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The WNBA has announced that the first WNBA Canada Game will feature the Chicago Sky and Minnesota Lynx on May 13, 2023, at Scotiabank Arena in Toronto. It will mark the first WNBA preseason game in Canada. “Bringing a WNBA preseason game to Canada is an important milestone for the global growth of the league,” […]
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The Erie Sports Commission has announced a major increase to the amount of funding available in 2023 to potential recipients of its Facility Matching Funds Program. The program’s available funds will nearly quadruple in size in 2023, with a total of $60,000 in matching funds available to assist local sports facilities with renovations, equipment upgrades […]
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Josh Harris and David Blitzer, the owners of the Philadelphia 76ers and New Jersey Devils, have announced the completion of a strategic investment in Ripken Baseball and the Cooperstown All Star Village to increase the strength and reach of the organizations to include five baseball facilities across the United States, including four complexes that operate […]
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Northstar Travel Group has named Nick Powell as managing director, EMEA, to oversee the company’s UK and European portfolio, which includes TEAMS Europe. Powell succeeds David Chapple, managing director of the group since its acquisition in 2019, who is moving on to pursue other endeavors. “Nick Powell has an extensive media background, having launched and […]
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Meet AC, Atlantic City’s destination meetings and events marketing organization, has launched its new branding as Visit Atlantic City with a coinciding website at visitatlanticcity.com. Over the past year, industry agency Simpleview worked with Meet AC to define a new brand for the organization, considering the research insights conducted by Destination Analysts. Visit Atlantic City’s […]
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Paris 2024 has partnered with On Location, the official and exclusive hospitality provider for the Olympic and Paralympic Games, to launch a new online platform enabling the public to purchase customizable hospitality packages for the upcoming 2024 Olympic Summer Games. The packages include guaranteed tickets to sporting sessions and additional options including hotels, transportation and […]
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Mike Price has been named the chief sales and operations officer for Destination Ann Arbor after 13 years as the executive director of the Greater Lansing Sports Authority. Price will oversee and lead the sales team, sports commission and operations for Destination Ann Arbor. Destination Ann Arbor’s mission is to promote Washtenaw County as a […]
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Sports Facilities Companies has hired industry veteran J.D. Wood as the regional vice president of strategic development, a position dedicated to expanding the firm’s venue management footprint in the Western United States. “I couldn’t be more excited to be rejoining SFC in this new role,” said Wood, who previously worked for the Dallas Sports Commission […]
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Long-awaited expansion plans will be announced shortly, National Women’s Soccer League Commissioner Jessica Berman said last week before the league held its annual draft at the United Soccer Coaches Convention in Philadelphia. The league plans to add two teams for the 2024 season. Salt Lake City, Utah, is expected to be one of the two […]
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The International Olympic Committee is — for the first time since 2020 — not organizing either an Olympic Winter or Summer Games. Yet, the organization may be facing one of its most pivotal years in some time. There are multiple issues the IOC must address for both of its editions of the Games and several […]
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