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For hundreds of cities and towns across the United States, college football season brings a special kind of tourism boom each fall. Few locations echo louder than Baton Rouge, Louisiana. LSU’s iconic Tiger Stadium that holds more than 102,000 people, and thousands more Tiger faithful and out-of-town visitors flood Baton Rouge on game weekends, making […]
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On July 21, a cargo ship departed the United States, bound for London. After a five-week journey across the Atlantic Ocean, it landed in England. Inside were essential elements to bring major American college football to the capital of the United Kingdom for the first time in 38 years. Bottled water. Athletic tape. Training tables. All […]
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The college football season is two weeks old and the sport has already revived its reputation for being delightfully unpredictable. Already this month has featured a controversial, Hail Mary finish between Michigan and Western Michigan at the Big House, a goal-post toppling upset by Oklahoma State over No. 6 Oregon in Stillwater, Oklahoma, and a […]
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Picture this: You’re a college football superfan with an unlimited travel budget, 14 free weekends and a dream to attend the most pivotal games of the season. Where would you go? Here at SportsTravel, we rounded up a weekly list of can’t-miss college football games for that one–of–a–kind, ideal college football season of travel. This […]
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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 […]
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Flag football has moved to the goal line in its effort the become an NCAA championship. The sport has received a formal recommendation to become the next major collegiate championship, with the first event expected as soon as spring 2028. The NCAA Committee on Access, Opportunity and Impact voted at its spring meeting to recommend […]
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Bowl season is headed to Puerto Rico. Complete Sports Management and ESPN Events have announced the inaugural Puerto Rico Bowl in collaboration with Discover Puerto Rico — the first time the island will host an American college football game. The game will be staged at Juan Ramón Loubriel Stadium in Bayamón and broadcast by ESPN. […]
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Editor’s Note: This story has been updated to reflect new information. This will be a bumper year for global sports events, with both the Olympic Winter Games in Milano-Cortina and the FIFA World Cup in North America this summer. That will put a spotlight not just on athletes but on new and renovated venues, from […]
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It’s finally here. Six years after winning the right to host the 2026 FIFA men’s World Cup, the tournament will finally kick off this summer across North America. While that event’s return to the U.S. for the first time in 32 years will be the signature domestic sporting event of 2026, there’s plenty more on […]
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In its first dozen years of existence, the College Football Playoff national championship game has become one of the most anticipated events on the sports calendar and one of the most sought-after events for cities to host. Ten different venues have already hosted the game, with Atlanta’s Mercedes-Benz Stadium and Miami’s Hard Rock Stadium the […]
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