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Nearly all the venues for the 2022 Olympic Winter Games in Beijing, China, have been completed with test events scheduled for each facility later this year. All 12 venues hosting ice and snow competitions in Beijing city proper, the Yanqing District and Zhangjiakou in Hebei Province hosted test events earlier this year. Eight of the […]
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Ben VanCamp is the new president at the Chamber Collaborative of Greater Portsmouth in New Hampshire. VanCamp has served the Chamber Collaborative since 2017 after working in the sports-event industry in North Carolina. As the organization’s vice president since 2017, VanCamp has helped rebrand the Chamber and instill it with a new mission-vision process. VanCamp […]
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The Board of Directors of Running USA elected new officers to lead the organization and heard updates from the chief executive officer and staff regarding the organization’s progress on a variety of projects during its annual summer board meeting last week in Denver. Matt West, chief executive officer of DMSE Sports in Boston, was elected […]
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USA Cycling will host its inaugural Cycling Inclusion Conference on September 10–11 in conjunction with industry partners, sports advocates and inclusivity experts. The target audience is cycling industry representatives with a view to educate, inform and stand for change. The focus will be on four key underrepresented communities in cycling: BIPOC, LGBTQIA+, disabled athletes, and […]
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The Greater Lansing Sports Authority and the Mid-Michigan Tennis Association will bring back the Joe D. Pentecost Foundation Capital City Tennis Classic in November after the 2020 event was canceled because of the pandemic. The event is sanctioned by the International Tennis Federation and is expected to draw 74 participants competing for $15,000 in prize […]
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Louisville Tourism has promoted Gen Howard to director of sports market development, part of two moves aimed at strengthening the Kentucky city’s ties to sports. Dana Baldwin has also been promoted and will serve as national sales manager/sports. She will work specifically on sports tourism under Howard. In the new role, Howard will focus on […]
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The 2021 Intercollegiate Tennis Association National Fall Championships will be hosted by the Barnes Tennis Center in San Diego during the first weekend of November. The event features 64 singles players and 64 doubles teams. The draw will be comprised of 32 men and 32 women in singles and 32 men and 32 women in […]
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Deborah Ward has been named executive director of Visit Omaha, the official tourism authority for the Nebraska city and surrounding and Douglas County. Ward had served as the bureau’s interim director since July 2020. “During the most challenging year for the tourism and hospitality businesses, Deb managed the OCVB and did a tremendous job,” said […]
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Atlantic City, New Jersey, is the new home of the U.S. Open Pool Championship at Harrah’s Resort Atlantic City from September 13—18 in partnership with Caesars Entertainment and the Atlantic City Sports Commission. The U.S. Open Pool Championship is the longest running major in the sport with a history dating almost half a century. The […]
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A new indoor sports facility has been given approval at the Alachua County Sports and Event Center in Florida that will be constructed at Gainesville’s Celebration Pointe. The groundbreaking is scheduled for September 2021 with a targeted completion date to host events by January 2023. The 150,000-square-foot indoor facility will offer an indoor track, up […]
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