P&L district to host mixed martial arts events
Posted: Tue Feb 09, 2010 5:14 pm
Sounds quite cool
"In the shadow of Sprint Center, the Kansas City Power & Light District will hold four mixed-martial arts events that will be nationally televised.
The Cordish Co., the Baltimore-based developer of the downtown entertainment district, has formed a stregic venue partnership with Bellator Fighting Championships. The mixed-martial arts promotion, which airs on FOX Sports Net, NBC and Telemundo, has agreed to bring four events to Kansas City this year, Cordish said in a release. The events will be shown live in prime time to 92 million homes, then condensed for later viewing.
The Kansas City events are expected to bring more than 1,000 hotel room nights and a projected net economic benefit of more than $2 million. The dates are April 29, June 24, Aug. 26 and Oct. 14.
The partnership is Cordish’s first with a sports organization to host nationally televised live sports events at any of the developer’s open-air, mixed-use venues, which are in various U.S. cities, the release said. But the parties are discussing expanding the partnership to other Cordish venues nationwide."
http://kansascity.bizjournals.com/kansa ... rround=lfn
"In the shadow of Sprint Center, the Kansas City Power & Light District will hold four mixed-martial arts events that will be nationally televised.
The Cordish Co., the Baltimore-based developer of the downtown entertainment district, has formed a stregic venue partnership with Bellator Fighting Championships. The mixed-martial arts promotion, which airs on FOX Sports Net, NBC and Telemundo, has agreed to bring four events to Kansas City this year, Cordish said in a release. The events will be shown live in prime time to 92 million homes, then condensed for later viewing.
The Kansas City events are expected to bring more than 1,000 hotel room nights and a projected net economic benefit of more than $2 million. The dates are April 29, June 24, Aug. 26 and Oct. 14.
The partnership is Cordish’s first with a sports organization to host nationally televised live sports events at any of the developer’s open-air, mixed-use venues, which are in various U.S. cities, the release said. But the parties are discussing expanding the partnership to other Cordish venues nationwide."
http://kansascity.bizjournals.com/kansa ... rround=lfn