Year: 2024

MSG

Big East Tournament to Remain at Madison Square Garden Through 2032

The Big East Tournament will remain at Madison Square Garden through 2032, ensuring a half-century of championship college basketball play at the historic New York City arena. The Big East Conference and Madison Square Garden Entertainment Corp. announced the extension as the semifinals of this year’s tournament were about to tip off. The two groups […]

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USOPC

USOPC Reviewing Olympic Commission Report

A panel charged with reviewing the Olympic structure in the United States is calling for Congress to consider wide-ranging changes in a report that United States Olympic and Paralympic Committee Chief Executive Officer Sarah Hirshland called “helpful perspective on many topics that our movement has been evaluating and discussing for many years.” The Commission on […]

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Perfect Game Select Festival

Perfect Game to Host Four Different Select Festivals This Summer

Perfect Game has announced details for its upcoming 11U, 12U, 13U and 14U Select Festival as three states will host the four separate showcase events this August. The announcement comes on the same week as Perfect Game announced the 22st edition of its Dick’s Sporting Goods All-American Classic will return to Chase Field in Phoenix […]

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LPGA Tour Golf

Top 5 Things That Can Help Prize Payouts

Whether it is a cornhole championship, esports fighting game tournament, pickleball, archery, billiards or surfing competition, paying out prize money to winners is not what tournament organizers most look forward to after putting on a major event or tournament. However, how quickly the players get paid is of utmost importance. No one wants to be […]

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SportsTravel Road Trip
Travis Murphy of Jetr Global Sports + Entertainment (left) discusses ways the sports industry can push diplomatic advances. (Photo by Travis Hatch)

SportsTravel Road Trip Focuses on Top Issues in Sports Industry

For the 10th consecutive year, the SportsTravel Road Trip brought high-level education and networking to Colorado Springs for Olympic and Paralympic leaders, as well as executives with sports organizations in the area. Education topics focused on the true impact of events, including new ways to calculate and quantify economic impact, the role sports diplomacy can […]

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Ally Tipoff

Teams Announced for 2024 Ally Tipoff Women’s College Basketball Event

South Carolina will play North Carolina State while Iowa will face Virginia Tech in the 2024 Ally Tipoff women’s basketball doubleheader on November 10 at the Spectrum Center in Charlotte. The doubleheader will be presented by the Charlotte Sports Foundation and Ally Financial Inc., who have agreed to a multi-year partnership extension through 2026 to […]

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SportsTravel Podcast Tom Cove 2024

Pickleball and Beyond: The Latest SFIA Sports Participation Trends

Every year, the Sports & Fitness Industry Association, or SFIA, takes on a number of research projects designed to offer insight into the world of sports through the lens of participation, equipment sales and other metrics. But the Topline Participation Report is one of the longest-standing and most ambitious surveys the organization conducts. Each year, […]

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Destination Sport Wales
Kevin Ratcliffe who was capped 59 times by the Welsh National Football team, takes part in the announcement that Destination Sport Travel will continue to work with the Football Association of Wales.

Destination Sport Travel Partners with Football Association of Wales

Destination Sport Travel has announced a continued partnership with the Football Association of Wales, which has seen its men’s and women’s senior national teams embark across the continent for UEFA Euro 2024 qualifying and UEFA Women’s National League. The partnership between the pair began in 2019. Destination Sport Travel’s business travel department will provide specialist […]

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Women’s Basketball Coaches Association Showcase
ESPN's Drew Fellios (left) hosted the announcement with (left to right) Greater Orlando Sports Commission CEO Jason Siegel, Disney Directory of Sports Planning and Development Jorge Senior, Boardwalk Sports Event Management CEO Rich Ensor, WBCA Executive Director Danielle Donehew and University of South Florida Head Coach Jose Fernandez. Disney photo by Manuel Miranda.

ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex to Host Women’s College Basketball Event

A four-team women’s basketball event will be held at the ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex in Orlando, Florida, from November 21–24, with six games played at State Farm Field House. The 2024 Women’s Basketball Coaches Association Showcase has already announced two of the participating teams with the University of Louisville and University of South […]

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