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In a year when women’s sports have had a breakthrough, one project stands out above the rest. Earlier this year, the KC Current of the National Women’s Soccer League opened the first stadium in the world devoted to a professional women’s sports team. In this session, hear from team and destination leaders on how the […]
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The Northstar Meetings Group announced the winners of the 2024 SportsTravel Awards during the TEAMS ’24 Conference & Expo in Anaheim, California, honoring the best events, venue and host city in the sports-event industry. TEAMS: Travel, Events And Management in Sports, is the world’s largest gathering of event organizers and travel planners from the sports […]
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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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The Women’s Cup will expand in 2024 to a second event in the United States this summer when the Kansas City Current host three other international club sides at the new CPKC Stadium from August 14–17. The four-team tournament will feature the hometown Kansas City Current, 2023 African Champion Mamelodi Sundowns, 2023 Copa de la […]
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The Big 12 men’s and women’s basketball tournaments will remain at T-Mobile Center in Kansas City through 2031 while also moving the conference soccer championship to the new CPKC Stadium in Kansas City for the 2024 and 2025 seasons. The basketball announcement was made by Big 12 Commissioner Brett Yormark on Tuesday night before Texas […]
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There are ways to open a season. This year, there is also the way the National Women’s Soccer League will open the season. There will be history at 1 p.m. ET on March 16 when ABC shows the Kansas City Current hosting the Portland Thorns at the new CPKC Stadium, the first stadium purpose-built for […]
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While the construction of new sports venues never stops, a theme that’s emerging with these multi-million-dollar facilities is being able to use them for much more than one specific sport or event. From the $2 billion Intuit Dome to local venues used for a wide range of youth sports, there’s a variety in the sizes […]
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Visit Missouri has signed a one-year partnership agreement to become an official partner of the Kansas City Current, the National Women’s Soccer League team who this spring will open the first purpose-built stadium for a women’s professional sports team. “We are excited to partner with the Kansas City Current in 2024 as the CPKC Stadium […]
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Kentucky Sports Alliance has announced it has completed a major rebrand. The consortium of 15 Kentucky tourism-based organizations has joined under one umbrella to bring sporting events to the Bluegrass State.
Jamie Corr has been named the managing director at Burson Sports, a specialist sports practice based in Lausanne, succeeding Lars Haue-Pedersen, who is stepping down after more than 20 years of leading the agency.
The Sports Facilities Companies has acquired Firland Management as part of launching a new ice division, which includes a partnership with Central Park Conservancy which assumes the management of the Harlem Meer Center in New York City.
As the @NCAA enters the final month of its deliberation on which cities will be future hosts for hundreds of events across all three divisions, destinations around the country anxiously await news of the status of their bids.
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