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GOVERNMENT HOSPITALITY CONTRACTING e D.C. reported the • Booz AlJen Hamil- number of vi sitars ton agreed to sell its last year was up 5 state and local govern- percent. page IS ment transportation business to CH2M • Montgomery Coun- Hill for $28.5 million. ty unveiled a tourism Online campaign around the U.S. Open Champion- ship. Page 15 ECONOMIC • Marriott's board DEVELOPMENT increased the com- pany's stock buyback • Virginia opened a program by 25 million trade office in Shang- shares. Online hal. Page 14 e Jl\ MOVing Services SPORTSBUSINESS If,,~~t~~~~;~ 100.000 $)u .... r~ lind f.l'lI$ 10 add 130 ~:i;~:,~~~ ... University of Maryland Athlellc Director Kevin Anderson, left, poses with Mark Turgeon, who was officially Introduced as the men's C!fIIp q~ J'''$ 14 colors: ;tnd un rOI1l"- basketball head coach in an hourlong news conference May U. Photo courtesy University of MaryJand, College Park ">solO e Gary Wuliams REAL ESTATE resigned as Maryland basketball coach after Out with the old • A Tishman Speyer 22 years. Page 3 affiliate bought 1300 N. 17th St. in ArliIlgton UniversIty of Maryland for about $2OS million Court re-order from Beacon Capital GOVERNMENT Mark Turgeon, Texas A&M, replaces Gary Partners. Page 22 Williams; who had a 461-252 record In i2 eViIginiaGov.Bob seasons and 14 NCAA appearances ,Induding • A House subcom- McDonnell asked the nabbing the 'national championship In 2002. mitteechainnan Defense Department Major realignment of are,a's to delay the planned introduced a blU that Gearge Mason University lakes a different ap- September move of coaches could affect donations, ticket sales proach to the civilian thousands of employ· Paul Hewitt, Georgla'T.Cli, replaces )Im property board than ees to Mark Center. Larr.",aga, who'went 273-164 in i4 seasons the Obama adminis- Online and had five NCM appearances, Including a tration does. Page 25 By Tierney Plumb hook in more fans. The 36-year-old athletic : Clnderelta sprint to the ~nal Four In 2006. and campus event facility recently wrapped HEALTH CARE up an extensive two-year renovation. G""rge W.. ~ington UniversIty TECHNOLOGY e Members ofNa· Four local schools have lost their coUege bas­ "Being in the heart ofD.C., there are count­ , Mike Lon~rgan, Vermont CitamoUnts, e Widget-maker tional Nurses United ketball coaches fn less than a month, raising less opportunities for students off campus: replaces Kart Hobbs, who in 10 seasons went Clearspring Technolo- ratified a labor con- questions about the linanciallmpact of the said Steven Knapp, president of the univer­ 166-129 and made three NCAA appearances. gies ralsed S20 million tractwith Washington region's biggest offseason college basketball Sity. "We want to rebuild a sense of commu· In a funding round Jed Hospital Center. shake-up in recent memory. U.S. Naval Academy IJage14 nity on campus. We want to use the athletic by Institutional Ven- Three of the four schools - University of program to attract people." The AnnapOlis school must replace Billy ture Partners to boost • The new owner Maryland, and The university hopes part of that draw is lange, who complied a 92-115 record in hJring and expand its seven seasons with no NCAA appearances. products. Page 14 of two Inova nUTS- George Washington University - have al­ new coach Mike Lonergan, a Washington­ ready named rep]acements to command one area native whose idol while playing at The ~f~~~~~~~ ~oew of their biggest revenue generators. The U.S. Catholic University of America in the 1980s VENTURE CAPITAL sites in Oakton and 5terUng. Pag~ 6 Naval Academy, whose coach was the most was Red Auerbach, then GW's head coach recent departure after resigning May 9, is still and later an NBA coaching legend. GW gram as 'Garyland:" • Maryland infor- e A D.C. Hospllal on the prowl for a new one. poached Lonergan using a top-notch search As a result, Maryland's athledc program is mation technology Association reporl company Healthcare Analysts say the financial ripple effects, committee that included New York Yankees bracing for Jower attendance. But it also sees sHowed admJssions from alumni donations to ticket sales, will President Randy Levine. a silver lining in its new face, Mark Turgeon, and length of stays ~~~:~$~~j:n~ were down at all D.C. vary by athletic program, depending on George Mason roped in Paul Hewitt, a for­ fonner-head coach of Texas A&M University. Page 12 hospitals except one who's leaving and why. George Washington, mer head coach in the Atlantic Coast Confer­ "Change always creates some unknowns~" in 2010. Page 6 for instance, fired its coach after an underper­ ence, to replace , who earned said Christopher Boyer, senior associate ath­ letic director. "But it also creates buzz and ARCHITECTURE forming season, while George Mason's coach his program a big following after taking GMU • Fairfax County ap- left after a stellar NCAA tournament run for great opponunities to reintroduce our prod· proved !nova's plan to to the Final Four in 2006 and the third round • Five archltecture double the size of its a higher-profile baskethall program In Miami. this year. ucts, people and teams to new audiences and landscape firms Springfield Heallh- In many cases, these coaches were the "Any change requires some adjustment by and re-energize our longtime supporters." are~lnasolid- PJex. Online iconic faces of their spons programs# and the university fan base and coach to accli­ He said the Maryland athletic program tation to redesign the EUipse and surround- athletic directors are angling for new faces mate to a new culture," said Bob Baker, an plans to push its new coaches out in the ing areas. Page 23 to bring interested fans - and their wallets associate professor and sports management community, front and center of fans, donors. - to the court. coordinator at George Mason. "I haven't media and, most imponantly, its marketing "Everything is up in the air, in terms of heard any apprehension about the hiring of campaigns. Football season ticket sales for contributions to various collegiate athletic Coach Hewitt. The general feeling is one of next season are ahead of last year·s pace, Corrections programs and attendance: said Phil Hoch­ anticipation in the community and excite­ causing the program to credit the new coach berg, an entertainment lawyer at Potomac­ ment of what's going to happen:' - University of Connecticut's Randy Edsall, The list of bioscience empLoyers in the May 6-12 iS5ue misstated the number of empLoyees for based Shulman Rogers Ganda! Pordy & Ecker Analysts agree that filling ' who replaced Ralph Friedgen. Fisher Bioservices. It has 268 metro-area em­ PA, who represents professional and colle­ shoes after 22 years at Maryland \vill be the But most sports industry insiders agree ployees. Its sixth pLace ranking remains correct. giate spons groups and has doubled as an an­ toughest gig among the new reglon's new to the one-step instruction for keeping any nouncer at GW basketball games for 35 yean;. coaches - and toughest sell to ticket holders. school's athletic program financially healthy: In the April 29-May 6 Best Real Estate Deals, Gold Crust Baking Co. was incorrectly identified. "That said, for some schools like GW, which His departure, paired with the exlt earlier winning. ")0 general, winning cures every­ is coming off OJ so-so season, there will be a this year of Maryland's head football-coach, thing," said Matt Winkler. associate dean renewed sense of excitement." both alumni, is going 10 produce what some of Georgetown University's sports industry At your service Baskethall attendance at GW's Charles E. describe as a "seismic shift.!' management program_ "If coaches win, Ws Smith Center dropped by about half in the Williams "was_a national figure and had a Hke they invented the sport." Information about subscriptions, our products past six or so years, and the school is bank­ great deal ofloyalty at Maryland," Hochberg and contact information is on Page S3 ing on a fresh coaching staff and facility to said. "People referred to the Maryland pro· [email protected]