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Soccer Champions Tour

2023 Soccer Champions Tour Features Six European Giants

Six of the world’s most iconic soccer clubs will play the 2023 Soccer Champions Tour this summer in major markets across the United States. Spain’s Real Madrid and FC Barcelona, Italy’s Juventus Football Club and AC Milan, and England’s Arsenal and Manchester United will compete in eight matches between July 22 and August 2. The […]

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Elite Promotions Nations Cup

Chicago Nations Cup to Feature Crystal Palace, Millonarios

Elite Promotions Group will hold The Chicago Nations Cup, a preseason match between English Premier League club Crystal Palace and Categoria Primera A’s Millonarios FC out of Colombia, at SeatGeek Stadium in Bridgeview, Illinois, on July 26, as part of Palace’s U.S. tour that also includes a match against La Liga’s Sevilla at Comerica Park […]

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Indy 5K

Indianapolis to Host 2023 USATF Masters 1 Mile Championships

Indiana Sports Corp and Beyond Monumental will host the 2023 USATF Masters 1 Mile Championships on June 24 in conjunction with Beyond Monumental’s inaugural Indianapolis 5K and 10th running of the Indianapolis Monumental Mile. The one-mile course will start in downtown Indianapolis, travel past some of the city’s monuments and landmarks, then finish at the […]

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Western & Southern Open
Rendering courtesy of City of Charlotte/Mecklenburg County

Charlotte Tagged as Potential New Host for Western & Southern Open

Beemok Sports is asking the city of Charlotte to contribute roughly $130 million toward a four-stadium tennis campus at the River District. The Charleston, South Carolina, firm is looking for a new home for the Western & Southern Open. The rights to the tournament, which is currently organized in the Cincinnati area, were acquired by […]

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Myrtle Beach Classic

Visit Myrtle Beach Welcomes New PGA Tour Stop

A new PGA Tour tournament, the Myrtle Beach Classic sponsored by Visit Myrtle Beach, will debut in 2024 as part of a four-year agreement establishing the event was announced May 10 during a ceremony at The Dunes Golf and Beach Club. The Myrtle Beach Classic will be part of the PGA Tour’s 2024 FedExCup regular […]

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Ripken Cedar Point

Ripken Baseball Acquires Sports Force Parks at Cedar Point Sports Center

Ripken Baseball has acquired Sports Force Parks at Cedar Point Sports Center in Sandusky, Ohio, located between Cleveland and Toledo, which raises Ripken Baseball’s total number of youth sports complexes to six nationwide while becoming the first complex not solely devoted to baseball or softball that the organization will operate. Ripken Baseball will operate next […]

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Virginia Beach

Virginia Beach to Host Firefighter Challenge

Virginia Beach will host the Festival of Champions May 11–13 at Mount Trashmore Park, which will feature the Firefighter Challenge, an event that showcases the strongest and toughest firefighters on the east coast, competing alongside the best lumberjack athletes in the nation. Members of the Firefighter Challenge League from around the country will compete in […]

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HyperX Extends Las Vegas Esports Arena Naming Rights

HyperX has announced the renewal of its exclusive naming rights agreement for Allied Esports’ HyperX Arena Las Vegas at Luxor Hotel and Casino on the Las Vegas Strip. HyperX, which makes esports and gaming peripherals, was the first naming rights sponsor on the esports arena after it opened in 2018. The renewal is a multiyear arrangement […]

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Olympic Esports Series

Ticket and Event Information Released for Inaugural Olympic Esports Week

The International Olympic Committee and the Singapore National Olympic Council have released the event details and ticketing information for the inaugural Olympic Esports Week, taking place in Singapore’s Suntec Centre from June 22–25. It includes Olympic Esports Finals action across 10 events with sport shooting joining the lineup, with the International Shooting Sport Federation’s challenge […]

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Kentucky Derby Paddock
With the First Turn experience now open, the final renovation at Churchill Downs will be a new paddock. Photo by Populous

Populous Unveils $90 Million First Turn Experience at Churchill Downs

Populous and Churchill Downs have unveiled the new $90 million First Turn experience as part of a multi-phase transformation underway at the Louisville racetrack. Home to the Kentucky Derby, which attracts approximately 150,000 guests annually, Churchill Downs and Populous are working on a series of enhancements. The new First Turn Club and its grandstand will […]

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