MONSTER ENERGY SUPERCROSS FROM METLIFE MAKES FIRST LIVE APPEARANCE ON FOX
Media Day from Grand Central Terminal Highlighted
on FOX Sports 1's AMERICA'S PREGAME
AURORA, Ill. (April 22, 2015) - The penultimate race of the 2015 Monster Energy AMA Supercross, an FIM World Championship, season airs live on FOX on Saturday, April 25 (3:00 PM ET / Noon PT), marking the first time the Feld Motor Sports-promoted and produced race from MetLife Stadium airs live on the broadcast network.
"A lot of racing series have explored opportunities to present their events in and around the highly coveted New York City market without much success," said Patrick Crakes, FOX Sports SVP of Programming, Research and Content Strategy. "Monster Energy Supercross, on the other hand, rolls into its second year at MetLife Stadium, opening with Media Day at iconic Grand Central Terminal, before racing Saturday afternoon at the Meadowlands. It provides us a great opportunity to highlight a sports property we are very bullish on to the largest audience possible."
Monster Energy Supercross on FOX 30-second promo: http://youtu.be/hoZ7pP5JONQ
"This is a milestone for Monster Energy Supercross, and to take place in the world's number-one media market in the country will showcase the brand and its elite field of riders on a platform such as FOX's broadcast network illustrates the rising popularity of the sport," said Ken Hudgens, COO, Feld Motor Sports.
Justin Kutcher hosts FOX Sports coverage, with veteran supercross broadcaster Ralph Sheheen providing play-by-play, Motorcycle Hall of Fame riders Jeff Emig and Ricky Carmichael offering insight and analysis and Jenny Taft reporting from the pits. Coverage from Media Day at Grand Central Terminal airs on FOX Sports 1's nightly program, AMERICA'S PREGAME, with post-race highlights on FOX SPORTS LIVE.
The FOX Sports/Feld Motor Sports broadcast arsenal offers a robust lineup of cameras covering the fast-moving, high-flying motorcycle series, including 14 manned cameras, counting two high-speed X-MO cameras, two robotic cameras, a jib, two point-of-view cameras and the award-winning Spidercam.
Anchoring a full day of motor sports on FOX, the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race from Richmond airs Saturday night at 6:00 PM ET.
FOX Sports GO, the critically acclaimed app that provides live streaming video of FOX Sports content at home or on the go, now is available in 70 million households and offers live streaming of all Monster Energy Supercross races, including Saturday's race from MetLife Stadium. Customers of participating video providers may access the live stream of the race through the FOX Sports GO app for iOS, Android, Fire Tablets and Fire Phones, Amazon Fire TV and Fire TV Stick, select Windows devices, and on desktops through FOXSportsGO.com. Fans can download the mobile app for free from the iTunes App Store, Google Play, Amazon App Store and Windows Store.
Following the race at MetLife Stadium, the season finale airs live from Las Vegas' Sam Boyd Stadium on FOX Sports 1 on Saturday, May 2 (10:00 PM ET). For more information on Monster Energy Supercross, please visit www.supercrosslive.com and follow on @SupercrossLIVE, @FOXSports and #SXonFOX on Twitter.
During the 2015 Monster Energy Supercross season, FOX Sports 1 televises 12 races live and FOX Sports 2 televises three races live. Each race includes a next-day re-air on FOX Sports 1.
As a precursor to the live television, don't forget to catch all of the pre-race coverage with Supercross Race Day Live presented by AMSOIL, which streams on SupercrossLive.com from 12:50 PM to 4:30 PM local race time each Saturday during the season. Practice, qualifying, behind the scenes features and key rider interviews are highlighted on the Supercross Race Day Live presented by AMSOIL webcast.
About Feld Motor Sports(R)
Feld Motor Sports, Inc. is the world leader in specialized arena and stadium-based motor sports entertainment. Feld Motor Sports productions include Monster Jam(R), Monster Energy Supercross, AMSOIL Arenacross and Nuclear Cowboyz(R). Feld Motor Sports is a division of Feld Entertainment, the world's largest producer of live family entertainment. Official Monster Truck Series only at Monster Jam. For more information on Feld Entertainment, visit www.feldentertainment.com.
About FOX Sports
FOX Sports is the umbrella entity representing 21st Century FOX's wide array of multi-platform US-based sports assets. Built with brands capable of reaching more than 100 million viewers in a single weekend, FOX Sports includes ownership and interests in linear television networks, digital and mobile programming, broadband platforms, multiple web sites, joint-venture businesses and several licensing partnerships. FOX Sports includes the sports television arm of the FOX Broadcasting Company; FOX Sports 1; FOX Sports 2; Fox's 22 regional sports networks, their affiliated regional web sites and FSN national programming; FOX Soccer Plus and FOX Soccer 2Go; FOX Deportes and FOX College Sports. In addition, FOX Sports also encompasses FOX Sports Digital, which includes FOXSports.com, FOX Sports GO, Whatifsports.com and Yardbarker.com. Also included in the Group are FOX's interests in joint-venture businesses Big Ten Network and BTN 2Go, as well as licensing agreements that establish the FOX Sports Radio Network.
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