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Mall Parking Lots Now Revenue Streams For Owners

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As the pandemic upends their entire business model, malls are turning to their own parking lots as new sources of revenue for events like outdoor concerts or drive-in movies, CNBC reports. The move, on the part of many event organizers, is intended to replace how they would normally rent out space in a mall or other venue.

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With Curfews Descending, Uber And Others Suspend Services

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Uber issued a statement on its efforts to aid people during the current events going on. Dallas, Houston, Miami, Orlando, Tampa Bay, Philadelphia, Phoenix, Tacoma and Seattle. Lyft is also following guidance of the curfews and DoorDash will be pausing operations during those hours, too.

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Data: Americans Were On The Road Again Over Holiday Weekend

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In response to the virus, some state leaders moved to cancel events that would have been staples in normal times, such as California Gov.

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How Collectives Aim To Make Cities Into Blockchain Centers

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In terms of events that put Austin on the map, the city hosts a Formula One race and is, of course, home to the annual music/tech/culture festival known as South by Southwest (SXSW). And, while the organization has a love for the capital of Texas, it is also connected with groups in other cities such as Houston as well as Dallas.

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Path To World Series Brings Changes To Online Gambling

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Baseball, as a whole, is not nearly as popular with wagerers as is football, and the World Series doesn’t even crack top-five lists of the most popular sporting events as measured by gambling. million on the Houston Astros to win the 2019 World Series. Payments Innovation.

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Float Hybrid And Building A Better Bridge Between Music And Beer

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There is little worse at a concert or music festival event that the realization one has to leave their seat or standing area — and venture forth to go buy a beer. And for the Free Press Summer Festival in Houston , the branded digital experience they needed was, well, beer. Mobile beer ordering, specifically.

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NFL Unveils 2020 Schedule But Questions Persist

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10 as the defending Super Bowl champion Kansas City Chiefs host the Houston Texans in a rematch of the American Football Conference Divisional playoffs, according to the NFL. Are you ready for some football? The National Football League’s 101st season begins in prime time on Sept. Or will it? “In