The leading online source for news, analysis, events and trends in sports-related travel and event management. Serving event organizers, destinations, industry suppliers, teams, and travel professionals with expert insights since 1997.
Mike Sophia, a sports-industry veteran with years of experience in both the southern and western United States, has been named the vice president of sports business development at the Greater Fort Lauderdale Convention & Visitors Bureau. Sophia will lead the sports business development team’s efforts to attract professional, collegiate, amateur and recreational sporting events to […]
Continue Reading
Major League Soccer has announced a new partnership with sports drink company BodyArmor, part of a media and advertising push ahead of MLS’s 25th anniversary season. BodyArmor investor and NBA icon Kobe Bryant was on hand during an announcement ceremony at LAFC’s Banc of California Stadium along with MLS players C.J. Sapong of Chicago, Lucas Zelarayan of […]
Continue Reading
The biggest auto racing series in the world will be partnering with a new all-women racing series for two events during the 2020 season. The W Series, in its second year of competition, will stage new races in Austin, Texas, and Mexico City to pair with Formula 1 events on the calendar at Circuit of […]
Continue Reading
Park City, Kansas, Wichita, Kansas and Omaha, Nebraska, have been announced as the first three hosts for the 2021 NAIA Basketball Tournament, which will have a new format from years past. Each site will host men’s and women’s teams from 2021 through 2024 in the opening rounds. The new format will feature 16 opening round […]
Continue Reading
New facilities to replace outdated venues are key parts of what the University of Pittsburgh is touting for its Victory Heights Initiative, a series of athletic projects that would bring new places to train and compete for several Panthers’ athletic squads. The project is centered around several of Pittsburgh’s Olympic sports programs. There would be […]
Continue Reading
The city of Rochester, New York, will begin to build its first indoor training facility for sports to open in the fall of 2020 as part of a public-private partnership. The indoor sports complex will be in an unused warehouse near a former soccer stadium that housed the Rochester Rhinos. The $2.1 million project will […]
Continue Reading
Grace College, a small Christian college located in Indiana with less than 2,000 undergraduate students, will expand its athletics program to include esports with scholarships given to gamers that will join the fledgling program. The Lancers’ plan is to apply for membership in the National Association of College Esports (NACE), which has more than 170 […]
Continue Reading
The home of the defending National League East Division champions will have a new name as the Atlanta Braves‘ stadium has been changed from SunTrust Park to Truist Park. Truist Financial Corp. was formed when SunTrust Bank and BB&T merged in the summer. The original stadium naming rights deal with SunTrust was made three years […]
Continue Reading
A new hockey league that is looking to capitalize on the excitement and positive fan response to the NHL’s 3-on-3 overtime format will start in June 2021, and it already has a TV partner both in the United States and Canada. The league is called 3ICE, and the brainchild of NHL veteran Craig Patrick and […]
Continue Reading
The home of the New York Mets for spring training along with its Class A short-season team will be renamed in February from First Data Field to Clover Park after a corporate takeover. First Data was bought in 2019 by Fiserv, a payments and financial services technology company. Fiserv operates a platform called Clover, which […]
Continue Reading
Don’t miss out on our featured stories of the week. Subscribe to the weekly SportsTravel newsletter to keep up with the latest news in the sports-event industry. To subscribe, click here.
Since 1997, SportsTravel magazine has served the sports‐related travel and event industry. It is the only publication written and designed to serve the people who organize, manage and host sporting events of all types at all levels.
Copyright © 2026 by Northstar Travel Media LLC. All Rights Reserved. 301 Route 17 N, Suite 1150, Rutherford, NJ 07070 USA | Telephone: (201) 902-2000
