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Major League Baseball has entered into a cryptocurrency sponsorship agreement with FTX Trading Limited and West Realm Shires Services Inc. that will include the first uniform patch worn by umpires. The deal, which the league said was the first between a professional sports league and a cryptocurrency exchange, was executed to raise brand awareness for […]
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Members of the Sports Event and Tourism Association elected a new board at the first annual membership meeting held since the start of the pandemic. Members also adopted several new bylaw changes that will give more equal benefits to rights holder and industry partner members, and created a new individual membership category. The annual meeting […]
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The USA Rugby men’s national team will host Ireland in the inaugural Las Vegas Rugby Cup on October 30, 2021, at Las Vegas’ Allegiant Stadium. “It’s thrilling to host an international rugby event of this caliber in Las Vegas and we can’t wait to welcome the teams and their fans to the sports capital of […]
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The Grand Park Sports Campus and the city of Westfield, Indiana, have launched a research and development program that will aim to attract entrepreneurs, businesses and universities investing in sports tourism. The Grand Park Research & Development HUB will help with the development of new technologies, services and research projects that will help serve the […]
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The 2022 USA Karate National Championships are going to be held in Spokane, Washington, at the destination’s new facility The Podium next summer. Spokane Sports said it anticipates an estimated economic impact of $4 million from the event with 2,000 athletes and 2,500 spectators coming for the event, scheduled for June 30—July 3. Karate is […]
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Major League Soccer will launch a new professional league in 2022 that will focus on youth development and provide a more direct link between its teams’ youth academies and the first-team rosters, the league announced on Monday. The aim of the new reserve league is to complete the player pathway from MLS Next to the […]
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The National Lacrosse League officially announced that Las Vegas will be joining the league as an expansion franchise with a target date of the fall 2022 to begin play. The new franchise will be co-owned by Wayne Gretzky, Dustin Johnson, Steve Nash and Joe Tsai. Mark Fine has been named chief executive officer of the […]
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The Palm Beach County Convention Center hosted the first basketball tournament held inside the venue when Balling on the Beach, a youth event with over 300 middle school teams, as part of a partnership with Iconic Creative Agency. Balling on the Beach took place at four South Florida venues with the entirety of the middle […]
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The Organizing Committee of the 2026 Olympic Winter Games in Milan-Cortina, Italy, has proposed the inclusion of Ski Mountaineering, governed by the International Ski Mountaineering Federation, as an additional sport to the 2026 program. The proposal to include Ski Mountaineering consists of five new medal events with sprint and individual categories for men and women […]
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Legacy Sports USA is partnering with the Pro Pickleball Association to host a PPA Tour event as part of a five-year agreement starting in February 2022 at Legacy Sports Park, which is set to open in January 2022 in Mesa, Arizona. The PPA Tour will kick off its new partnership with Legacy Sports USA next […]
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