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The Oakland A’s have made the next move toward relocating to Las Vegas, announcing that the team has signed a binding agreement to purchase 49 acres of land near the Las Vegas Strip for the site of a future ballpark. In a statement, the team, which for years has negotiated with the city of Oakland […]
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Cisco has been named the Official Network Infrastructure Provider of the FIFA Women’s World Cup 2023, which will be held in Australia and New Zealand. Under terms of the deal, Cisco will deliver a secure network to connect the entire tournament ecosystem – from the venues to operations to administration to media – and power the delivery […]
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The U.S. Soccer Federation and the Mexican Football Federation will bid to co-host the 2027 FIFA Women’s World Cup. The federations have until May 19 to submit an initial bidding agreement, but the federations have announced what would be a historic co-hosting and a potential return of the event to North America for the first […]
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SBD World’s Strongest Man has announced its 2023 partners for the competition that includes 30 of the world’s top strongmen facing off in series of strength-related events as the competition prepares to be held in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, April 19–23. The series’ longtime partners SBD, Rogue, KNAACK and REIGN Total Body Fuel will return […]
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The inaugural World Baseball Classic took place in 2006. In 2023 — as many 17-year-olds do — it came of age, capturing the attention of both baseball traditionalists and the general sports fan, while converting elite American-born players to the value of international play. Americans have always been slower than our foreign counterparts to revel […]
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Brandon McClish has been named executive director of the Evansville (Indiana) Regional Sports Commission and will begin work in his new role on May 15. For the past five years, he has served as general manager for Learfield Sports at the University of Evansville. He previously worked as the director of operations and sales for […]
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Northstar Meetings Group and Compete Sports Diversity have renewed their agreement for a three-year term to host the members of Compete to attend the TEAMS Conference & Expo, both to conduct business specific to the group as well as for individual event organizers to meet with destinations, venues and suppliers interested in LGBTQ+ sports events. […]
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According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), 26 percent of adults in the United States — or a total of 61 million people — have some type of disability. Of those 61 million Americans, only 17 percent are born with their disability while 83 percent acquire their disabilities through a health diagnosis […]
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As travel comes roaring back, a wide range of destinations are reaping the benefits. Throughout the year, thought leaders from across Northstar Travel Group, including Sports Division Vice President and SportsTravel Executive Editor and Publisher Jason Gewirtz, will discuss issues throughout the industry. Other Northstar thought leaders include: Mary Pat Sullivan, Executive Vice President of […]
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For years, the Sports & Fitness industry Association has studied which sports people participate in and how often. Perhaps just as important, they also track the number of people who say they don’t participate in anything at all. For professionals in the sports-event industry, there is a tremendous amount of interesting data in the SFIA’s […]
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Fraser Bullock was officially named executive chair and president for the Organizing Committee for the 2034 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games in Salt Lake City while former Utah Speaker of the House Brad Wilson was named as chief executive officer.
The @MountainWest Conference, in partnership with the Arizona Sports and Entertainment Commission, will host the 2025 Credit Union 1 Baseball Championship at Sloan Park in @VisitMesa, Arizona, May 21–24.
.@usavolleyball has announced that Denver will host the 2025 ParaVolley Pan America Sitting Volleyball Zonal Championships on May 24–28, an event which will run alongside the 2025 USA Volleyball Open National Championship.
The Sports Facilities Companies has been selected to operate Destination KP, a new youth sports venue located on Long Island, New York, withTim O’Connell appointed as general manager.
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