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Wells Fargo Center, Philadelphia Flyers

Wells Fargo Center is the home of the Philadelphia Flyers and 76ers. Built near the soon to be demolished Spectrum, it is part of the massive Philadelphia Sports Complex, which includes Lincoln Financial Field, home of the NFL’s Eagles, and Citizens Bank Park, home of the two time defending National League Champion Phillies. The first [...]

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Madison Square Garden, Home of the New York Rangers

Madison Square Garden is a legendary arena. It has been host to the New York Rangers, Knicks, Democratic National Convention, Republican National Convention, legendary concerts and boxing events and so much more. There have been several versions of the Garden around the island of Manhattan. The current edition was opened February 11th, 1968 and was [...]

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Richmond International Raceway

Richmond International Raceway (RIR) is the centerpiece of a 1,000 acre multi-use complex known as the Richmond Raceway Complex, formerly Strawberry Hill. RIR purchased the property in its entirety from the Virginia State Fair in 1999. The complex is home to a varied assortment of exposition halls and other buildings, including an amphitheater just behind [...]

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Las Vegas Motor Speedway

Las Vegas Motor Speedway (LVMS) rises from the desert as an oasis of speed mere miles from the famed Las Vegas Strip. LVMS, originally dreamed of and built by two Las Vegas casino magnets, Ralph Engelstad (Imperial Palace) and Bill Bennett (Sahara), opened to the public in June of 1996. Comprised of more than 600,000 [...]

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Reviews Red Bull Arena

Judging by the relatively sparse attendance at Red Bull Arena, it appears the soccer craze hasn’t fully caught on in the New York area just yet. But with the brand new, state-of-the-art facility the Red Bulls have built, it shouldn’t take long. The arena, new for the 2010 season, is intuitively designed, squeaky clean, and [...]

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Home Depot Center LA Galaxy

A not so long time ago, in a galaxy not far, far away, the year was 1996. Los Angeles, one of the most storied sports towns in the United States, was granted one of the ten charter franchises of Major League Soccer. While the first fans may remember the Galaxy playing at the Rose Bowl, [...]

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A Staple of the LA Experience

There are a handful of venues in each sport that seem to transcend the balance. Baseball enthusiasts enjoy the historical venues – Fenway Park, Wrigley Park, and the old Yankee Stadium. The NFL loves its modern bells and whistles in Lucas Oil Stadium and Cowboy Stadium while the NHL tends to judge its best venues [...]

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Journey to the Valley of the Suns

US Airways Center (formerly America West Arena in the Charles Barkley days) in Downtown Phoenix opened in 1992. It also serves as the home for the WNBA franchise Phoenix Mercury (league champs in ’07 and ’09) and a host of other minor league soccer, hockey and football teams. The Suns have represented Phoenix since 1968, [...]

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Salt River Fields at Talking Stick

Most of the Cactus League Arizona training locations are in suburbs or within short driving distance of the state’s capital city of Phoenix. They’re in Mesa, Glendale, Goodyear, Scottsdale, Peoria and Phoenix. One of the most interesting spring training baseball stadiums is the new facility at Salt River Fields at Talking Stick within the Salt [...]