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San Diego will be the host for the World Lacrosse 2023 Men’s World Championships with games both at San Diego State University and the University of San Diego — the first time that the world championship will be in the state of California. More than 30 teams and 100 games will be played from June […]
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Visit Stockton has promoted Rebecca Scharmann to director of sports and tourism development and named Nicholas Ramirez as the event services manager for sports at the California destination. Scharmann had more than 15 years of collegiate athletics experience before joining the Visit Stockton team in January 2020 as events and community engagement manager leading projects including […]
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Sports tourism veteran William Knox will join the Sports Events & Tourism Association to lead the organization’s facilities program development. In the newly created role, Knox will oversee membership and programming for sports venues, one of the fastest-growing segment of the industry association’s general membership. Knox is president and owner of Legacy Sports Group and […]
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Richmond Region Tourism in Virginia has promoted Jerrine Lee to vice president of sales, overseeing the city’s meetings and convention sales as well as sports. The promotion comes just months after Lee was promoted in August to oversee the region’s sports sales as vice president of sports. “Jerrine leads teams with passion, collaboration and innovation,” […]
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Angie Jepsen has been named the director of sports development at the Albuquerque Sports Commission in New Mexico. Jepsen was promoted to the new title in December after more than six years as the senior national sales manager for the commission, a division of Visit Albuquerque. She previously was vice president for USA Track & […]
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Jonathan Walker has been promoted to sports sales manager within the Rhode Island Sports Commission, the Providence Warwick Convention and Visitors Bureau announced. Walker has more than eight years of experience in the Rhode Island hospitality and sports markets and has most recently served in a coordinator role since joining the Rhode Island Sports Commission […]
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USA Gymnastics’ 2022 premier events season will kick off February 25–27 with the three-day Winter Cup at Ford Center at the Star in Frisco, Texas featuring men’s and women’s divisions along with the Elite Team Cup and Nastia Liukin Cup. “After the success of last year’s Winter Cup, the first to feature both men’s and […]
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The newly expanded Greater Fort Lauderdale/Broward County Convention Center in Florida has reopened with the improved venue boasting 800,000 square feet of space, including 350,000 square feet of contiguous exhibit space. While the latest expansion has opened, more work remains, with total planned renovation expected to finish out at 1.2 million square feet by late […]
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Hype Nation, a division of the Sports Facilities Companies, has announced an exclusive partnership with Mikasa Sports for their volleyball tournaments in 2022 and 2023. The Mikasa VQ2000 ball will be used at all Hype Nation events. Since 1973, Mikasa has provided equipment for a variety of sports including volleyball, rugby, soccer, basketball and othe […]
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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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