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.
USA Volleyball is expanding its Girls Junior National Qualifying calendar for next year with an event in the Bay Area. The first USAV Golden Gate Classic Girls Junior National Qualifier will take place from February 19—21, 2027, at the Moscone Center in San Francisco, California. The event will have competitions in the 15s, 16s and […]
Continue Reading
On a drizzly summer afternoon, what might be the third-largest city in Nebraska is quiet. All that is moving inside Memorial Stadium are the memories, which give visitors ample time to use their imaginations and picture what a 103-year-old shrine to football greatness looks like when it’s engulfed by a sea of red. On seven […]
Continue Reading
Greater Ontario California and Panam Sports have announced the establishment of a multi-week training camp to be held in the run-up to the Olympic Summer Games in Los Angeles in 2028. The initiative will host nearly 400 athletes and coaches representing more than 30 nations. The goal is to transform the Inland Empire region of […]
Continue Reading
Ben Huggler has been appointed executive director of the Erie Sports Commission by Visit Erie, the official destination marketing organization of Erie County, Pennsylvania. Huggler has served in the role on an interim basis since May and has been the event services director since 2018. In all he has more than 15 years of experience […]
Continue Reading
Josh Rivers was promoted to director of sports tourism at Visit Tuscaloosa, one of a series of staff moves the organization announced earlier this week. Rivers will oversee the recruitment of regional and national sporting events to Tuscaloosa County, home of the University of Alabama, as well as sports tourism sales and business development. Since […]
Continue Reading
Sheila Brennan Nee will retire at year’s end after more than a decade as the Strategic Director at the Maine Sports Commission. Brennan Nee has served in that role since 2015, three years after she helped establish the Commission alongside leaders from the Maine Office of Tourism and Maine’s education, sports and tourism sectors. Among […]
Continue Reading
Augusta Stone is the newest member of the SportsTravel editorial team, having started as associate editor on August 10. Stone brings five years of professional reporting experience across the travel and sports industries. She joins SportsTravel from The Points Guy, a travel brand focused on maximizing points and miles from loyalty programs, where she worked […]
Continue Reading
The UTMB World Series is adding two new events to its 2027 calendar, one in Hiroshima, Japan, and the other in Chattanooga, Tennessee. The Hiroshima Ultra-Trail UTMB will take place from April 9—11, 2027 with three distances available: 100K, 50K and 20K. The race will take runners from the heart of the city into the […]
Continue Reading
The road to the Final Four in Detroit will start with a marathon in Rock Hill, South Carolina, and Sioux Falls, South Dakota. Those cities will host a total of eight games on November 2 as part of a day-long tip-off event for the 2026–2027 men’s college basketball season being brought to life by the […]
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
