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Rachel Macauley has been named the sports coordinator for PHL Sports, a division of the Philadelphia Convention and Visitors Bureau. Macauley comes from Visit Bucks County, where she spent nearly three years as project coordinator for the bureau. She also has experience as a multimedia sports journalist with the Philadelphia Sports Digest and previously worked […]
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Arnold Palmer Golf Management has announced the 2024 PGA Family Golf Championship will take place at Walt Disney World Resort’s Disney Palm Golf Course, September 28–29. Last year, the PGA of America hosted the inaugural event at PGA West in La Quinta, California, with almost 150 participants from 24 states. At the 2024 PGA Family […]
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World Athletics will start a new competition featuring a $10 million prize pool for gold medalists called ‘Ultimate Championship’ with its inaugural competition in September 2026 in Budapest. The new event will feature world champions, Olympic champions, Wanda Diamond League winners and the year’s best performing athletes against each other. World Athletics said the event […]
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The Columbus (Indiana) Area Visitors Center has hired Katherine Todd as the sports and leisure sales manager and promoted Erin Hawkins, Aurora Harvey and Sami Harvey to new positions. Todd is the current Softball Coaches Association of Indiana executive director. She has worked with Indiana USSSA softball for nearly 15 years and worked previously with […]
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The 2025 IIHF Under-18 Men’s World Championships will be held in the United States for only the fourth time with the cities of Frisco and Allen, Texas, welcoming the event from April 23 through May 3, 2025. The tournament, which consists of 29 total games, will be staged at the Comerica Center in Frisco and […]
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The ACO Cornhole World Championships in 2027 will be in Medford, Oregon, the first time the event has been held in the Pacific time zone. The event will be held at Rogue X recreation center, Travel Medford and the Southern Oregon Sports Commission have announced. The competition in 2027 will last for eight days. Medford […]
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Northstar Meetings Group has announced the upcoming hosts for the EsportsTravel Summit—the only event of its kind for esports tournament and event organizers and the destinations and venues looking to host and support their events. In 2026, the event will be held in Cincinnati, Ohio. The 2027 event will be staged in Tulsa, Oklahoma. The […]
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The 2024 EsportsTravel Summit at the Raleigh Convention Center covered a wide range of topics focused on the esports world. The luncheon session on May 30, “The Raleigh Esports Strategy,” featured Loren Gold, executive vice president of the Greater Raleigh Convention & Visitors Bureau, and Cody Elsen, esports program director at North Carolina State University. […]
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The 2024 EsportsTravel Summit at the Raleigh Convention Center, May 29–31, featured a wide range of programming that all attendees could benefit and learn from. The opening session of the 2024 Esports Travel Summit, “State of In-Person Esports Events,” covered how esports are evolving, from the professional ranks to the grassroots levels. The panel included […]
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The annual NASCAR Cup Series event at Pocono Raceway on July 14 will be called “The Great American Getaway 400 presented by VISITPA” as part of the commonwealth’s new tourism campaign. The 160-lap, 400-mile Cup Series race will highlight a weekend that also includes the Craftsman Truck Series on July 12 and the Xfinity Series […]
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.@TheUFL has announced the launch of its first expansion process for prospective markets looking to bring spring football to their communities, prioritizing fan interest, existing sports culture, geography and population and venue and infrastructure.
One of the key initiatives for Sophie Goldschmidt when she took over @usskiteam nearly three years ago was to bring more major events to the U.S. and this season is the culmination of that goal with 12 FIS events in the 2024–2025 season on American soil.
The FIVB elected Fabio Azevedo as its new president at the 39th FIVB World Congress in Porto with American Hugh McCutcheon named as secretary general. The pair detailed some of their future goals for the international federation on Tuesday.
Alina Hudak, who has worked in Miami-Dade County for more than three decades in a variety of city and county departments, will be the new president and chief executive officer for the 2026 FIFA World Cup Miami Host Committee.
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