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Tim Brady has been promoted to the role of chief executive officer of the Charleston (West Virginia) Convention and Visitors Bureau to start 2020 after a national search. Brady was previously the vice president of sales and marketing for the CVB and takes over the CEO role from the retiring Alisa Bailey. “I’ve worked with […]
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Industry veteran Janis Ross has been named vice president of events and experiences for the Sports Events & Tourism Association. Ross, who had been executive director for the Eugene Cascades & Coast Sports Commission in Oregon for the past 15 years, will oversee the association’s major events and programs, including the annual Symposium, Women’s Summit […]
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The National Football League’s official hospitality provider, On Location Experiences, has been acquired by global entertainment company Endeavor and added to the firm’s portfolio alongside organizations such as the UFC and IMG. According to Bloomberg, Endeavor will pay $660 million to acquire the shares held by existing investors including Bruin Sports Capital, RedBird Capital and […]
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Jim Wood, most recently the president and CEO of Meet AC and the Atlantic City Sports Commission, has been named the president and chief executive officer of the Evansville (Indiana) Convention & Visitors Bureau, effective January 15. Wood was the head of Meet AC from 2014 until resigning earlier this year for family reasons. He […]
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Arlington, Texas, will get a new 150,000-square-foot convention center as part of an expanded $810 million mega-project in the city’s entertainment district that will start construction in 2020 and be ready by 2023. The project, approved by the Arlington City Council, will be developed as a public-private partnership with Loews Hotels, the Texas Rangers, Cordish […]
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The future home of the Los Angeles Rams and Los Angeles Chargers has another big name that will be hanging outside one of its entrances. SoFi Stadium and Hollywood Park named Pechanga Resort Casino as the newest founding partner of the new 70,000-seat stadium and 298-acre development, giving the casino the naming rights to a […]
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Orlando North Seminole County Sports and Full Sail University’s Dan Patrick School of Sportscasting in Florida have announced a collaboration that will allow students to gain hands-on experience at youth sports events held in area sports venues. The venture will give students experience in research and reporting at events held at the Boombah Sports Complex, […]
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The Harrisburg University of Science and Technology, which established a varsity esports program in 2018 on its Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, campus, will add a bachelor of science degree program at the university, with Philadelphia’s Nerd Street Gamers serving as the program’s partner and adviser. Beginning in spring 2020, students will be able to enroll in a […]
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The United States eSports Federation has announced that it will hold its inaugural Annual Meeting at the 2020 EsportsTravel Summit, which will be held November 18–20 at the Esports Stadium Arlington in Arlington, Texas. The co-location agreement was announced today at Regional SportAccord Pan America in Fort Lauderdale. Produced by Northstar Meetings Group and hosted […]
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Kelli Elmore has joined Visit Wichita (Kansas) as sports event manager, joining the bureau’s sports sales team that includes Brian Hargrove, executive director of sports development, and Josh Howell, sports sales manager. “I am extremely excited to work with the incredible team at Visit Wichita to help bring sporting events to the city,” said Elmore. […]
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