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The 2026 British Open Championship will be played at Royal Birkdale, the R&A announced this week ahead of next week’s major championship. “Royal Birkdale is a world-class Championship venue and its outstanding links will once again provide the world’s best men’s professional golfers with a tough but fair test of their talents and capabilities as […]
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Valley Forge, Pennsylvania, will host the 2024 YMCA National Gymnastics Championships with approximately 1,700 athletes across the country ranging in age from 6 to 20 years old expected to compete. The announcement was made this week by the YMCA of the USA, the national resource office for the 2,600 YMCAs across the country. The championship […]
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ASM Global has entered into a strategic partnership with multidisciplinary venue strategist Forward Associates, which specializes in interior design, venue strategy to premium seat sales and marketing to evaluate, plan, design, execute and commercialize venues. “As we continue to embrace cutting-edge technologies and industry disruptors on a global scale, producing renowned content through our unmatched […]
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The NBA season may have ended June 12 in Denver when the Nuggets captured their first championship. But the NBA never truly sleeps. The league took over Las Vegas starting July 7 with Summer League games tipping off at the Thomas & Mack Center and Cox Pavilion. Simultaneously, the inaugural NBA Con — a massive […]
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The Durham Sports Commission’s Board of Directors has elected two new members, Angelique Stallings and Ryan Craig. Stallings is the owner and founder of Mocha Mind Agency, a consulting and communications strategy firm. She also serves as the vice president of community investment with the Greater Durham Chamber of Commerce. Craig works as a health […]
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The Greater Lansing Sports Authority, in partnership with the National Horseshoe Pitchers Association and the Michigan Horseshoe Pitchers Association, will host the 2023 NHPA World Championship starting July 17 at the Lansing Center in the Michigan destination. Nearly 1,000 competitors will travel to Lansing from five different countries and 48 of the United States. The […]
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The NBA’s long-reported plans for an in-season tournament will be realized in the 2023–2024 regular season with the semifinals and finals of the event scheduled for December 7-9, 2023, in Las Vegas. The exact dates for the tournament’s Las Vegas residency were reported by ESPN on Wednesday. The news breaks as Las Vegas prepares to […]
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Jack Rains, the founding chair of the board at the Harris County-Houston Sports Authority from 1997 through 1999, has died. From 1997 though 1999, Rains served on the HCHSA board as the Founding Chair. During his time on the board, Rains was instrumental in establishing and supporting the mission and vision of the HCHSA. Along […]
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South Bend/Mishawaka, Indiana, has broken ground on the new Mishawaka Youth Athletic Facility. The project includes a 220,000 square foot building that houses 10 multipurpose courts, two turf fields, concessions, bleachers and medical tenant space, which will begin construction in the third quarter of 2023. The current construction schedule anticipates a grand opening in the […]
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Professional esports organization Gen.G has partnered with NASCAR to host The Pit Stop at the Rocket League Championship Series Boston Major on July 8 at the Agganis Arena. The Pit Stop will take place at WBUR CitySpace from noon to 5 p.m. ET, featuring a watch party of all the matches with seating, large screens, […]
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