' partners name seating areas The Kansas City Royals are ro lling out newly named seating options at Kauffman Stadium for th e 2010season. Th e featured areas w ill be sponsored by corporate partners Hy-Vee, Sonic Drive-In and State Farm Insurance. The Royals and Hy-Vee are celebrating th eir t o-year partnership th is season, with Hy-Vee continui ng as the exclusive tic ket outlet of the Royals. New stadium operator selected Th e Laredo City Councilselected Ventura Sports Group to be th e opera tor for the new u m inor leag e stad ium sche dule d to ope n for the 2012season. After voters passed an in itiative in November 2008, th e city h ired HKS as the arch itec t and under took a formal RFP process to select an operator.The 5,5OD-seat stadium will be a multipurpose facility. Dodgers add Express bus service . /-\ :.,, 0 The academywants to develop outstanding ivision I prospects. high school players and D Denver Nuggets guard and Colorado native Chau ncey Billups has launch ed the Cha uncey Billups Elite Basketball Academy. The academy will be a youth basketball program for boys in Colorado and will feature elite and developmental team s to acco mmodate various sk ill levels.The elite tea ms will comprise the top youth players in th e region and will compe te national ly. In itial tryouts for team s on th e fifth-, sixth- and eighth-grade levels were conducted March 20-21. Station and Dodger Stadium. M IAMI Dolphins select marketing partner The Miam i Dolphins selected ClickSquared as their cross-c hannel marketing solution partner. ClickSquared's marketing platform, Click 3G, will allow the Dolph ins to crea te targeted and personalized fan communications , as well as exec ute marketing pro grams to increase fan engagement, enge nder fan loyal ty and drive increased ticket, merchand ise and spo nsorship revenue. MINNEAPOLIS-ST. PAUL Senate hears proposal to lift ban LAREDO , TEXAS LOS ANGELES Billups starts youth academy Thetop 10picks will beannounced at the season-ticket-holder draft-day party April 22. PNY will prov ide integrated sig nage a nd branding for Nets ad inve ntory, incl uding TV-visible courtside signage, Web ads, exterior marquee LEDsignageand a prese nting sponsorship of the team's mascot. The Los Angeles Dodgers and Metro will offe r Dodge r Sta diu m Express bus service fro m Union Sta t ion in downtown Los Angeles to the ballpark begin ning Thursday for a Dodgers preseason game and throughout the 2010 regular season. A grant of $300,000 awarded to Metro by th e Mobile Source Air Pollution Reduction Revi ew Com mittee wa s made in support of clea n fuel transi t service to link Un ion Th e Minnesota Sen ate last week heard a proposal that would repeal language in state law that led the Universi ty of Minnesota to ban liqu or sales at TCF Bank Stadium. Th e legislation is being pushed by a gro up of fans th at feel th e un ivers ity should have the chance to recoup losses ste mming from the alcohol ban, according to a report in the St. Paul Pionee r Pres s. Commission OKs dome projects Th e Metro politan Sports Facilities Commission approved a $1.3million joint project with the Minnesota Vikings to replace th e Metrodome's six-year-old artificial FieldTurf and re make the Minnesota Twins' old ticket office into a Vikin gs ticket office and hospitality suite, according to a report in the Minneapolis StarTribune. Both projects are scheduled to be finish ed by August, according to the report. Twins plan lavish tours Two days before th e firs t regular-seaso n ga me at Ta rget Field , Minnesota Twins fans will have the chance to ta ke a beh in dth e-scenes look at th e new ballpark, accord ing to a re port in the Minneapolis Star DETROIT Tigers marking Chinese New Year The Detroit Tigers ,through a partnership with the Chi nese Association of Greater Detroit. will celebrate the Chinese New Year, th e Year of th e Tiger. on April 10 in an afternoon game against Cleveland. As part of Opening Weekend at Comerica Park, the event will feature a pre gam e parade, traditio nallion dance perfo r mances, drum and gong performers, musical acts. and othe r cultural elements. EAST RUTHERFORD , N .J. All three sessions ofgames at the Bradley Center thismonth wereclose to sellouts. MILWAUKEE Arena seeks 2014 NCAA games Nets sign team-only Brooklyn deal The New J ersey Nets signed a deal with PN Y Technologies, their firs t team-only spo nso rs hip for when the team relocates to Barclays Cen te r in Brooklyn in 2012. Marquette University officials will be working with Bradley Cente r staff to put together a bid to ho st th e fir st two ro unds of the NCAA men's basketball tournam ent in 2014, alo ng with trying www.s ports bus inessj ournal.co m I to land re gional level games. Milw aukee has nev er hosted those third- and fourth-round games. More than 53,000 fan s attended th e three sessions of NCAA first -and second-round games this month at the arena. 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