X Games
In the X Games’ first foray outside Los Angeles in 11 years, Austin, Texas, proved to be a worthy host of the annual extreme sports and cultural festival. Despite high winds that caused one event to be canceled for safety reasons, the event was deemed a success, with 160,000 people in attendance, far surpassing the 100,000 organizers had predicted…
Winter X Games to Stay in Aspen Through 2019
ESPN and the Aspen Skiing Company have agreed to terms to keep the Winter X Games in Aspen/Snowmass, Colorado, through 2019…
Continue ReadingESPN Eliminates X Games in Europe
ESPN has announced that the company will no longer produce X Games events in Europe, after experimenting this year with new competitions in Barcelona…
Continue ReadingAustin to Host X Games
Austin, Texas, will host one of six stops on the Global X Games circuit for the next four years. After deciding to move on from long-time host city Los Angeles…
Continue ReadingX Games Not Returning to Los Angeles in 2014
ESPN, creator of the X Games, has chosen four North American cities—Austin, Texas; Chicago; Detroit; and Charlotte, North Carolina—as final candidates…
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