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The 2024 NFL Draft generated an estimated $213.6 million economic impact for the city of Detroit and region, including $161.3 million from visitors coming to Southeast Michigan, according to Visit Detroit and the Detroit Sports Commission. The study of the 2024 NFL Draft was developed by Dr. Patrick Rishe, director of the Sports Business Program […]
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Ripken Baseball and Walt Disney World Resort have agreed to host youth baseball experiences at ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex in the summers of 2025 and 2026, involving four week-long tournaments each year. The first tournament will be staged June 8–13, 2025. Week 2 will be held from June 15–20; Week 3 from June […]
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Ironman has announced that Penticton, British Columbia, will host its final edition of the Ironman Canada triathlon before the event moves to its new location in Ottawa in 2025. Penticton, which first hosted the full-distance Ironman Canada triathlon from 1983 to 2012 and again beginning in 2022, will host its last Ironman event on August […]
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The 2026 State Games of America will take place in State College, Pennsylvania, in collaboration with the Happy Valley Sports and Entertainment Alliance and the National Congress of State Games. Happy Valley would host the competition July 28 through August 2, 2026, in coordination with and the Keystone State Games. The multi-sport Olympic-style sports festival […]
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The city of Phoenix has announced the formation of the Phoenix Sports & Events Commission, anchored by Visit Phoenix, to work with community organizations and stakeholders to extend its reach to youth, amateur and collegiate tournaments. Operating as a division of Visit Phoenix, the commission is set to recruit an executive director and appoint an […]
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Australia’s National Rugby League has announced its plans for the Rugby League Las Vegas Festival 2025, which will include more games, teams, nations and opportunities for traveling supporters than ever before. The four-game schedule will be played at Allegiant Stadium on March 1, 2025, and will be the NRL’s second trip to Sin City in […]
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The organizing committee for the 2024 Olympic Summer Games in Paris has revealed backup plans for open-water events if the Seine River remains unsuitable for swimming due to unsafe levels of E. coli. Triathlon and marathon swimming events are scheduled to take place in the river but rising levels of bacteria have been detected in […]
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Visit Tampa Bay and German soccer club FC St. Pauli have announced a partnership that will include media opportunities and Visit Tampa Bay activations at Millerntor Stadium in Hamburg. The two-year deal starts this summer as St. Pauli won the 2. Bundesliga League championship earlier this year and was promoted to the Bundesliga for the […]
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SailGP has unveiled its 2024–2025 season calendar featuring three events in the United States, as well as new events in Brazil, Germany, Switzerland and Auckland, New Zealand. The United States will have three SailGP events early in the season schedule. The Los Angeles Sail Grand Prix will take place March 15–16, 2025, followed the next […]
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Jamie Davis, the outgoing chief executive officer at USA Volleyball, has been approved as the new chief executive officer at USA Water Polo effective October 1 after a recent meeting of the USA Water Polo Board of Directors. Davis will depart his role at USA Volleyball in late September after an eight-year run. His hiring […]
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Rob Stull, the newly elected president of @WorldPentathlon, says a venue for the sport in the 2028 Olympic Summer Games is among the top priorities as the international federation’s new president.
The 2025 Rady Children’s Invitational tournament in @SportsSDtourism will include the Kansas Jayhawks, Florida Gators, Providence Friars and Wisconsin Badgers.
AAU College Hockey’s 2025 National Championship will take place at the Community First Igloo in Jacksonville, Florida.
USA Pentathlon Multisport has named Scimitar Apparel as the official competition apparel sponsor for Team USA.
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