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MVC Women’s Basketball

Missouri Valley Conference Announces Future Women’s Basketball Tournament Hosts

The Missouri Valley Conference Women’s Basketball Championship will be held at the Ford Center in Evansville, Indiana, 2025 before rotating to Xtream Arena in Coralville, Iowa, 2026 and Vibrant Arena at The MARK in Moline, Illinois, in 2027. In 2024, the Missouri Valley Conference was one of only six conferences in which the women’s basketball […]

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Wrexham Tour 2024

Wrexham AFC Announces Two U.S. Stops for 2024 Tour

Wrexham AFC, the club featured in the FX documentary “Welcome to Wrexham,” have announced the 2024 Wrex Coast Tour, which will see the men’s team return to the United States and, for the first time, Wrexham AFC Women travel stateside as well. The men’s first team, fresh from sealing their second consecutive promotion — into […]

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Sports ETA 2024

Portland’s She Flies Initiative Showcased at Sports ETA Symposium

In December 2022, the She Flies Gala was created as an annual fundraiser to help fund the She Flies initiatives and now, Sport Oregon has seen its growth mirror that of women’s sports across the country. The session “Creating Inclusive Communities Through Sports” at this week’s Sports ETA Annual Symposium in Portland focused on the […]

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2025 Ireland football

Kansas State, Iowa State to Open 2025 College Football Season in Ireland

Kansas State and Iowa State will clash in the fourth edition of the Aer Lingus College Football Classic on August 23, 2025, at Aviva Stadium in Dublin, the first ever Big 12 matchup in Ireland. This will be just the second time that Kansas State will play a football game outside the United States as […]

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Play Hockey Team IP

Play Hockey Partners with Team IP

Youth hockey event organizer Play Hockey has announced a new partnership with Team IP. The agreement will make Team IP the official awards and gifts supplier of Play Hockey, which provides experiences to more than 100,000 youth hockey players at 105 events. “Play Hockey is excited to deliver more memorable experiences for our athletes and […]

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ASM Global

ASM Global Hires Lindsay Arell as Chief Sustainability Officer

ASM Global has named Lindsay Arell as chief sustainability officer for its collection of 400 venues including over 50 green certified venues, the largest portfolio of such properties in the world. Arell has been pioneering sustainability efforts for the live event industry for two decades for professional sports teams, venues, and a wide array of […]

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Gulf Shores VB

Gulf Shores and Orange Beach Prepare for NCAA Beach Volleyball Championship

Gulf Shores and Orange Beach in Alabama are preparing to host the NCAA Beach Volleyball National Championship for the eighth time this season with 16 teams heading to the Gulf Coast from May 3–5, 2024. The region’s ties to beach volleyball started in 2012 when the American Volleyball Coaches Association brought its women’s sand volleyball […]

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Distinctly Fayetteville

DistiNCtly Fayetteville Launches Fayetteville/Cumberland County Sports Commission

DistiNCtly Fayetteville is unveiling the Fayetteville/Cumberland County Sports Commission, a new initiative to better attract sporting events to the Cumberland County region in North Carolina. The new organization will partner with the Cumberland County community to increase support for area sporting events. As part of FCSC, DistiNCtly Fayetteville will develop a sports tourism strategy for […]

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Sarah Tulsa

Tulsa Regional Tourism Tabs Sarah Inboden as Vice President of Experience and Events

The Tulsa Regional Chamber and Tulsa Regional Tourism have selected Sarah Inboden (Kirchberg) as the vice president of experience and events. She will assume her role and duties effective May 20. Inboden arrives in the Tulsa market from Las Vegas, most recently serving as director of global sales with MGM Resorts International since April 2019. […]

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Jim Etzel

Sport Oregon CEO Jim Etzel Named One of Portland’s Executives of the Year

Sport Oregon Chief Executive Officer Jim Etzel has been named one of Portland’s Executives of the Year by the Portland Business Journal. The award-winning executives were recognized at a luncheon at the Sentinel hotel in downtown Portland on April 18. Etzel was named the chief executive officer of Sport Oregon on January 1, 2018. During […]

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