Breaking News, Podcasts and Analysis Serving People who Organize, Manage and Host Sports Events
Three more venues in Birmingham, Alabama, have been named as host venues for The World Games 2022: Legion Field, Birmingham CrossPlex and Boutwell Auditorium. Protective Stadium, a new downtown venue expected to open this year, had previously been named as a venue as well, making for four of the expected 25 venues to be named […]
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Russ Yurk, a sports industry professional with nearly three decades of experience with the NCAA and a wide range of sports events, has been named special projects coordinator for Sports ETA to oversee events rights holder relationships on behalf of the organization in an effort to increase those relationships with the Sports ETA membership. Yurk […]
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Visit Salt Lake is assembling its own media center at the Salt Palace Convention Center, creating a 500-square-foot space that will give meeting, convention and event groups the ability to create and produce content for events. The media center will be available for groups to either host live events and stream them on platforms, pre-record […]
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The NAIA will be moving its 2021 cheer and dance national championships to Davenport, Iowa, to be hosted by St. Ambrose University and Visit Quad Cities on March 12–13. St. Ambrose hosted the cheer and dance national championships in 2019 and was scheduled to do so in 2020 prior to the COVID-19 pandemic. “The partnership […]
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Louisville Tourism in Kentucky has announced that President and CEO Karen Williams will end her 30-year tenure with the organization on June 30 and will be succeeded by Chief Operating Officer Cleo Battle. “The hospitality industry is an extremely competitive market for leisure and meetings business,” Board Chair Donald Lassere said. “Under Karen’s leadership, the Louisville landscape evolved with greater opportunities to incent highly […]
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The North Carolina Sports Association has announced a new visual and digital identity designed to reflect its commitment to growing and promoting sports events across the state. The association’s new logo features a revitalized look focused on the iconic blue color often associated with the state. A retro typeface aims to pay homage to the […]
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Nearly eight in 10 runners in a Running USA survey said they participated in fewer events in 2020 due to the coronavirus but a majority still plan to be back at events this summer, according to a survey compiled by analyst Ashlyn Modlin and presented during a Running USA webinar on Tuesday. The 2020 Global […]
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The 2020 U.S. Olympic Team Trials — Swimming, scheduled for June in Omaha, Nebraska, will be held in two waves of competition to ensure that the event is held in a safe and healthy environment. Wave I will be held June 4–7 and Wave II on June 13–20, with Wave II as the sole qualifier […]
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Alliance Reservations Network has launched a new hotel room-booking product designed to streamline the management of group travel, including to sports events. The new technology, called GPS Link, connects the company’s Group Productivity Solution booking platform with the central reservation system of a participating hotel chain. The product is designed to make a direct connection […]
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Oak View Group has named four new executives for its Moody Center in Austin, Texas, a new, privately funded $338 million venue under construction. The 15,000-seat venue is expected to open in 2022 and will be home to University of Texas athletics programs. Veronica Cantu will serve as vice president of marketing; Michael Owens will […]
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