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Pinball vs. Big Tech's obsolesence love

In Big Tech's wasteland of planned obsolescence, praise for the defiant joy of flippers and steel

Salon

Bally Sports' troubles could transform how fans watch sports

LOS ANGELES — Major League Baseball turned to its preferred voice of pomp and circumstance, Bob Costas, to make a major announcement two weeks ago.

Los Angeles Times

Long-sought Chicago casino could open by Labor Day as Bally’s plan for temporary site clears state hurdle

The Illinois Gaming Board’s “preliminary suitability” finding allows Bally’s to lay the groundwork for operations both at the Medinah Temple in River North and the permanent $1.7 billion casino complex at Chicago Avenue and Halsted Street, expected to open by 2026.

Chicago Sun-Times

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Bally Sports’ parent company expected to retain Rangers broadcasts, make rights payment

The next big day in the battle over the Rangers’ local TV rights is Thursday, but it may be a bit anti-climactic.

Tribune News Service

Guru's Weekly Buzz: June 9-15

Guru By Bangkok Post's pick of the most exciting products, activities, food and travel deals to indulge in.

Bangkok Post

Meet the New Boss: Major League Baseball Officially Launches Into the RSN Biz With 'MLB San Diego Padres'

Baseball sets up a new pay TV home for the Padres, as Twins, Guardians, Diamondbacks and Rangers petition in Texas bankruptcy court to cut them loose from Bally Sports, too

Broadcasting & Cable

Inside the $1.5billion ballpark on Las Vegas strip ahead of Oakland A's relocation

New images have been released by the Oakland A's as the Major League Baseball franchise look to move to a new stadium that is planned to be built on the Las Vegas strip

Daily Mirror

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NJ total gambling revenue up 9.5% in April but in-person casino revenue was down 1.6%

New Jersey’s casinos, racetracks that accept sports bets and their online partners won over $462 million in April, an increase of 9.5% from a year earlier

The Independent UK

U.S. designer Villasenor leaves Swiss luxury house Bally after helping boost visibility

U.S. designer Rhuigi Villasenor is leaving his position as creative director of Swiss fashion house Bally

The Independent UK

A’s move closer to building stadium in Las Vegas

The Athletics reached an agreement with Bally’s and Gaming & Leisure Properties to build a potential stadium on the Tropicana hotel site along the Las Vegas Strip.

Chicago Sun-Times

Oakland A's reach agreement for potential stadium site on Las Vegas Strip

The Oakland Athletics have reached an agreement with Bally’s and Gaming & Leisure Properties to build a potential stadium on the Tropicana hotel site along the Las Vegas Strip

The Independent UK

City releases new renderings showing ‘evolved’ Bally’s casino design

Architecture critic Lee Bey asks: Do the changes give Chicago a winning hand?

Chicago Sun-Times

Bally’s proposes selling casino stake to some city residents

The company said it is discussing terms of the offer, intended to help it meet requirements for ownership by racial minorities, with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Chicago Sun-Times

Bally’s clears casino hurdle, buys out Tribune lease: report

The agreement reportedly calls for Tribune Publishing to move its printing operation by July 2024, leaving behind 30 acres for the casino operator.

Chicago Sun-Times

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Diamond Sports Sues the Phoenix Suns After NBA Team Bolts Bally Sports for Gray TV Local Broadcast Deal

Diamond says the Suns and a co-defendant, the WNBA's Phoenix Mercury, breached their contract, which allowed Diamond to match any competing local TV offer

Multichannel News

Phoenix Suns Fast-Break to Broadcast With Gray From Bankrupt Bally RSN

All Suns and Mercury games will be free over the air across the state

The Independent UK

Post-COVID woe: Atlantic City casino earns fell 4.6% in '22

Three years after the coronavirus pandemic erupted, Atlantic City’s casinos are collectively struggling to get back to where they were before COVID-19 in terms of profitability

Tribune News Service

Opening day a go on Bally Sports San Diego after Diamond Sports makes Padres payment

SAN DIEGO — Bally Sports San Diego's parent company made its first rights fee payment to the Padres ahead of Wednesday's 11:59 p.m. deadline, assuring its broadcast of opening day against Colorado Rockies would go off without a hitch.

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The Independent UK

Renamed Horseshoe to host Poker World Series on Vegas Strip

A name paired with poker and Las Vegas lore now has a place on the neon-lit Strip

Zenger

Regional Sports Networks Are In Trouble But How Did They Get There?

Billions of dollars are owed and nut the money is not there to pay the bills

Chicago Sun-Times

Video poker in Chicago? Vallas and Johnson say deal us in

Under state law, local governments can prohibit video gambling machines from operating at restaurants or bars within their city limits. But both mayoral candidates favor lifting Chicago’s longstanding ban on the machines.

Chicago Sun-Times

Office of the chief architect: Next mayor has a big role to play in the city’s design future

The new mayor has the power to physically remake the city — or large portions of it. For better or worse.

The Independent UK

MLB sets up local media group, could broadcast 17 teams

Major League Baseball has added three executives to its new local media department as it prepares for a possible takeover of local broadcasts for 17 teams amid the financial deterioration of the Bally and AT&T SportsNet regional sports networks

Chicago Sun-Times

Bally’s begins luring new dealers to the table for Chicago casino

“I have no experience but I’m very eager to learn,” said Latasha Gilmer of Englewood, who attended Bally’s first informational session Friday at Harold Washington College as the casino looks to hire 300 upbeat people who can make it through “dealer school.”

Tribune News Service

Sinclair Broadcast’s Diamond Sports misses debt payment, setting up potential bankruptcy filing

A struggling subsidiary of Sinclair Broadcast Group that owns regional sports networks has opted to miss a debt payment due Wednesday, setting up a potential bankruptcy reorganization.

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