Editor-in-Chief
Eleanor Vance
Eleanor Vance is Editor-in-Chief of The Arena Journal. She founded the publication in 2020 to cover sport as an industry rather than a scoreboard.
2 articles
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15 SEP2026Markets
The Franchise Premium Has Stopped Rising
For two decades, sporting assets appreciated faster than the revenue beneath them. Three consecutive quarters of control transactions suggest that relationship has broken.
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20 DEC2022Opinion
A World Cup in December, and the Calendar It Broke
Moving the game’s largest event to midwinter was presented as a scheduling adjustment. It was a demonstration that the international calendar is set by whoever is paying.

