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The 2023 Major League Baseball season starts tomorrow and stadiums have been prepared new upgrades to wow fans. New York Mets partnered with Samsung to equip Citi Field with the largest scoreboard across all professional ballparks – it’s over three times larger than the old one. You know a display is big when it’s measured in square feet rather than inches. The new centerfield scoreboard has a surface area of 17,400ft² (1,616m²). There is also an additional 6,900ft² (640m²) display on the back, which is so tall and big…

Stevie Nicks slumped against a microphone stand, steadying herself with both sparkly gloved hands, and bowed her head for 10 or 12 seconds as the final chords of “Landslide” rang out through Inglewood’s SoFi Stadium on Friday night.Concluding her set on the opening date of a joint mini-tour with Billy Joel, the singer and gothic-hippie style icon had just performed her signature acoustic ballad in front of an enormous video screen showing photos of her with Fleetwood Mac bandmate Christine McVie, who died in November. We…

Oskar Blues Brewery has landed a four-year partnership with the Colorado Rapids that includes sponsoring the only bar at DICK’s Sporting Goods Park, where the team plays. Although the signs hadn’t been changed in time for the start of the Rapids’ season on March 4, the former Eighteen76 bar will now be called Dale’s Bar, a reference to the Longmont brewery’s flagship pale ale, according to Ken Hehir, the new brand marketing director for Oskar Blues. The company, which was purchased by Monster Energy in 2022, will also use…

The Weeknd’s Live at SoFi Stadium is now available in album form.On Friday, the new record was rolled out to streaming services following last month’s release of the HBO Max special of the same name. The concert film was directed by Micah Bickham, who shot the artist’s set in front of a sold-out Los Angeles crowd during the After Hours Til Dawn Tour last year.Hear Live at SoFi Stadium below via Spotify or Apple Music.The live album arrives during a particularly headlineable week for The Weeknd, who in the days leading up…

Why Artificial Intelligence is a Game-Changer in Stadium Security Stadiums must always stay up to date with the latest security technologies to ensure they offer their customers and staff the maximum level of safety. This is especially true for large venues that host tens of thousands of people. Among the various risks spectators and stadium workers face, we find violent hooliganism, theft, vandalism, drug dealing, and even terrorism. Traditional stadium security measures to counter these threats include metal detectors,…

If you’re a fan of The Weeknd and missed his recent After Hours Til Dawn Tour, then you’re in luck.The Canadian singer and HBO Max have both announced the new concert special, The Weekend: Live at SoFi Stadium, which arrives on Feb. 25.It seems like the concert special is also a way for The Weeknd to make it up to his fans. Back in September, he had to cancel his second show in Los Angeles because he lost his voice—and SoFi Stadium is located in LA.The incident happened minutes into his performance at SoFi, prompting The…

A federal bankruptcy judge approved the termination of the contract between Miami-Dade County and FTX that gave the cryptocurrency exchange naming rights for the home of the Miami Heat.  Judge John Dorsey on Wednesday approved Miami-Dade and FTX’s request to end the deal. Miami-Dade will no longer refer to the venue, the downtown Miami sports facility that is owned by the county, as FTX Arena, according to the agreement, and the county will remove all…

One of the best parts of modern Pokémon games is the ability to interact with other players around the world. In Pokémon Scarlet and Violet there's a Battle Stadium feature with casual battles, ranked battles, and soon there will also be online competitions. Here's what you need to know to start battling! Pokémon Scarlet and Violet: How to unlock the Battle Stadium(Image credit: iMore)You will need to complete the opening tutorial before the Pokémon Scarlet and Violet Battle Stadium becomes available. You must also have…

Doha, Qatar captured by the Operational Land Imager-2 (OLI-2) on Landsat 9 on November 13, 2022. (Click image for wider, high-resolution view.)Several new stadiums were built in and around Doha for the World Cup.Thirty-two teams and more than 1 million football (soccer) fans headed to Qatar in November 2022 for the World Cup. The destination is Doha, Qatar’s fast-growing capital city, located on the coast of the Persian Gulf in the east of the country.This natural-color image of Doha, Qatar was captured on November 13,…

After a dazzling opener on Thursday and a triumphant encore on Saturday (“Saturday, Saaaaturday!”), Elton John returned to Dodger Stadium on Sunday for his final North American bow.The legendary performer let the sun go down on Los Angeles one last time as he stepped back onto the stage that catapulted him to superstardom nearly 50 years ago. At Sunday’s performance of the North American leg of his Farewell Yellow Brick Road tour, John was joined by collaborators Dua Lipa, Brandi Carlile and Kiki Dee.But they weren’t…