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Maine Prepares to Host Two International Sporting Events

Maine will host two big sporting events in the next two weeks, with Ironman Triathlon and an international soccer friendly coming to the state. The Kennebec Valley will welcome the Ironman 70.3 Maine triathlon on July 25–27 for its fourth consecutive year. The event is expected to bring more than 5,000 people from around the […]

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National Senior Games
The 2025 National Senior Games will bring more than 12,500 athletes ages 50 and over to Des Moines. Photo courtesy of the National Senior Games

Des Moines Prepares to Host 2025 National Senior Games

Des Moines, Iowa, will host the 2025 National Senior Games presented by Humana from July 24 through August 4 as more than 12,500 athletes ages 50 and over are registered to compete in the Olympic–style event, featuring 25 sports held across venues in Greater Des Moines. First held in 1987, the National Senior Games takes […]

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PA Sports

PA Sports Adds Members to Executive Committee

PA Sports has added several members to its Executive Committee, with Danielle Vincenti, director of business development for the Hershey Harrisburg Sports & Events Authority, unanimously elected Chair of PA Sports. Vincenti, who will serve a will serve a two-year term, has been an active member of the PA Sports Executive Committee since 2021 and […]

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CTMeetings

Connecticut Convention & Sports Bureau Board Adds New Leaders

The Board of the Connecticut Convention & Sports Bureau has elected Alex Peterson as chair and Tina Mazzullo as vice chair for the 2025–2026 fiscal year. Peterson is the senior advisor and director of government affairs for the Connecticut Airport Authority. Mazzullo is area director of sales and marketing at the Residence Inn Stamford Downtown […]

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2025 NFL Draft

2025 NFL Draft Brought $104 Million into Wisconsin

Experience Greater Green Bay has released the final economic impact report of the 2025 NFL Draft. Statewide, the total economic impact reached $104,789,486, surpassing the initial $94 million estimate. The event, held April 24–26 in and around Lambeau Field and the Titletown campus, created a total economic impact in Brown County of $79,917,186, nearly $60 […]

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BASE Sports Group Danielle Lafferty

BASE Sports Group Tabs Danielle Lafferty as Director of Operator Development

BASE Sports Group has announced the addition of Danielle Lafferty as its new director of operator development to work with event and facility operators and strengthen relationships, optimize experiences and ensure successful activation of brand partnerships across youth sports. BASE Sports Group offers youth sports properties a low-risk opportunity to have their sponsorable assets presented […]

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USA Gymnastics Oklahoma City
Oklahoma City Mayor David Holt, center, appeared on-stage during the 2022 TEAMS Conference in Oklahoma City. He was joined by Stefanie Korepin, USA Gymnastics chief programs officer, and Olympic legend Bart Conner. Photo by Jared Wickerham

Q&A: Oklahoma City Mayor David Holt

When organizers this week revealed the initial schedule for the 2028 Olympic Summer Games, there were two notable sports listed outside of Southern California. The softball and canoe slalom events will take place more than 1,300 miles east of Los Angeles, in Oklahoma City, under the direction of Michael Byrnes, president and general manager of […]

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Supercross DST

World Supercross Partners With Destination Sport Travel

The FIM World Supercross Championship has announced a multi-year partnership with global travel management provider Destination Sport Travel to manage all global travel requirements for competition staff, teams, suppliers and partners. The partnership comes as World Supercross recently announced a 2025 calendar featuring rounds across five continents, including Malaysia, Buenos Aires, Vancouver, the Gold Coast […]

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Jason Sands
Jason Sands will be part of Kemper Sports as its newest executive. (Photo by Jared Wickerham/Wick Photography)

Jason Sands Named Vice President of New Business Development for KemperSports Venues

Jason Sands will join the KemperSports team as vice president of new business development for KemperSports Venues, the company’s youth sports management division. For the past eight years, Sands has served as executive director for the Fort Worth Sports Commission and vice president of sports for the Fort Worth CVB, helping bring to the community […]

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SEICon Keynote
SEICon's keynote session included Oklahoma City Mayor David Holt; Steve Hill, president and CEO of Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority; and Marc Badain, president of the A’s. Photo by SportsTravel/Justin Shaw

SEICon Brings Big Names From Sports World Together

There’s no better place in the country than Las Vegas to bring together high–level sports executives from around the country for a meeting of the minds, as was the case last week when the second annual SEICon came to the Bellagio offering a wide variety of programming with some of the biggest names in the […]

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