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Charles Harris, the chief marketing officer and executive vice president of public affairs for Visit Anaheim, will be the new president and chief executive officer of the Reno-Sparks Convention and Visitors Authority. Harris will be charged by the CVA’s Board of Directors to plan, coordinate, direct and be responsible for activities associated with the operation […]
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The United States Olympic & Paralympic Committee and USOPC Collegiate Advisory Council will start a College Sports Sustainability Think Tank to examine sustainable programming initiatives. The measure comes amid emerging vulnerabilities facing varsity-level Olympic and Paralympic sports as college athletic departments have cut sports because of financial constraints stemming from the COVID-19 pandemic. The group […]
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The Big East Conference has signed a three-year agreement with the Electronic Gaming Federation to be the organizer for all conference-affiliated gaming events. The league’s 11 schools will be official EGF members and participate in a multi-game season in the national Division I Varsity Esports League. The season began October 5 and features two eight-week […]
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Charlotte County government has named Sean Doherty as tourism director effective September 23, dropping the interim title that he had served under and charging him with the tourism marketing efforts of the Punta Gorda/Englewood Beach Visitor & Convention Bureau. “I’ve been honored to serve Charlotte County while working alongside a team of dedicated professionals in […]
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The United States Olympic & Paralympic Committee has hired Dr. Jessica Bartley as its director of mental health services, starting immediately to be responsible for the development and implementation of mental health services and programming for Team USA. Bartley has more than a decade of work in the mental health space and will direct the […]
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Droo Callahan has been selected as the general manager for The Bridge Sports Complex in West Virginia, a Sports Facilities Management venue that is set to open in 2021. The hire was made by the city of Bridgeport, West Virginia, which is overseeing the project in partnership with SFM. Callahan had a 10-year professional soccer […]
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It may not have the drama of Selection Sunday, but Selection Wednesday is coming on October 14 as the NCAA will release future hosts for 86 championship events, including hundreds of regional competitions, for the 2022–2023 through 2025–2026 seasons. The announcement will be posted on the NCAA’s home page at 1 p.m. Eastern Standard Time […]
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Sports Facilities (SF) Companies has announced that Jim Arnold will join the youth and amateur sports venue management, development, and planning company in the role of national business development director. In the new role, Arnold will lead the company’s client engagement across the United States. Arnold has a long history with sports venues, launching Ripken […]
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The United States Golf Association will launch an enhanced U.S. Open Augmented Reality App to provide fans with an at-home experience for the 120th U.S. Open Championship, to be played September 14–20 at Winged Foot Golf Club in Mamaroneck, New York. Available for Apple and Google platforms, the U.S. Open AR App offers fans different […]
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The LA28 Organizing Committee for the 2028 Olympic and Paralympic Summer Games have released an animated emblem for the event that can be evolved over time. The initial release on Twitter showed a variety of different alternatives for the design depending on the celebrity or athlete that created it. We are a community of inspired […]
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