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The Charlotte Sports Foundation and Tepper Sports & Entertainment have announced an extension of their partnership to host events at Bank of America Stadium, including the Duke’s Mayo Classic and Duke’s Mayo Bowl. Bank of America Stadium is home to the NFL’s Carolina Panthers and Major League Soccer’s Charlotte FC. In 2022, the stadium hosted […]
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The U.S. Olympic Team Trials – Marathon start time for the event on February 3, 2024, in Orlando, Florida, will be moved to 10 a.m. Eastern time after concerns were raised by runners about the original proposed start time two hours later in the day. The course will have one 2.2-mile loop and three 8-mile […]
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Virginia Tourism Corporation has announced a comprehensive impact study done with Tourism Economics shows sports tourism in Virginia generated $2.7 billion in direct spending in 2022, marking a 12% increase from 2021. The growth was driven by 12.1 million sports travelers who participated in tournaments or attended other sports related events in Virginia as spectators. […]
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XTERRA has announced it will bring its Trail Run World Championship back to Maine’s Sugarloaf Mountain in 2024. The 2024 event will mark 15 years of the championship and will be staged August 30 to September 1, offering a festival-like atmosphere in addition to the racing experience. “Our Board of Directors and local organizing committee […]
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The Sports Division of Northstar Meetings Group, organizer of the TEAMS Conference & Expo, TEAMS Europe, and the EsportsTravel Summit, has opened its bidding process to identify potential host-city partners for TEAMS and the EsportsTravel Summit. The leading conferences for sports-event and esports-event organizers, are open for the following years: TEAMS 2030–2035, and EsportsTravel Summit […]
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AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas, will host the semifinals, third-place match and championship game of the Concacaf Nations League tournament in March 2024 while Toyota Stadium in Frisco will play host to play-in matches for the 2024 Copa America during the same international window. Concacaf made the announcement on Monday ahead of the current international […]
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Nearly four years removed from the start of the pandemic, children are playing team sports less often even as progress is being made in filling gaps with girls and low-income populations. Those are the high-level takeaways from The Aspen Institute’s State of Play 2023 report, an annual analysis of national trends in the delivery of […]
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The ABB FIA Formula E World Championship has announced a return of the electric motor racing series to the United States, China and India for its 10th season in 2024. Shanghai and Hyderabad were confirmed as host cities in Season 10 of the ABB FIA Formula E World Championship following approval at the FIA World […]
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Visit Panama City Beach has appointed Richard Sanders as vice president of special projects with a focus on the development of the Panama City Beach Sports Complex. Chris O’Brien, director of sports marketing and member of the Sports Events and Tourism Association board of directors, will assume leadership of Panama City Beach sports tourism. “For […]
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In partnership with the Sports Events & Tourism Association and supported by Northstar Meetings Group and Playeasy, Stoll Strategies has released a new sports facilities report that analyzes the state of sports venues across the United States. The free report accesses Playeasy’s data to pinpoint a variety of information about sports venues across the country, […]
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Michele Kang, owner of the @WashSpirit, has pledged to give @ussoccer women’s programs $30 million over the next five years — the largest philanthropic investment in U.S. Soccer’s women’s and girls’ programs ever received.
Chattanooga Sports, which has built its sports-tourism offerings through a mix of sports, on a variety of levels, showcased its downtown walkability and outdoor activities to the industry last week at the Sports Events & Tourism Association 4S Summit.
The @thepwhlofficial has launched the PWHL Takeover Tour, a schedule of nine neutral-site regular-season games that will be played outside the league’s current host cities in 2025.
Brendan Quirk, president and chief executive officer of @usacycling, was elected chair of the National Governing Body Council on November 14. Aron McGuire, chief executive officer of @USABS, was elected vice chair.
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