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Vancouver’s 2030 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games bid, the first that is being led by the Indigenous community, will have to wait until early winter on whether it will receive provincial support financially, a government official said this week to the Vancouver Sun. Melanie Mark, the minister of tourism, arts, culture and sport, asked the […]
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Vibrant, a financial services company, has acquired the naming rights to the Illinois Quad City Civic Center Authority’s 12,000-seat multi-purpose arena and conference center located in Moline, Illinois with the venue formerly known as the TaxSlayer Center renamed Vibrant Arena at The MARK. The arena is home to two local sports franchises: The Quad City […]
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FIFA has announced that World Cup ticket sales for the 2022 event in Qatar that starts in November have reached 2.45 million with more than 500,000 tickets still available with just under 100 days to go before the opening game that features the hosts against Ecuador on November 20. Other than the host country, the […]
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Lynn Family Stadium, the home of the United Soccer League’s Louisville City FC and National Women’s Soccer League’s Racing Louisville FC, has won the Phoenix Award for brownfield redevelopment as the stadium is in its second year of operation in the Butchertown neighborhood. The 2022 Phoenix Awards winners were announced at the National Brownfields Conference […]
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The United Soccer League has named Sarah Brady as the USL Academy Director for the women’s pathway, charging Brady with leading the USL’s efforts to build out the USL Academy program for girls. The expansion of the USL women’s pathway is designed to identify more talented young players in local communities and provide them a […]
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Nashville, Tennessee, will host both the 2023 NHL Awards and NHL Draft, the league has announced. It will be the first time that both events are in the same city since 2006 when both were in Vancouver. “We are thrilled to bring two of our marquee events – the 2023 NHL Awards and the 2023 […]
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The National Women’s Soccer League has announced the hiring of three senior executive roles, including Julie Haddon as chief marketing officer, Tatjana Haenni as chief sporting director and Bill Ordower as chief operating officer and chief legal officer. Both Haddon and Ordower will join the league immediately, while Haenni will transition into her role over […]
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The National Rugby League’s Grand Final — one of the biggest club rugby events in the world — has a new host in Sydney on short notice. The move comes as the event’s future is being discussed, with the Super Bowl held up as a potential example of what Australia’s National Rugby League should be […]
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Las Vegas Events has announced that Pat Christenson, who has been president of the organization since 2001, will retire at the end of 2023 and continue to work with a new president once the position has been filled, prior to the start of the Wrangler National Finals Rodeo in December. Christenson has been responsible for […]
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The National Fastpitch Coaches Association will continue to have Visit St. Pete/Clearwater as an official sponsor with the Florida destination remaining as lead sponsor on the NFCA’s annual print calendar and digital calendar. Each year, NFCA members receive access to both a digital calendar and printed calendar. The digital calendar allows coaches to have important […]
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