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The Grand Park Sports Campus and the city of Westfield, Indiana, have launched a research and development program that will aim to attract entrepreneurs, businesses and universities investing in sports tourism. The Grand Park Research & Development HUB will help with the development of new technologies, services and research projects that will help serve the […]
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One of the last remaining logistical hurdles for organizing the Olympic Summer Games has been settled: Japanese spectators will be allowed to attend. With 32 days to go until the Opening Ceremony on July 23, the International Olympic Committee, the International Paralympic Committee, Tokyo 2020 and the governments of Tokyo and Japan announced June 21 […]
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Fishing fans are back. The 2021 Academy Sports + Outdoors Bassmaster Classic presented by Huk and held in Fort Worth, Texas, attracted 147,197 fans across a variety of Classic Week activities. The attendance shattered previous records for a Texas-held Bassmaster Classic and was the second-highest attended Classic in history behind the 2019 event in Knoxville, […]
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After missing out on the 2020 event, the USA Masters Games will be staged in West Michigan June 24–27. The event is a multisport, Olympic-style competition for athletes ages 21 and older, but was postponed last year because of the pandemic. The 2021 version will feature athletes from 35 states competing in 24 events at […]
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Salesforce has announced a multiyear partnership with Team USA and the LA28 Olympic and Paralympic Games, as well as a deal with NBCUniversal to support its Olympic and Paralympic coverage across platforms for the next seven years. As a founding partner of the LA28 Olympic and Paralympic Games, Salesforce will provide Salesforce Customer 360 technology […]
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Helen Maroulis became the first American woman to win an Olympic gold medal in wrestling when she won in Rio in 2016. Not only did she break new ground for women’s wrestling in the United States, it was the magnitude of victory that also impressed. To earn the gold, she beat the most dominant wrestler […]
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Meet Chicago Northwest in Illinois has promoted Heather Larson to president and CEO of the convention and visitors bureau, effective immediately. Larson previously served as the CVB’s director of sales and joined the bureau in December 2010 when it was then known as Greater Woodfield Convention & Visitors Bureau. Larson’s career spans to the early […]
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New Jersey — and Atlantic City specifically — is poised to become a leader in esports development and the regulation of esports wagering, according to state officials and education leaders who have been pushing several new initiatives in the region. During a webinar held by the Greater Atlantic City Chamber, state officials said New Jersey’s […]
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Pikes Peak APEX, a mountain bike race in Colorado Springs, Colorado, and the Pikes Peak Outdoor Recreation Alliance will donate $20,000 to help improve trails used for the 2021 race in the city. The PPORA Board of Directors approved the allocation, whose funds were reserved from an inaugural race in 2020 where participants competed on […]
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The USCX Cyclocross Series and Global Cycling Network have announced a global partnership to broadcast all races in the new series live and ad-free. As part of a multi-year agreement, each of the four rounds of the series will be streamed across the GCN+ subscription platform. The coverage will include eight races from four separate […]
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