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PARIS — The success of the 2024 Olympic Summer Games in Paris has put Los Angeles in the spotlight as the LA28 organizing committee switches fully into operations mode. At a press conference to close the Paris Games, LA28 Chairman Casey Wasserman and Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass outlined some of their own ambitious plans […]
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PARIS — Events like the Olympic Games are significant boons to the host city. But lost in the story of the host city for mega sporting events is the opportunity for smaller destinations to get their own piece of the action. This week in Paris, an unlikely partnership formed between the Netherlands Olympic Committee and […]
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An Olympic Summer Games in Paris hailed as a success operationally and otherwise came to an end with a Closing Ceremony that put LA28 on the clock as it enters its next phase leading to the Los Angeles Olympic and Paralympic Games. And the final act in Paris had several nods to the Hollywood-style approach […]
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Throughout SportsTravel‘s time in Paris for the Olympic Summer Games, we have reported on behind-the-scenes observations about how the event is organized. For previous takes: Eiffel Tower Shines Above All Olympic Venues Being the Scenes at the Summer Games Here is our final installment of what we saw, heard and felt during a memorable Olympic […]
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PARIS — From the outset, Paris 2024’s plans for the Olympic Summer Games was ambitious. It began with a deconstructed Opening Ceremony along the Seine and it is ending with other firsts, including a public marathon on the official Olympic course near the end. In between, organizing committee leaders have been pleased with how things […]
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PARIS — The last time I had the chance to interview USA Swimming President and Chief Executive Officer Tim Hinchey in person, it was during eight hours of quarantine together at Narita Airport in Tokyo for the 2020 Olympic Summer Games. Three years after those pandemic-era Games, I had the opportunity to catch up with […]
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PARIS — In the pantheon of Olympic sports whose athletes get overlooked, artistic swimming may be near the top. Athletes may look flashy in their over-the-top costumes and poses in the water, but make no mistake about what is happening underneath the water to make some of the most dramatic moments of a routine shine. […]
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You may not immediately recognize the name Danny Boy O’Connor. But if you’ve turned on a radio or attended an in-person sports event in the last 30 years you certainly know his music. As a co-founder of the group House of Pain, he was on the ground floor of the group’s biggest crossover hit, “Jump […]
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Industry professionals have a new data set to review as they make their case for the benefits of sports-related travel. Cimarron Global Solutions and Longwoods International, with support of the Greater Columbus Sports Commission, have launched a new report that aims to measure resident sentiment toward sporting events across the United States. The result of the first report: […]
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The Atlanta Hawks and State Farm Arena have hired Amanda Mann as executive vice president and chief facilities officer. She will oversee the operations of all Hawks properties, including their business offices within Centennial Tower, the Emory Sports Medicine Complex and State Farm Arena, home of the NBA’s Atlanta Hawks. Mann will also be responsible […]
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