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The Frisco City Council has approved a $182 million public-private partnership with FC Dallas to renovate the nearly 20-year-old stadium Toyota Stadium, Major League Soccer’s third oldest soccer-specific venue and home of FC Dallas. Renovations will include three new clubs, renovated north, east and west entrances and a roof structure that will help provide shade […]
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The SportsTravel Podcast focuses on news, insight, trends and more from some of the top event organizers and destination executives throughout the sports-event industry. With more than 100 episodes over the past three years, the SportsTravel Podcast has become the place to listen to interviews with event organizers of all sizes, destinations ready to host […]
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Court Jeske, who has held senior roles within the U.S. soccer community for the past two decades, has been named president of Echo Soccer, a new division of Oklahoma City investment firm Echo. The announcement follows Echo’s new majority ownership of OKC Energy FC, which will be managed by Echo Soccer and include operating the […]
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FIFA has appointed On Location as the Official Hospitality Provider of the FIFA World Cup 26, followed by On Location’s announcement that Major League Soccer will be a hospitality sales agent in Canada and the United States. On Location will have exclusive global rights to promote, sell and operate the Official Hospitality Program at the […]
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TOCA Football and Major League Soccer will bring the first TOCA Social venue to The Colony’s Grandscape in the Dallas-Fort Worth Area in the summer of 2025. TOCA Social combines soccer, entertainment and dining. TOCA Social Dallas will be the company’s first venue in America, setting the stage for a nationwide expansion across major U.S. […]
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The Lionel Messi effect in his second season with Inter Miami is well underway in Major League Soccer, which has had five matches this season with an attendance of more than 60,000 or higher. MLS’ total attendance is up 13 percent compared to the same date last season and with the Copa America ongoing, the […]
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The 2025 Major League Soccer All-Star Game will be played at Q2 Stadium in Austin, Texas, the league announced on Wednesday at the home of Austin FC, which will host the game for the first time. Q2 Stadium opened in June 2021 with a U.S. women’s national team match and then Austin FC played at […]
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A years-long search to find its own stadium by New York City Football Club is finally coming to a conclusion after New York City officials approved a plan to build a 25,000-seat soccer-specific stadium in Queens next to the New York Mets’ stadium, Citi Field. The stadium announcement ends an era for NYCFC, which won […]
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The 2024 Major League Soccer All-Star Game will feature the MLS All-Stars taking on a team of all-stars from Mexico’s top soccer league, Liga MX, on July 24 at Lower.com Field in Columbus, Ohio. The MLS All-Star Game and MLS All-Star Skills Challenge will be the third meeting of MLS and Liga MX for an […]
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Major League Soccer has awarded the 2024 MLS All-Star Game to the Columbus Crew, which will host the game for the third time overall and first time since Lower.com Field opened in 2021. The game will be played on July 17, 2024. Columbus previous hosted in 2000 and 2005. “In just over three years, the […]
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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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