By Mark Pazniokas
NBC and Gov. Dannel P. Malloy pulled back the curtain today on details of a long-rumored deal to bring NBC Sports from Rockefeller Center to a sprawling, 32-acre campus in Stamford where Clairol once produced and distributed hair products.
Gov. Dannel P. Malloy and Mark Lazarus of NBC. Ctmirror.org photo
Months after giving $25 million to ESPN, the Malloy Administration has promised $20 million to rival NBC, the sweetener in a deal to bring 450 jobs to a city that already was home to elements of NBC and its new owner, Comcast.
The new home of NBC Sports will occupy part of a 770,000-square foot complex south of I-95 that a real-estate partnership purchased from Proctor & Gamble in 2010 with the intent of establishing a film, television and video production center.
The project now has its marquee tenant: a growing NBC Sports Group, whose assets include Versus, the 24-hour sports cable network owned by Comcast that is to rebranded in January as the NBC Sports Network.
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