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The Collective Best consultant group has announced that industry veteran William Knox will join as a partner and facilities business unit leader. The group, which consults on brand, experiences, sports and tourism, has clients that include sports commissions, destination marketing organizations, venues and state associations. The agency, founded last year, includes several sports-event industry veterans. […]
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Steve Stenersen will leave as CEO of US Lacrosse after having led the organization since its inception in 1998. He will depart by the end of 2021 after a multi-year series of strategic conversations between Stenersen and the US Lacrosse Board of Directors about succession planning and the national governing body’s evolution. Stenersen has held […]
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Trace Skopil has been named chief financial officer for World Athletics Championships Oregon22, the local organizing committee that will bring the track and field event to Eugene next year. Skopil has 40 years of experience working in finance and accounting with the majority of that time spent with the Eugene office of the Moss Adams CPA firm. He was […]
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Events DC will launch its own collegiate esports conference in partnership with Game Gym that will host competitions and other esports programs for colleges and universities in Maryland, Virginia, and Washington, D.C. The Mid-Atlantic Esports Conference will be designed to create local rivalries and foster friendly competition among the participating universities and support the development […]
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USA Triathlon will launch the 2021 Paratriathlon Development Race Series, a set of four races for emerging paratriathletes. The series is designed to give participants experience racing at the national level with strong performances earning those athletes consideration for the Toyota U.S. Paratriathlon Development Team. The series will include races tied on to existing events. […]
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Daytona Beach, Florida, will celebrate 25 years in the collegiate cheer business next month when the NCA and NDA Collegiate Cheer and Dance Championships return to the city’s Ocean Center and Daytona Beach Bandshell. The event will be staged April 7–11 after taking a year off in 2020 because of the pandemic. “Twenty-five years ago, […]
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Allied Esports is bringing esports to the mall, announcing a three-day event at Brookfield Properties’ First Colony Mall in Sugar Land, Texas. The event will be staged with the help of the Allied Esports Truck, an 18-wheel, 80-foot, 35-ton mobile gaming competition arena that will be stationed on the south end of the First Colony […]
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Sports ETA will organize a second version of its SportsBIZ XChange in May, a three-day virtual event that will feature business appointments and industry networking opportunities for members of the association. The online event will be held May 18–20, 2021. The first version of the event was held in August 2020 in place of the […]
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The organizers of the 2024 Olympic Summer Games in Paris have set a goal of becoming the first climate positive Games, pledging to prevent and reduce all greenhouse gas emissions linked to the event. The organizing committee’s Board of Directors has approved the strategy, which will seek to reduce CO2 emissions and offset any residual […]
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Topgolf Entertainment Group has named Artie Starrs as the new chief executive officer at Topgolf, effective April 5. Starrs will be responsible for the continued growth and expansion of Topgolf, which is now owned by parent company Callaway Golf. Starrs previously worked for Yum! Brands, most recently as global CEO for Pizza Hut, overseeing the […]
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