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Joplin Sports Authority Names Jared Bruggeman as Interim Executive Director

Jared Bruggeman has been named interim executive director of the Joplin Sports Authority, becoming the fifth leader of the organization during its existence. Bruggeman comes from Missouri Southern State University, where he served as director of athletics from 2009 through this spring. Bruggeman oversaw the department’s second-place finish in the 2021 Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association […]

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Five Professionals Added to North Carolina Sports Association Board

Five new sports tourism professionals have been named to the board of the North Carolina Sports Association. The NCSA elected the group to three-year terms during its Annual General Meeting held virtually earlier this month. NCSA is a statewide collaboration of sports commissions, convention and visitors bureaus, parks and recreation entities and sports authorities who […]

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Columbus, Georgia, to Host 2022 World Cup and 2023 World Championships in Kayak

Columbus, Georgia, will be hosting many of the world’s best kayakers when the 2022 World Cup and 2023 World Championships come to the destination to compete on the Chattahoochee River between Columbus and Phenix City. The announcement was made by Columbus Mayor Skip Henderson, Phenix City Mayor Eddie Lowe and Uptown Columbus. “I don’t think […]

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Bassmaster Classic Draws Nearly 150,000 to Fort Worth

Fishing fans are back. The 2021 Academy Sports + Outdoors Bassmaster Classic presented by Huk and held in Fort Worth, Texas, attracted 147,197 fans across a variety of Classic Week activities. The attendance shattered previous records for a Texas-held Bassmaster Classic and was the second-highest attended Classic in history behind the 2019 event in Knoxville, […]

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Mike Trimboli Named New President Of USA Hockey

Mike Trimboli, a New York native who has been involved in grass-roots hockey as a player, coach, official and administrator for parts of the past six decades, was elected the new president of USA Hockey at a Board of Directors Meeting as part of the organization’s virtual Annual Congress. Trimboli succeeds Jim Smith, who served the […]

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World Athletics Championships Oregon22 Release Ticket Information

The local organizing committee for the World Athletics Championships Oregon22 will start the public sale of tickets for next year’s event at 9 a.m. PST on July 15, one year to go until the first day of action. The event is set to take place July 15–24, 2022 and will be the first time the […]

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Heather Larson to Lead Meet Chicago Northwest

Meet Chicago Northwest in Illinois has promoted Heather Larson to president and CEO of the convention and visitors bureau, effective immediately. Larson previously served as the CVB’s director of sales and joined the bureau in December 2010 when it was then known as Greater Woodfield Convention & Visitors Bureau. Larson’s career spans to the early […]

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Posted On : By : Jason Gewirtz
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The 2019 EsportsTravel Summit was staged in Atlantic City, New Jersey, a destination that is positioning itself to become a leader in the esports industry.
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New Jersey Positions Itself for Esports Growth

New Jersey — and Atlantic City specifically — is poised to become a leader in esports development and the regulation of esports wagering, according to state officials and education leaders who have been pushing several new initiatives in the region. During a webinar held by the Greater Atlantic City Chamber, state officials said New Jersey’s […]

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USA Basketball and MGM Resorts International Announce Expanded Partnership

USA Basketball and MGM Resorts International have announced an expanded, multi-year partnership starting this July with MGM Resorts in Las Vegas being the official training camp home for the men’s and women’s national teams ahead of the Olympic Summer Games in Tokyo. MGM Resorts also will become the Official Integrated Resorts Partner of USA Basketball […]

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Andrew “Andinster” Woodward of Spacestation Gaming competes onstage during the Smite match at Esports Arena Las Vegas’ grand opening
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North Carolina Bill Would Provide Tax Credits for Esports Events

A bill working its way through the North Carolina General Assembly would provide incentives for live esports events, including a 25 percent refundable tax credit for certain event productions whether they are held live or tape-delayed for broadcast. The bill, which has passed the House Appropriations Committee, would provide that incentive for productions that have […]

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