No Place Like Home By Greg Echlin There’s a short phrase often heard these days when a team looks within its own locker room for the extra oomph necessary to put it over the top: “taking ownership.” But that phrase is literally the case between the PGA of America and the Valhalla Golf Club in […]
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Wrestling Grapples With Its Future By Greg Mellen There is no doubt that wrestling has been taken to the mat in recent years. But, symbolic of its warrior roots, it keeps scrambling to its feet to fight on. In 2013, the International Olympic Committee delivered a body slam to wrestling when it was shockingly dropped […]
Continue ReadingCatching Hold of the Best By Lisa Clifton The cities of the South-Atlantic states are distinguished by a combination of charm, hospitality and cuisine. That valuable mixture, alone, is enough to keep tourism numbers booming. But toss in a long tradition of event experience and versatile top-tier venues, and organizers have all the makings of […]
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Safe at Home By Vanessa Hughes The last time the Minnesota Twins hosted the Major League Baseball All-Star Game in 1985, Joe Mauer was just 2 years old. Back then, the game was held at the Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome in downtown Minneapolis, and Mauer, a Twin Cities native, was running around in diapers but […]
Continue ReadingGlobal Destinations Make a Splash By Lisa Clifton Global destinations make for truly world-class experiences. In taking events abroad, organizers can offer athletes and their families singular experiences at renowned sports venues in distinctive city atmospheres with unique cultural attractions. From continental hot spots to tropical islands, these international destinations are strong contenders for extraordinary […]
Continue ReadingSoftball Makes Its Pitch For the Future By Zoie Clift Softball, especially fastpitch, remains popular as a participation sport, despite being dropped from the Olympic program after the 2008 Olympic Summer Games. Last year, baseball and softball teamed up in an effort to regain a spot on the 2020 Olympic program, but their bid failed […]
Continue ReadingKicking It Up in the Mountains By Lisa Clifton Ideally situated amid naturally diverse landscapes, the cities of the Mountain West lend themselves equally to a varied number of sports. For event organizers, the lay of the land yields limitless possibilities when it comes to tournaments and championships as well as options for rest and […]
Continue ReadingRising Up in the Great Plains By Lisa Clifton On the vast Great Plains, communities rose out of determination and a strong work ethic, two qualities that also developed the region’s sports scene, which can boast its fair share of championship teams, athletes and venues. And a big plus to holding a sports event in […]
Continue ReadingNew Approaches The numbers alone are staggering: 3.9 million participants, 225,000 teams on leagues in 11 sports and more than 40,000 tournaments per year. The United States Specialty Sports Association, more commonly known as USSSA (and even more commonly pronounced as “U-Triple-S-A”), has evolved into one of the largest sports organizations in the country. Initially […]
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Jetpack Racing League Preps for Takeoff
A jetpack manufacturing company continues to propel its plans to host events and eventually create a new racing league.
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The loss of Corey Peterson, @theonlycP, was a shock to many in the sports-events industry. A reflection here from @SportsTravel Executive Editor and Publisher Jason Gewirtz on his own relationship and the ones that many make in the industry.
The final day of TEAMS '24 featured four sessions that covered women's sports in the growing spotlight, the decade ahead in sports related travel, women's sports working toward NCAA championship sanctioning and Olympic sports that are ready for 2028.
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