NBA Launches Global 2K Championship
The NBA will launch the inaugural NBA 2K20 Global Championship, a championship event for the popular NBA 2K game, in...
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Fenway Park to Host College Football Bowl Game
The Boston Red Sox have made going to Fenway Park a destination beyond baseball, with the Red Bull Crashed Ice winter...
David Levy Named CEO of Brooklyn Nets and Barclays Center
Veteran sports media executive David Levy has been named chief executive officer of the Brooklyn Nets and Barclays Center. The...
2022 Dragon Boat World Championships Awarded to Sarasota
Nathan Benderson Park in Sarasota, Florida, will be the site for the 2022 International Dragon Boat Federation Club Crew World...
Paradise Sports Complex to Open in 2020
The Naples, Marco Island, Everglades Convention and Visitors Bureau is planning on opening a 60-acre sports complex in 2020 that...
Sports ETA and Northstar Announce Content Partnership
Sports ETA has announced a multiyear partnership with Northstar Meetings Group, the publisher of SportsTravel and organizers of the TEAMS...
NWHL’s Boston Franchise Sold to Private Investor
The Boston Pride, one of the founding four franchises in the National Women’s Hockey League, has been bought by a...
Scott Beck Named President and CEO of Tourism Toronto
Tourism Toronto has named industry veteran Scott Beck as its new president and CEO after an international search. Beck has...
Rowan University Developing Esports Program and Venue
A 7,500-square-foot facility dedicated to esports will be built in Glassboro, New Jersey, as part of a partnership between Rowan...
Perspectives
Mascot Free Agency In all of the news in the last few weeks regarding contractual issues in sports—the MLB trade deadline, holdouts in NFL training camps and the… Continue Reading
Letter From Lanzhou: Running and the Power of Sports At SportsTravel, we’re always excited to visit destinations and attend events and conferences to discuss the state of sports-related travel and tourism. Some of those… Continue Reading
Being There Without Being There In today’s world, access to content when and where you want it is proving to be king—and nothing embodies that more than the sports industry.… Continue Reading
SportsTravel Podcast
Sports fans expect more today from the live-event experience than they did in years past. And companies like Xperiel are leading the new wave of spectator engagement, creating predictive games for fans in the arena and stadium and using augmented reality to help them play their own games within a game using the venue’s scoreboard. In this episode of the SportsTravel Podcast, Xperiel Co-Founder and CEO Alex Hertel explains how his company is changing the landscape for fans, what the future holds for the live-event experience and how you can catch a virtual T-shirt shot from a virtual cannon on the scoreboard—and get a real shirt delivered to you for your accomplishment.
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Virginia Beach: A New Sports Facility Enhances This Team-Driven Destination
Where the Chesapeake Bay meets the Atlantic Ocean, Virginia Beach may be all about soft sands and ocean waves but planning your sporting events here will put you right on solid ground. You will have the support of the best team in the business with the track record to prove...
Technology in Sports
HomeCourt App Brings New AI to the NBA
Whether it’s social issues, fashion or branding, the NBA has been at the forefront of much of what’s new, innovative...
3-Pointer
Karate Steps Into the Spotlight
At a time when MMA-style fighting dominates the martial arts landscape, karate is working to expand its own patch of...
Esports Downloadable Guide
Guide to Hosting Esports Tournaments & Events
Esports is booming worldwide. It’s the fastest growing sector in the live-events industry in the U.S. right now, growing at double-digit year-over-year rates, at destinations and venues of all sizes and types. Download this handbook to learn all you...
Sustainability Downloadable Guide
Green Your Game
Sporting events in the United States bring more than 200 million people together every year. Unfortunately, they also produce huge amounts of waste. But there are steps that sports organizations, venues and destinations can take to ensure a more sustainable...
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