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Roughly half of states in the U.S. have some form of major event fund that destinations can use to help attract major events to their cities. These programs look different in each state, and some states are having more success than others. This session is sponsored by Panama City Beach Sports The Speakers Anthony Brenneman, […]
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Angela Suggs, the president and chief executive officer of the Florida Sports Foundation, will be presented this week to trustees at Florida A&M University to be the school’s new vice president and athletics director as reported by Florida A&M fan site Rattler Nation. Suggs was at FAMU prior to joining the Florida Sports Foundation as […]
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The 2023 African American Golfers Hall of Fame and African American Collegiate & Youth Golfers Hall of Fame Celebration is set to take place in The Palm Beaches, Florida, from May 25–29. This event includes a golf tournament on the Links at Boynton Beach, educational roundtables at the Riviera Beach Marina Village Event Center, youth […]
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This year’s Sports Events & Tourism Association Annual Symposium brought more than 900 attendees to the Kansas City Convention Center but in many ways, it was just another eventful week in what has been a historic year for the Missouri destination. Between the hometown Chiefs winning the Super Bowl in February, a downtown parade in […]
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The 2021 National Senior Games Presented by Humana has been awarded to Greater Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Key supporters, senior athletes and media gathered for the announcement, which was made at the Greater Fort Lauderdale & Broward County Convention Center. “Fort Lauderdale impressed our selection committee on every level of the bid evaluation,” said Marc Riker, […]
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The Tallahassee-based Florida Sports Foundation has named Angela Adams Suggs as its president and senior vice president of sports development…
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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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