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Salt Lake City, Utah, will be the lone U.S. stop on the International Federation of Sport Climbing’s 2022 World Cup schedule. The destination will have two weekends on the World Cup calendar. Salt Lake will host a boulder event May 20–22 before a boulder and speed event May 27–29. Salt Lake — the home of […]
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The former home of a Frontier League team in Marion, Illinois, will be retrofitted from a home for minor league baseball into a sports tourism complex. The 7,000-capacity Rent One Park is under contract to be sold to Marion Center Project LLC, which will work with Florida-based Sports Facilities Companies on a sports tourism plan […]
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Ivo Ferriani, the president of the International Bobsleigh & Skeleton Federation since 2010, has been elected President of SportAccord during an Executive Committee Meeting this week. “I am delighted to be given the opportunity to build on the excellent leadership of my predecessor Dr. Raffaele Chiulli at such an exciting time for SportAccord,” Ferriani said. […]
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Vegas, Baby. The NFL has awarded hosting rights for Super Bowl LVIII in 2024 to Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas, the league announced after multiple reports indicated that was the choice. The official announcement was made today during the league’s owners meetings in Dallas. The 2024 Super Bowl was originally scheduled for New Orleans but […]
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Major League Soccer and Electronic Arts have announced the competitive schedule and details for the 2022 season of eMLS, the official esports league of Major League Soccer with 27 professional players, each representing an MLS team, and a record-setting $75,000 season prize pool. If conditions allow, the 2022 season eMLS season will see a return […]
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ASM Global has named Alex Merchán as executive vice president of marketing as part of a plan to increase the company’s programs benefitting its far-reaching venues across five continents. The former executive vice president of marketing for Live Nation’s Clubs & Theaters division, Merchán is responsible for all marketing, data analytics, digital, creative and communications […]
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USA Swimming has announced a grant program focused on creating a 10-year, $1 million initiative to develop learn-to-swim and competitive opportunities in communities served by Historically Black Colleges and Universities. Under this initiative, USA Swimming has committed to provide up to $100,000 annually to support swimming programming at HBCUs over the next decade. The program […]
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The Salt Lake City-Utah Committee for the Games said Monday that they would hope to have a resolution on whether it bids to host the 2030 or 2034 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games at some point in 2022, potentially in the first half of the year. Fraser Bullock, president and chief executive officer of the […]
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To meet the growing changes in the developing sports industry, the Colorado Springs Sports Corporation has announced the hires of Davis Tutt, Brock Chartier and Travis Stedman to the team while also announcing a new role for Molly Sharples. Tutt joins Sports Corp as the Director of Operations. Prior to Sports Corp, Tutt served as […]
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Visit Loudon and the Loudon County Parks, Recreation and Community Services division received top honors this month at the Senior Softball-USA Annual Convention in Sacramento, California. The 2021 Award of Excellence from Senior Softball-USA was awarded to Torye Hurst, Visit Loudoun’s director of sales, sports and services, and Dave Carver, the Loudoun County Parks, Recreation […]
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