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The 2023 Nike New England Winterfest Volleyball Tournament is coming to the Connecticut Convention Center in Hartford for three weekends in January. The event will feature 6,500 youth volleyball players on 590 teams from across the Northeast. More than 22,000 visitors are expected over three consecutive weekends. “Two years ago, we expanded the tournament this […]
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Northstar Travel Group, the largest information services, data, events, and marketing solutions company focused exclusively on the travel industry, has announced Jason Young as its new chief executive officer. Young succeeds Thomas Kemp, who has been chairman and chief executive officer since 2009. Kemp will transition to the role of chairman. Young has been an innovative […]
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Alliance Reservations Network has acquired Playbook365, a youth and amateur sports management platform for tournaments, leagues, clubs, showcases, tryouts and camps, with plans to create the youth and amateur sports industry’s first end-to-end travel management platform. The new service is expected to integrate with ARN’s lodging management platform, Group Productivity Solution. The acquisition is planned […]
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The Seven Continents Club will begin presenting the SCC Finisher Medal and Certificate to SCC members in the ultramarathon distance and Marathon Tours & Travel will offer the option of a 50K distance in its Antarctica Marathon running events starting in 2024. The SCC was created in 1995 when the first running of the Antarctica […]
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USA Volleyball has selected Kansas City, Missouri, to host the 2025 Girls Junior National Championship for the 11-13 age divisions. USA Volleyball announced earlier this year it is splitting the Girls Junior National Championship beginning in 2023 and having one tournament for the 11-13 age divisions and one for 14-17. Kansas City has previously hosted […]
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The International Gymnastics Federation has awarded The Palm Beaches, Florida, a World Cup Series event with the Palm Beach County Convention Center set to host trampoline and tumbling gymnasts from August 3-5, 2023. The United States most recently hosted a FIG trampoline and tumbling event in 2014. Approximately 250 athletes from 30 countries are expected […]
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The 2023 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague Final Four will take place in Kaunas, Lithuania, and the 2024 edition of the EuroLeague’s showcase event will return to Berlin. The Zalgirio Arena will host the four best teams on the continent, who will play in the semifinals on May 19. The third place and championship games will be […]
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Visit Rapid City has announced Domico Rodriguez has been appointed as the executive director for the new Rapid City Sports Commission. “Domico is the right person to help establish and lead the Rapid City Sports Commission,” said Brook Kaufman, president and chief executive officer of Visit Rapid City. “He brings extensive knowledge to this position […]
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Al Kidd, who has served as president and chief executive officer of the Sports Events and Tourism Association since 2017, will retire from the position, effective June 30, 2023. Searchwide Global has been retained to conduct the search for the next executive of the sports-events industry association. Kidd joined Sports ETA as only its second […]
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As with other women’s sports, USA Hockey has seen an explosion with its women’s national team in recent years. It used to be fans could only see the U.S. women’s team play in exhibitions around the time of the Olympics. Now, that’s all changed with the Rivalry Series. Team USA and Team Canada have had […]
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