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2025 F1 Schedule

2025 Formula One Race Schedule Released; Six Sprint Races Revealed

Australia will return to the opening weekend for the 2025 Formula One season as the 24-race calendar has been revealed with the opening five events shuffled around. The 2025 season will start in Melbourne on March 16, followed by China on March 23 before Japan on April 6. The fourth and fifth races, respectively, will […]

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Black Hills Nationals Wrestling Tournament

Black Hills Nationals Wrestling Tournament Moving to Rapid City

The Black Hills Nationals Wrestling Tournament is moving to Rapid City from April 4–6, 2025, moving after 20 years in Spearfish, South Dakota. The Black Hills Nationals Wrestling Tournament, the Central States Fair, Inc., and the Rapid City Sports Commission made the announcement. The event draws 7,000 fans and participants and generates around $4 million […]

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Detroit Draft
The 2024 NFL Draft in Detroit set a record with 750,000 fans collectively showing up from April 25–27. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)

2024 NFL Draft Brings Detroit $213.6 Million in Estimated Economic Impact

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 Disney

Ripken Baseball Partners with Walt Disney World Resort

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 Canada

Penticton, British Columbia, to Host its Final Ironman Race in 2024

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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Happy Valley State Games

State College to Host 2026 State Games of America

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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Visit Phoenix

Visit Phoenix Creates Phoenix Sports & Events Commission

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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NRL Las Vegas 2025

Rugby League Las Vegas Festival 2025 Set for March 1

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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River Eiffel
The River Seine will be the host for the Opening Ceremony with dozens of boats floating down the regenerated area with the Eiffel Tower in the background. Photo by Matt Traub/SportsTravel

Paris Olympic Organizers Reveal Backup Plans for Swimming in Seine

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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St. Pauli FC Visit Tampa Bay
(From left) FC St. Pauli Commercial Director Wilken Engelbracht, Visit Tampa Bay Chief Marketing Officer Patrick Harrison, Visit Tampa Bay Director of Global Sales Stefanie Zinke, and AVIAREPS Germany General Manager Jürgen Salzer. (FC St. Pauli photo)

Visit Tampa Bay Partners with German Soccer Club FC St. Pauli

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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