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Diamond Kinetics Partners with Ripken Baseball and Cooperstown All Star Village

Diamond Kinetics has extended its partnership with Ripken Baseball and Cooperstown All Star Village to bring baseball and softball experiences to players while also announcing the launch of in-app content, experiences and on-site activations. A membership-based experience, Diamond Kinetics combines a bat sensor attachment and mobile app designed to help baseball and softball players while […]

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Salt Lake Olympic Bid Unveils Future Games Vision

Organizers working to bring the Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games back to Salt Lake City unveiled their vision for a future Games during their latest board meeting, focusing on elevating the local communities, sport and the Games experience. Within each focus point are subtopic interests. The three main topics are elevating communities by inspiring youth […]

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Next League USOPF Endowment Fund Created

Next League has announced the formation of the Next League USOPF Endowment Fund, a $500,000, multi-year commitment to the U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Foundation, the fundraising arm of the United States Olympic & Paralympic Committee. Next League’s endowment culminates in 2028, when the Olympic and Paralympic Summer Games in Los Angeles bring the Games to […]

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A-10 Women’s Basketball Championships headed to Virginia in 2024, 2025

The Atlantic 10 Conference has announced a partnership with the Henrico Sports & Entertainment Authority in Virginia to bring the 2024 and 2025 A-10 Women’s Basketball Championships to the 3,500-seat Henrico Sports & Events Center. The A-10 is one of seven conferences where the women’s basketball championship operates at a neutral site as a standalone […]

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6.8 Million Tickets Sold for Paris 2024; Opening Ceremony Plans Revealed

Organizers for the 2024 Olympic Summer Games in Paris announced 6.8 million tickets have been sold for the Games with 14 months before the Opening Ceremony — while France’s government, the organizing committee president for the Games and Paris’ mayor signed an 11-page security protocol Tuesday that for the first time publicly laid out some […]

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Major League Soccer and RCX Sports Launch MLS GO

Major League Soccer and RCX Sports have announced the launch of MLS GO, a recreational program designed to increase participation and access for young players that engages with existing community organizations and local recreation programs to provide boys and girls ages four to 14 with a local soccer experience. Over the course of a season, […]

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Steve Eckerson Named General Manager of San Diego’s Pechanga Arena

ASM Global has hired Steve Eckerson as the new general manager of Pechanga Arena in San Diego. A 30-plus-year industry veteran, Eckerson had been general manager at Mechanics Bank Arena, Theater and Convention Center in Bakersfield, California, since 2016. Prior to that, he served as general manager for Toyota Arena in Ontario, California, opening that […]

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NFL Expands Global Markets Program to 21 Teams in 14 Markets

The National Football League has announced the growth of its Global Markets Program with new clubs and new markets set to participate in 2023 following approval from the International Committee. Among the biggest updates is the New Orleans Saints getting rights for France, the first team to have those rights. The Republic of Ireland is […]

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TEAMS, National Council of Youth Sports Reach Multi-Year Extension

Northstar Meetings Group and the National Council of Youth Sports have reached a multi-year extension that will allow NCYS to co-locate a board meeting and membership reception at the TEAMS Conference & Expo — the world’s largest gathering for the sports-event industry — starting with TEAMS ’23 in The Palm Beaches of Florida, October 2–5. […]

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Avianca Airlines Partners with Miami Dolphins

Latin America carrier Avianca Airlines has announced a new three-year partnership with the Miami Dolphins. The partnership gives Avianca branding on in-stadium LED ribbon boards and score clock branding at Dolphins home games at Hard Rock Stadium. Additionally, Avianca will host game day plaza activations and game entitlement for select away games. “We are elated […]

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