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Pro Breaking Tour

Pro Breaking Tour Partners with Snipes for 2023 U.S. Schedule

The Pro Breaking Tour, a professional competition series for breaking in the United States and Canada, has announced a partnership with streetwear and sneakers company Snipes to sponsor its 2023 U.S. tour. The Pro Breaking Tour, powered by Snipes, will kick off May 28 with a three-day event in Seattle. The preliminaries take place on […]

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Brightline Miami Station

Brightline Service Expands From Miami to Orlando

Brightline will begin selling tickets for its Orlando connection that will allow sports fans to travel between South Florida locations and Orlando starting later this summer, with an official opening date and inaugural rides to be announced after Brightline has completed required testing. Brightline will offer one-way fares starting at $79 for adults and $39 […]

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Sports ETA Symposium Puts Spotlight on Kansas City

This year’s Sports Events & Tourism Association Annual Symposium brought more than 900 attendees to the Kansas City Convention Center but in many ways, it was just another eventful week in what has been a historic year for the Missouri destination. Between the hometown Chiefs winning the Super Bowl in February, a downtown parade in […]

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Soccer Champions Tour

2023 Soccer Champions Tour Features Six European Giants

Six of the world’s most iconic soccer clubs will play the 2023 Soccer Champions Tour this summer in major markets across the United States. Spain’s Real Madrid and FC Barcelona, Italy’s Juventus Football Club and AC Milan, and England’s Arsenal and Manchester United will compete in eight matches between July 22 and August 2. The […]

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John Mark Freeze Spartanburg

OneSpartanburg Hires John Mark Freeze as VP of Sports Development

John Mark Freeze has been named the new vice president of sports development by OneSpartanburg, Inc., in South Carolina. Freeze has been with Visit Charlotte for nearly nine years, first as a sports sales manager and since September 2018 as the director of sports development. Visit Charlotte was honored on Wednesday by Sports ETA as […]

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Indy 5K

Indianapolis to Host 2023 USATF Masters 1 Mile Championships

Indiana Sports Corp and Beyond Monumental will host the 2023 USATF Masters 1 Mile Championships on June 24 in conjunction with Beyond Monumental’s inaugural Indianapolis 5K and 10th running of the Indianapolis Monumental Mile. The one-mile course will start in downtown Indianapolis, travel past some of the city’s monuments and landmarks, then finish at the […]

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Western & Southern Open
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Charlotte Tagged as Potential New Host for Western & Southern Open

Beemok Sports is asking the city of Charlotte to contribute roughly $130 million toward a four-stadium tennis campus at the River District. The Charleston, South Carolina, firm is looking for a new home for the Western & Southern Open. The rights to the tournament, which is currently organized in the Cincinnati area, were acquired by […]

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Myrtle Beach Classic

Visit Myrtle Beach Welcomes New PGA Tour Stop

A new PGA Tour tournament, the Myrtle Beach Classic sponsored by Visit Myrtle Beach, will debut in 2024 as part of a four-year agreement establishing the event was announced May 10 during a ceremony at The Dunes Golf and Beach Club. The Myrtle Beach Classic will be part of the PGA Tour’s 2024 FedExCup regular […]

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Visit Norman

Hotel Tax Increase Allows Visit Norman to Start Sports Commission

Vist Norman in Oklahoma will be able to set up a standalone sports commission after voters in the destination on Tuesday night approved raising the city hotel room tax to eight percent from the previous five percent, according to unofficial results from the Oklahoma Election Board. The city’s hotel room tax applies to hotels, Airbnb […]

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3Step Playeasy

3STEP Sports, Playeasy Announce New Partnership

3STEP Sports has announced a strategic partnership with Playeasy that designates Playeasy as 3STEP Sports’ official sports tourism technology platform to address all facets of the industry, from site selection to event promotion. The partnership connects 3STEP’s more than 1,000 annual events with Playeasy’s clientele of more than 300 destinations and 12,000 facilities during the […]

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