Reading Time: 4 minutes New research has implications for reopening arenas to fans during COVID-19 pandemic
Tag: NHL
Hosting NHL playoffs could help Edmonton attract investment
Reading Time: 3 minutes Marketing wins outweigh limited economic benefits for city, province and Oilers, according to U of A sports management researchers
NFL draft gives starving sports fans a morsel
Reading Time: 4 minutes But many questions remain about restarting professional sports, including how all those enormous salaries will be paid
How to satisfy sports fans’ burning desire for games
Reading Time: 3 minutes Playing before empty stadiums, moving teams to centralized locations with revised schedules, virtual drafts – everything is on the table
Play ball! The COVID-19 sports conundrum
Reading Time: 4 minutes You can see the appeal for Trump to use sports to help restore normalcy as he heads for the November presidential election
Sports is the canary in the COVID-19 coal mine
Reading Time: 4 minutes So when will sports be resumed and how can they play a role in transitioning to normalcy again?
David Ayres story is why we love sports
Reading Time: 4 minutes The emergency NHL goalie did what every sports fan wishes they could do every time they watch the best of the best play
Dissecting Canada’s NHL underachievers
Reading Time: 4 minutes We could see as many as five Canadians teams in the playoffs – but more likely we’ll see two or three at this pace
Corporate raiders are at the gates of pro sports
Reading Time: 4 minutes The future of franchise-based leagues and pro tours may hang in the balance as big-money investors look to strip out superstars
The future of pro sports? Just look at the NBA
Reading Time: 3 minutes But the NHL, the league that never misses an opportunity to miss an opportunity, will sit back and let others get the gravy