Sports: It's one very, very big business, drawing billions of fans each and every year. But where are the biggest clusters of major sports venues located, and what does that have to do with corporate facilities? Site Selection Publisher McKinley Conway investigates in this week's SiteNet Dispatch. A New Ball Game: Built in 1923, the venerable Yankee Stadium (above) will be replaced next year by a new US$1.4-billion stadium (below) that’s the most expensive ever in the U.S. The new facility will be about the same size - but with a vastly greater number of big-ticket suites. This week's SiteNet Dispatch brings readers new and exclusive stories from the May 2008 issue of Site Selection, including: Paper & Wood Products: "Eastern Seaboards" Global Free Trade Agreement Update: "Devil in the Details" Colorado: "Renewable Energy Revs Up Colorado" (Expanded Web Edition) World Reports: "Yahoo Speeds Global Moves"; plus "Freudenberg Debuts Shanghai Facility"; "P&G Plant Makes Scents in Singapore"; and "Ecolab Taps Zurich for EMEA HQ" THE SITENET DISPATCH IS SPONSORED BY: North Carolina's Touchstone Energy Cooperatives and Kentucky Cabinet for Economic Development.

Laying a Whole Lot of Wood: Sweden's Swedwood picked Danville, Va., for its first U.S. plant - an 810,000-sq.-ft. (72,250-sq.-m.) facility (pictured) that will employ almost 800 workers. There's more expansion news online in global project coverage from London-based partner Oxford Intelligence. This week's installment includes: "ClinPhone Establishes Paris Office" "Kenmore Launches Office in Finland" "Sanyo Relocates Production to China" "Novartis Opens QC Centre in Slovenia" "BNP Paribas to Grow in Emerging Markets" Calling for Corporate Real Estate Excellence: Site Selection is continuing its 54-year-old commitment to editorial excellence by launching the first Excellence in Corporate Real Estate Awards. You can nominate a colleague or client, now, by going to http://www.siteselection.com/ecreaward/ and letting our editors know about that individual's sterling achievements. The deadline for nominations is May 31st. Where In the World? This life-size statue commemorates "the world's tallest man," who stood almost nine feet (2.73 meters) tall. Can you name the city in which this statue sits? Photo: World's Largest Things Copacetic clicking, Jack Lyne Site Selection Executive Editor of Interactive Publishing

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