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Less than six months before the start of the Olympic Summer Games, Tokyo 2020 has announced a new president, Seiko Hashimoto, who will succeed Yoshiro Mori. Mori, a former Japanese prime minister, stepped down from the post following controversial comments about women and their role in leadership positions. Hashimoto is an Olympian who competed in […]
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Visit Mesa in Arizona has named Lance Fite as its director of sports sales. The city near Phoenix has several significant sports projects in the works, including Legacy Sports Park, which will be a 320-acre multisport complex opening in 2022. Fite joins the convention and visitors bureaus with a background in hotel sales and management, […]
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What’s the answer to the trivia question of which U.S. military branch is the only one without a road race in its name? That would be the U.S. Coast Guard. But now, the city that boasts the largest Coast Guard base in the country has helped erase that designation. Elizabeth City, North Carolina, has announced […]
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The Sports Events & Tourism Association has announced new October dates for its Annual Symposium and two other events, rescheduling from April dates in Birmingham, Alabama. The 2021 Sports ETA symposium will still be held in Birmingham, shifting to October 25–29. In conjunction with that event, the trade association for the sports events and tourism […]
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Lake County, Florida, will host dozens of NCAA college softball games throughout the rest of February as teams begin their seasons with some warm-weather games at multiple venues throughout the region in conjunction with The Spring Games organization. Action started this past week at Sleepy Hollow Sports Complex in Leesburg with matchups between the University […]
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The NHL and international sportsbook operator PointsBet have reached a multiyear strategic partnership with PointsBet become an official sports betting partner of the league. Under terms of the deal, which includes the league’s interests in the United States and Australia, PointsBet will receives rights to use NHL marks and logos. The sides will also create […]
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The Los Angeles Super Bowl Host Committee, ahead of the 2022 Super Bowl that will be at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, California, unveiled the official committee logo and launch video, featuring Snoop Dogg, alongside the NFL’s trademark Super Bowl LVI mark. The logo is inspired by SoFi Stadium’s design and the campaign tagline “Champions Shine […]
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The Muncie Sports Commission in Indiana has introduced a reimagined brand portfolio as the nonprofit organization worked with Whitinger Strategic Services to assist with strategic direction and brand management. The collaboration led to a new mission and passion statement for the organization as well as new logos to enhance current and future partnerships with sports-minded […]
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The Orange County Sports Commission in California has announced it has 16 confirmed sports events for the destination in 2021 that are anticipated to attract more than 155,000 combined attendees and generate an estimated economic impact of $53 million. Of those, 11 were booked since the onset of the pandemic, giving leaders in Anaheim and […]
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Visit Milwaukee announced on National Girls & Women in Sports Day that it has created Sports Milwaukee, a new division of the company that will market the city as a destination for sports events of all kinds and be led by a group of local women in the sports and hospitality industry. Sports Milwaukee is led […]
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