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The company behind the NFL’s Super Bowl 50 Stadium App promises to deliver fans attending the big game a high-tech experience fitting for the Silicon Valley setting.

The San Francisco Bay area is in for a big payday this week as tens of thousands of tourists descend on the region ahead of Super Bowl 50 at Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara. But experts are divided on exactly how much of a benefit the Big Game really provides for a local economy.

Football fans can place money on everything from whether Panthers quarterback Cam Newton will have a record-setting performance to which song Coldplay will play first during this year’s halftime show.

Super Bowl 50 tickets are slightly cheaper on the secondary market than they were about a week ago, according to data from resale sites.

The Yankees are an investor in a New York expansion soccer team, majority-owned by English Premier League club Manchester City.

The Maryland-based apparel company nearly doubled its footwear sales in the fourth quarter of 2015, thanks largely to the explosive popularity of the “Curry 2” basketball sneaker.

Of the estimated $4.2 billion in bets that will be placed on this year’s Super Bowl, $4.1 billion, or about 97 percent, will be wagered illegally, according to the American Gaming Association.

On FOX Business Network’s Mornings with Maria, Drone Racing League CEO Nicholas Horbaczewski discussed the new professional drone racing league.

Analysts are lowering their short-term expectations for Under Armour amid concerns that unseasonably warm winter weather is negatively impacting apparel sales, but most remain optimistic about the company’s long-term outlook.

The Red Sox wrapped up a World Series title with a 6-1 win over the Cardinals. Major League Baseball and FOX also won big, recording a 17% gain in television viewers for the entire Series.

The National Football League is looking into the possibility of selling television rights to some Thursday games, an executive told Reuters.

The sports network is abandoning the international version of the X Games that featured games in Spain, Germany, Brazil and France.