Breaking News, Podcasts and Analysis Serving People who Organize, Manage and Host Sports Events
The world’s largest gathering of esports tournament and video‐game organizers opens in Pittsburgh today, as the 2021 EsportsTravel Summit, presented by SportsTravel and hosted by SportsPITTSBURGH, will be held at the David L. Lawrence Convention Center through December 16. Produced by Northstar Meetings Group, the Summit is the only event of its kind for esports […]
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To meet the growing changes in the developing sports industry, the Colorado Springs Sports Corporation has announced the hires of Davis Tutt, Brock Chartier and Travis Stedman to the team while also announcing a new role for Molly Sharples. Tutt joins Sports Corp as the Director of Operations. Prior to Sports Corp, Tutt served as […]
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Visit Wichita in Kansas has promoted Jessica Viramontez to sports sales manager, succeeding Josh Howell, who was recently promoted to sports development manager. Viramontez has been a member Visit Wichita’s sales team for the past three years as a convention sales manager. In her new role, Viramontez will be responsible for attracting sporting events to […]
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Visit Loudon and the Loudon County Parks, Recreation and Community Services division received top honors this month at the Senior Softball-USA Annual Convention in Sacramento, California. The 2021 Award of Excellence from Senior Softball-USA was awarded to Torye Hurst, Visit Loudoun’s director of sales, sports and services, and Dave Carver, the Loudoun County Parks, Recreation […]
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Active at Altitude, the organizer of the US Trail Running Conference, has announced that the 10th edition of the industry-leading event will be held in Snohomish County, Washington, in the city of Mukilteo from October 19–22, 2022. “We are very excited to bring the US Trail Running Conference to the Pacific Northwest,” Event Director Terry […]
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Kathy Nelson, the longtime president of the Kansas City Sports Commission and Foundation, will also become the leader of the city’s convention and visitors bureau, Visit KC, effective January 1, 2022. Nelson will lead both organizations after being at the helm of the sports commission for the past 10 years. In her expanded role, she […]
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AIC Hotel Group has launched the first esports gaming lounge at a resort hotel in Mexico, announcing the HyperX Gaming Lounge will debut at the Hard Rock Hotel Riviera Maya. The lounge will feature high-performance gaming PCs, popular gaming consoles, a VR station and the latest HyperX products, offering an enhanced experience gamers to meet, […]
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Rasheeda Martin has been named the new director of sales for Explore York in Pennsylvania. Martin has worked at Explore York for the past four years and has served as the sports sales and services manager since 2019. She will become the first Black person to hold the position of director at the convention and […]
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Collegiate softball players will have the opportunity to play in a summer league as the Sunflower Summer Collegiate Softball League will begin play in 2022, league commissioner Casey Walkup announced this week. The SSL will bring nearly 100 student-athletes to Kansas each summer. The SSL will consist of six teams with the opportunity for future […]
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Executives from the NCAA and the Houston Local Organizing Committee, along with Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner and the head men’s basketball coaches from four local schools, unveiled the logo for the 2023 Men’s Final Four logo for the event scheduled from March 31–April 3, 2023, at NRG Stadium. The city is hosting the event for […]
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