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SailGP 2024-25

SailGP 2024–2025 Schedule Includes Three U.S. Stops

SailGP has unveiled its 2024–2025 season calendar featuring three events in the United States, as well as new events in Brazil, Germany, Switzerland and Auckland, New Zealand. The United States will have three SailGP events early in the season schedule. The Los Angeles Sail Grand Prix will take place March 15­–16, 2025, followed the next […]

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Jamie Davis USA Water Polo

Jamie Davis Named Chief Executive Officer at USA Water Polo

Jamie Davis, the outgoing chief executive officer at USA Volleyball, has been approved as the new chief executive officer at USA Water Polo effective October 1 after a recent meeting of the USA Water Polo Board of Directors. Davis will depart his role at USA Volleyball in late September after an eight-year run. His hiring […]

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LACC

LA Convention Center Expansion Moves Forward Ahead of 2028 Olympics

The Los Angeles City Council has voted to move the LA Convention Center Expansion and Modernization Project forward with plans to have the project finished before the 2028 Olympic and Paralympic Summer Games. The Council approved contracts with a joint venture of AEG and The Plenary Group to complete the project before the LA28 Games […]

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Paris 2024 Closing Ceremony

Paris 2024 Plans Large Event for Closing Ceremony

As Paris readies to put on a show for the Opening Ceremony of the 2024 Olympic Summer Games on July 26, the host city also has a spectacle planned for the Closing Ceremony as well. On August 11, the Stade de France will be transformed into a concert hall featuring over 100 performers, acrobats, dancers […]

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CityConnect

EventConnect Unveils CityConnect Platform

EventConnect has announced the launch of its CityConnect platform in partnership with SportsPittsburgh, Sports Salt Lake and Visit Mesa to become the preferred housing provider for each destination in addition to providing data and insights. “I see SportsPittsburgh’s alliance with EventConnect as a game-changer,” said Jennifer Hawkins, executive director of SportsPittsburgh. “Their combined services cater […]

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NWSL Thorns Current Soccer
With the skyline of Kansas City behind them, both teams line up before the start of an NWSL match between the Kansas City Current and the Portland Thorns FC at the new CPKC Stadium March 16, 2024, in Kansas City, Mo. (AP Photo/Reed Hoffmann)

2024 NWSL Championship Heads to CPKC Stadium in Kansas City

CPKC Stadium, home of the current league leaders Kansas City Current and the first soccer-specific stadium built for a women’s club, will host the NWSL 2024 championship game on November 23. Opened in March of 2024 near downtown Kansas City, CPKC Stadium has a capacity of 11,500 fans and no seat more than 100 feet […]

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Experience Kissimmee Jaguars

Experience Kissimmee Extends Partnership With Jacksonville Jaguars

Experience Kissimmee and the NFL’s Jacksonville Jaguars have extended its partnership with Experience Kissimmee as the official travel destination of the team. Experience Kissimmee launched new annual benefits domestically with the team this season and continued their support for the UK player tour throughout Bristol, Manchester and Dublin in June. In addition to the UK […]

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Jonathan Walker

Jonathan Walker Named Senior Director of Sports Sales at Rhode Island Sports Commission

The Providence Warwick Convention & Visitors Bureau has promoted Jonathan Walker to senior director of sports sales within the Rhode Island Sports Commission. Walker, who joined the team in 2019, served as sports sales manager before a promotion to director of sports sales in July 2023. In his role, he oversees the sales, marketing and […]

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NHL 2024-25 schedule

NHL Releases Full 2024–2025 Schedule With Special Events

The National Hockey League 2024–2025 regular season will start in Europe and include games in multiple countries, new venues, the inaugural 4 Nations Face-Off and the first action of the relocated Utah Hockey Club. The season begins October 4, when the Buffalo Sabres play the New Jersey Devils in the 2024 NHL Global Series at […]

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IFSC Finland

Helsinki to Host 2025 IFSC Youth World Championship

The International Federation of Sport Climbing Youth World Championships is headed back to Europe for the 2025 edition as Helsinki will welcome hundreds of young climbers from July 28 through August 3 with competition split up at two venues. The KiipeilyAreena Ristikko — one of the largest climbing gyms in Northern Europe — will host […]

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