Kansas City Awarded 2017 Prudential U.S. Figure Skating Championships
U.S. Figure Skating has awarded Kansas City, Missouri, the 2017 Prudential. The 2017…
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U.S. Figure Skating has awarded Kansas City, Missouri, the 2017 Prudential. The 2017…
Continue ReadingMichael Massik is stepping down from his position as CEO of USA Weightlifting to…
Continue ReadingDavid Gibbons has been selected to take the helm of the Massachusetts Convention Center Authority as…
Continue ReadingThe inaugural Nitro World Games will be held at the Rice-Eccles Stadium in Salt Lake City on July 16, 2016. Created by Nitro Circus CEO and Creative Director…
Continue ReadingTim Schneider: Publisher’s Post
As I walked the aisles and thanked the exhibitors on the closing day of the TEAMS ’15 Conference & Expo held last month…
Bob Latham: Winners And Losers
Having watched on TV an NFL game held at London’s Wembley Stadium in 1986—a preseason…
Frank Supovitz: Ask The Event Doctor
SportsTravel’s Event Doctor discusses how to build a great fan festival and how to best brand…
After 14 years of hosting “The Amazing Race” on CBS, you would think that Phil Keoghan has had enough adventure. The show, where teams travel around the world completing tasks with the winners getting $1 million, has sent him around the world multiple times in 27 seasons. But there is always another story to tell. In 2009, the New Zealand–born Keoghan and a friend cycled across the United States and made a film about it as a fundraiser for multiple sclerosis research. Now he is telling the story of the 1928 Tour de France and the first English-speaking team to ride. To do it, he retraced the route on a vintage bicycle, a journey of more than 3,000 miles that will be captured in the…
Continue ReadingUCI Road World Championships
Tim Miller remembers the precise moment he knew that cycling’s 2015 UCI Road World Championships had exceeded even his high expectations. It was a Wednesday in the middle of the event, and Miller, chief operating officer of race organizer Richmond 2015, was driving a support vehicle during the men’s elite time trial. As the race threaded through…
Combat Sports Events Throw Down the Action By Zoie Clift Taekwondo, judo and karate feature dozens of marquee events that can be held in a range of venues, offering attendees an exciting look at sports with long traditions. Combat sports encompass a broad range of fighting styles, including those of taekwondo, judo and karate. Though […]
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