Market snapshot: Southbay – Sarasota Herald

It also has an interesting history. During the 1960s, the area was home to Floridaland Park (FLP), the largest theme park in the Sunshine State at the time. Attractions included a Western ghost town, an Indian village, a porpoise pool and a stern-wheel riverboat. It had dolphin and water ski shows. Visitors could feed fish to sea lions in a special pool and enjoy the creatures clapping their flippers in appreciation.At its peak, as many as 5,000 tourists visited the 50-acre park a day. But financial Read more [...]

Ticketfly launches Analytics Dashboard for ticket sales data

The independent ticketing and social marketing platform Ticketfly has added yet another tool to its bag of tricks for the promoters and venues who use the site. The company's new Analytics Dashboard provides a virtual eye into the health of client ticket sales, with access to all of Ticketfly's outlets, including Web site activity, social marketing performance, and email outreach, all in real time. The Dashboard provides detailed sales information for each event, including tickets allotted, Read more [...]

£100m retirement home sale

Grainger and Frogmore to put retirement homes businesses on market Retirement home businesses worth more than £100m are to be put up for sale to capitalise on increasing interest in the sector. Listed residential landlord Grainger has appointed Deloitte to review the Capital Appreciation Trust. It bought the retirement home owner and operator in December 2006 for £71m, and could put it on the market for the same price. Fund manager Frogmore Real Estate Partners has appointed CB Richard Read more [...]

ELECTROLYSER WORTH ANOTHER CHANCE

Sandown 2.00 - Coral Charge (Registered As The Sprint Stakes) (Group 3) Margot Did had the best of the draw when making all in a Listed race over CD last month. She may find it more difficult to dominate from her wide berth in this and was a lot less impressive when just hanging on at Ayr two weeks ago. Night Carnation beat Michael Bell's filly at York in May but the positions were reversed in their latest clash and there wouldn't be much to choose between the pair if both run up to form. Kingsgate Read more [...]

Hot Property: Leading lady’s big sale

Actress Jennifer Aniston has sold her Beverly Hills estate, which had been listed for $42 million. Weeks or months can pass before a sales price appears in the public records, but area real estate agents report the Trousdale Estates home went for $35 million to $38 million. At the lower end of the price range, that's $3,500 a square foot, an area record. Designed by Hal Levitt, the restored 1970 house is nearly 10,000 square feet. It contains two living rooms, two kitchens, Read more [...]

All the Tour de France 2011 teams listed

The 98th Tour de France officially starts this Saturday at at the Passage du Gois, promising another gruelling race for the teams taking part.The 22 teams will face a race of over 3,430km over 21 stages including high mountain passes and culminating with a finish at the Champs-Élysées in Paris.But how will the teams perform and who are the favourite riders to watch? We here at the Datablog have collated the information on all the participating teams and have included riders to watch along Read more [...]

July 1: Weekend Content Preview

Ring in July and celebrate Independence Day by attending one of the events we listed in our weekend planner, posted yesterday, and browse through our list of Friday's five must-know things. 1. Free Concert – Dr. K’s Motown Revue. This summer’s free concert series is kicking off this weekend at Sayville’s Common Ground with Motown tribute group Dr. K’s Motown Revue. This group will perform at The Common Ground at Gillette Park in Sayville on Friday, July 1, at 7:00 p.m. Guests should Read more [...]