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Richmond Region Tourism has promoted Jerrine Lee to the new position of vice president of sports, where she will lead the Virginia city’s sports marketing efforts. In the new position, Lee will oversee all sports development and bookings nationally and locally. She will serve as a point of contact with media as well as national […]
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Oak View Group has named Trudes Sweeten vice president of events for the new Moody Center in Austin, Texas. The $338 million privately funded venue will serve as home to the University of Texas basketball program and will be able to host other sports and entertainment events. The 15,000- seat venue is located on the […]
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Gambrill State Park and the Frederick Watershed CWNA in Frederick, Maryland, will host the 2021 USA Cycling Marathon Mountain Bike National Championships on October 23. The Maryland Sports Commission will serve as the event host, working closely with officials from the Maryland Department of Natural Resources (DNR), Gambrill State Park staff, Visit Frederick, the city […]
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Dick’s Sporting Goods has signed a new multiyear partnership to remain title sponsor of the Dick’s Sporting Goods Pittsburgh Marathon Weekend of Events. The 2022 event will be staged April 29 – May 1. “Dick’s Sporting Goods is a foundational partner of ours and makes this incredible weekend of events possible with their continued support,” […]
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The marathon and race walk events during the World Athletics Championships Oregon22 will be staged in Eugene and Springfield, Oregon. The perimeter of Autzen Stadium at the University of Oregon will serve as the hub for the start and finish of the events before the course takes participants on a course around the cities that […]
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Four counties in Northern Virginia have combined their sports marketing efforts to launch SportsNOVA, a regional sports tourism partnership that will market the area for sports-related travel. The goal of the partnership between Fairfax, Loudoun, Prince William and Stafford counties is to generate economic impact and foster community development in the region. As part of […]
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The Ironman Group is continuing its recent expansion, announcing the first event ever held in Alaska — a full-distance race planned for the state capital in Juneau on August 7, 2022. The inaugural race will cover 140.6 miles of territory in and around Juneau territory. A two-loop swim will begin the action at Auke Lake […]
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The 2021 Olympic Summer Games will go down as one of the most unusual in history. Staged during a worldwide pandemic whose positive rates were only going up in Japan during the course of the event, the lack of spectators made for a surreal scene on-site, as I discovered over 10 days on the ground […]
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When the position on the podium may be determined by no more than a hundredth of a second, the importance of an accurate scoring system is one of the key pieces of science that makes the Olympic Games run. For years, Omega Timing has been behind that science, serving as the official scoring company of […]
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Allied Esports has announced a partnership with NASCAR that will bring the company’s 18-wheel gaming truck to various upcoming races to add an esports component to those events. The Allied Esports Truck will begin its activation August 6–8 at the Go Bowling at the Glen in Watkins Glen, New York, and conclude November 4–7 at […]
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