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The Amateur Athletic Union’s annual AAU Junior Volleyball National Championships — hosted from from June 13 to July 7 at the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando — set participation and attendance records as the 24-day event brought in an 325,500 estimated attendees with a total of 6,500 teams, including more than 390 Central Florida […]
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The Arizona Sports and Tourism Authority has awarded a record $6.3 million to 36 organizations that promote youth and amateur sports programs in Maricopa County, bringing its overall total of funding to more than $39 million for more than 700 projects around the region since its inception in 2001. “AZSTA is proud to partner with […]
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More than 300 delegates from 33 countries took Alabama’s Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail to Birmingham to attend the 16th annual North America Golf Tourism Convention and two days of meetings plus two rounds of golf at RTJ Golf Trail’s Oxmoor Valley and Ross Bridge courses. “It was an absolute pleasure to welcome IAGTO and […]
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As plans continued for months — even years — for a Cincinnati Regional Sports Commission, Ben Huffman watched the developments with interest. In March, that interest became concrete and as of June 23, he has been working for the CRSC as its first executive director. “Building something from the ground up is a great opportunity,” […]
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The U.S. Center for SafeSport has released its 2024 Annual Report, which gives insight into the Center’s eighth year of operations and provides data related to case outcomes. The annual report includes data from January 1 through December 31, 2024. During that time, SafeSport fielded 8,098 reports of abuse and misconduct — the most the […]
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The Hartford Nationals, the largest and longest-running national sport championship event for athletes with a physical disability, visual impairment, and/or intellectual disability, is approaching in Grand Rapids, Michigan, with competition running from July 11–17. A first for the city and only the second time in Michigan, the competition — conducted by Move United — will […]
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Golf Tourism Solutions, in conjunction with Play Golf Myrtle Beach, recently hosted an auction to raise $20,000 to help people in the Western North Carolina golf and hospitality industries whose lives were devastated by Hurricane Helene. GTS members donated over 60 experiences ranging from rounds of golf to beachfront stays for the auction, which ran […]
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Discover Monroe-West Monroe will host the National Wheelchair Basketball Association’s 2026 Adult and Junior Division National Championships at the West Monroe Sports & Events facility. The top 16 ranked wheelchair basketball teams in Adult Divisions I, II and III will earn an invitation to their respective national tournaments, scheduled for March 26–29, 2026. “We are […]
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The Maryland Sports Commission has relaunched its online grant portal for a 45-day application period to both the Major Events Fund and Youth & Amateur Sports Grant and Michael Erin Busch Fund (Grant & Fund) Programs. “The debut of our updated grant portal reflects a significant shift in how we support the sports events industry […]
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Butler University is launching an Institute for Sports and Entertainment and will partner with the Indiana Sports Corp as part of the organization’s 2050 strategy to become the global capital of sports and entertainment. The Butler initiative, known also as BISE, will serve for developing the talent, research, and partnerships needed to fuel the region’s […]
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