ESPN Plaza
| ESPN Plaza[1] | |
|---|---|
| Map Interactive map of the ESPN Plaza[1] area | |
| General information | |
| Type | Film and television production studio |
| Location | 935 Middle Street Bristol, Connecticut 06010 |
| Coordinates | 41°38′52′′N 72°54′8′′W / 41.64778°N 72.90222°W / 41.64778; -72.90222 |
| Opening | September 7, 1979 |
| Owner | |
ESPN Plaza, sometimes referred to as the ESPN Campus[1] , is a television production complex located in Bristol, Connecticut. The complex houses production and broadcasting facilities for ESPN, LLC including its ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU, ESPNews, ESPN Radio, ESPN Deportes, SEC Network, and the ACC Network networks along with the ESPN+ and ESPN Unlimited streaming services and studio segments for ESPN on ABC broadcasts. The facility is also where its SportsCenter and E:60 studio programs are broadcast from.[2] In total, the complex spans 1,319,473 square feet.[3]
History
[edit ]ESPN was originally founded by Bill Rasmussen, his son Scott Rasmussen, and 43-year-old eye doctor and Aetna insurance agent Ed Eagan. In the process of looking for a headquarters for what was Entertainment and Sports Programming (ESP), They originally began looking for land in Plainville, however, due to an ordinance that prohibited satellite dishes, ESP could not settle there.[4] Instead, they chose to buy a parcel of land for 18,000ドル in Bristol that had been built on a dump, the satellite signal was unaffected in the area, making it an ideal location.[4] Getty Oil provided funding to buy the plot of land and would eventually purchase the network from the Rasmussens on February 22, 1979.[5] The studio opened on September 7, 1979 with the first program being filmed at the venue being the premiere edition of SportsCenter which was taped in front of a small live audience.[6]
on October 5, 2000, ESPN finalized the purchase of nine parcels in Bristol and Southington as part of an expansion for its headquarters.[7]
In July 2011, ESPN broke ground on a state-of-the-art 100ドル-million digital studio dubbed "Digital Center 2" which would operate as a data center and studio space for ESPN's various programs.[8] During the construction, ESPN was received 25ドル million in loans, grants, and tax exemptions for construction, worker training, and equipment under Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) certification.[9] The first program to be broadcast from Digital Center 2 was a Sunday night edition of SportsCenter in 2014.[10] [11]
On April 26, 2017, ESPN announced that ESPNU's studio operations would be relocated from Charlotte, North Carolina to ESPN's headquarters in Bristol, Connecticut. The SEC Network and ESPN Events's production facilities would remain in Charlotte.[12] [13] [14] [15]
References
[edit ]- ^ a b "Address Information". ESPN.
- ^ Pat Eaton-Robb (September 12, 2012). "ESPN's SportsCenter to air its 50,000th show". The Boston Globe . Boston Globe Media Ventures, LLC. Archived from the original on January 15, 2014. Retrieved September 14, 2012.
- ^ "ESPN Plaza Fact Sheet". ESPN Latin America.
- ^ a b Miller & Shales, p. 13
- ^ Freeman, Michael. ESPN: The Uncensored History p. 73.
- ^ Stewart, Larry (April 19, 1988). "Dishing It Out : ESPN, the Little Network That Could, Finds There's 24-Hour Sports Audience". Los Angeles Times.
- ^ "ESPN Finalizes Land Purchase". Hartford Courant.
- ^ Lawler, Richard (August 5, 2011). "ESPN EVP and CTO Chuck Pagano opens a new facility, sees 4K sports on the horizon". Engadget.
- ^ Robles, Pablo (June 30, 2014). "ESPN's 100ドルM digital studio strives to find energy efficiencies". Hartford Business Journal. Archived from the original on August 9, 2014.
- ^ "ESPN To Debut New Digital Center For Sunday Night's "SportsCenter" Broadcast". Sports Business Journal. June 17, 2014.
- ^ Alvarez, Edgar (June 22, 2014). "This is ESPN's new home for 'SportsCenter'". Engadget.
- ^ "ESPN layoffs hit Charlotte offices". The State. Retrieved April 26, 2017.
- ^ "ESPN layoffs hit Charlotte offices". WBTV via. Charlotte Observer . April 26, 2017.
- ^ Bonesteel, Matt; Boren, Cindy (April 27, 2017). "ESPN's massive round of layoffs hit familiar faces, including Andy Katz and Britt McHenry". Washington Post. Archived from the original on April 28, 2017.
- ^ Peralta, Katherine (April 26, 2017). "ESPN layoffs hit Charlotte offices". The Charlotte Observer. Archived from the original on April 26, 2017. Retrieved April 27, 2017.
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