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The USFL’s revival this spring will take place in Birmingham, Alabama, with games to be staged at Protective Stadium and Legion Field. AL.com reported the news on Wednesday. The league was focused on Birmingham as the single site for the spring season for more than a month. The Birmingham City Council two weeks ago approved […]
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The Sports Turf Managers Association has rebranded as the Sports Field Management Association in a move to align better with its membership makeup and further position the group to aid workers in the sports field industry. The rebrand includes an updated logo, tagline, website and vision for the future. SFMA was founded in 1981 to […]
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Birmingham, Alabama, is close to becoming the host for the relaunched USFL this spring after a city council vote on Tuesday night. A resolution to allow the city and Birmingham Park and Recreation Board to finalize an agreement with the USFL was approved as long as the agreement does not exceed $500,000. The deal would […]
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Los Angeles, which will host the Super Bowl in February, has begun preparations for the 2023 College Football Playoff national championship game, which will also be held at Inglewood’s SoFi Stadium. SoFi Stadium and Los Angeles are on the clock following the national 2022 championship game won by Georgia over Alabama at Lucas Oil Stadium […]
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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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