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MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey, will host the 2025 FIFA Club World Cup final. Photo via Associated Press
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Report: U.S. Travel System Not Ready for FIFA World Cup, Olympics

The United States needs immediate action within the travel industry ahead of the 2025 Ryder Cup, 2026 FIFA World Cup, 2028 Olympic and Paralympic Games, and other events, the U.S. Travel Association said with the release of an advocacy report. The Commission on Seamless and Secure Travel, which issued the report, is comprised of former […]

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French President Emmanuel Macron, third right, and French officials attend France's bid to host the 2030 Winter Games during the 142nd IOC session at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)

French Alps 2030 Organizing Committee Created

Edgar Grospiron, a freestyle skiing gold medalist in 1992 when France last hosted the Olympic Winter Games, will be the president of the newly-formed organizing committee for the 2030 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games. The organizing committee was officially formed on Tuesday following its inaugural General Assembly meeting in Lyon Stadium, a few days after […]

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USTA Dedicates $10 Million Toward Courts and Facilities Nationwide

The United States Tennis Association will commit an additional $10 million in grants nationwide to build, refurbish and extend playable hours on courts across the country, a four-fold increase in its existing grant program. Since 2005, the USTA’s TVS grant program has awarded more than $19 million in grants, including $1.2 million in 2024 that […]

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VisitPittsburgh and SportsPittsburgh was at media row ahead of the Super Bowl in New Orleans to promote its hosting of the 2026 NFL Draft. Photo by Matt Traub/SportsTravel

Pittsburgh Already Promoting 2026 NFL Draft

NEW ORLEANS — Amongst the faux brick façade promoting this spring’s NFL Draft in Green Bay, the tech-focused booth showcasing the host of next year’s Super Bowl and the folks in New Orleans promoting its 11th Super Bowl hosting before the Philadelphia Eagles’ win was a multi-colored booth making sure people knew just how far out […]

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Spectators make their way home after play had been suspended due to heavy rain during the second day of the first cricket test match between Australia and South Africa at the Gabba stadium in Brisbane, Australia in 2012. The cricket stadium that Brisbane Olympics backers pitched as the centerpiece venue for the 2032 Summer Games is set to be demolished and rebuilt.(AP Photo/Tertius Pickard, File)

Brisbane 2032 Olympics Venue Decision Coming in March

A venue plan for the 2032 Olympic and Paralympic Summer Games will be unveiled in March, the local government said on Tuesday, after a dramatic months-long debate between political parties. Brisbane was awarded the Games in 2021 immediately before the pandemic-delayed Games in Tokyo. Australian Olympic Committee Chief Executive Matt Carroll said this month that […]

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Sports Events Up for Bid

  Welcome to the SportsTravel Bid Bowl. Here you will find a list of events that are actively seeking hosts, with RFPs from regional, national and international sports-event organizers who are looking to partner with destinations in the future. To find out about each item below, click on “More Information” to get details about what […]

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Utah Governor Spencer Cox announces the formation of the local organizing committee for the 2034 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games along with USOPC CEO Sarah Hirshland, Executive Chair and President Fraser Bullock, CEO Brad Wilson and Vice Chair Steve Starks. Photo by Matt Traub/SportsTravel

Salt Lake City-Utah 2034 Announces Organizing Committee

SALT LAKE CITY — 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 on Friday at the Utah State Capitol. Bullock served as chief […]

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From left, Keegan Palmer, X Games CEO Jeremy Bloom, Hannah Roberts and Ryan Sheckler talk about the X Games coming to Salt Lake City in June at the Utah State Fairpark. Photo by Matt Traub/SportsTravel

2025 X Games Heading to Salt Lake City

SALT LAKE CITY — The 30th anniversary summer of the X Games has expanded to a third event as the action sports festival will be in Salt Lake City at the Utah State Fairpark and Event Center. X Games Salt Lake City will be held from June 27–29, the second of three X Games events […]

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IITA Summit
Mark Topley, right, New York Yankees associate director, strategic ticket sales and tourism, talks during a panel discussion on Wednesday at the International Inbound Travel Association summit in Salt Lake City. Also on the panel from left is Luisa Mendoza, Global Tourism Sports and Entertainment founder and chief executive officer; Jeff Gayduk, Premier Travel Media president and Brandon Furyk, Onward Travel Group vice president. Photo by Matt Traub/SportsTravel

International Sports Tourism’s Impact Praised by Panels

SALT LAKE CITY — Given the number of major sporting events coming to the United States over the next decade, the ability for destinations to attract new international travelers and use that initial experience to develop deeper connections was a central theme at the International Inbound Travel Association’s annual summit. The Power of Sports Tourism […]

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NFL commissioner Roger Goodell, third right poses with, left to right, Zaileen Janmohamed, president and CEO of the Bay Area Host Committee, San Jose Mayor Matt Mahan, Jed York, San Francisco 49ers CEO, Al Guido, 49ers President and BAHC Board President and Noah Wintroub, Global Chairman of JPMorgan and BAHC Board Chairman, during a news conference the morning after Super Bowl 59 between the Philadelphia Eagles and the Kansas City Chiefs, Monday, Feb. 10, 2025, in New Orleans. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
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Bay Area’s Big 2026: Organizing the Super Bowl and FIFA World Cup

NEW ORLEANS — Throughout preparations ahead of next summer’s FIFA World Cup, organizers have trumpeted every match as being like a Super Bowl. That means the Bay Area will host six Super Bowls in the summer — after the actual Super Bowl in February 2026. “There’s something really exciting about it,” Bay Area Host Committee […]

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