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Don Dukemineer Named Decatur Morgan County’s Director of Sports Development

Don Dukemineer, who has more than a decade of sports tourism experience, will be the new director of sports development for Decatur Morgan County (Alabama) Tourism. Dukemineer will be responsible for all sports-related sales for Decatur and Morgan County and will work with the president and CEO to develop and execute sales goals and strategies. […]

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USA Field Hockey to Relocate Training Base

USA Field Hockey will move its home training base away from Pennsylvania to a location to be determined as part of an amended partnership with Spooky Nook Sports. The complex in Manheim, Pennsylvania, had been the home for the U.S. women’s national team and other USA Field Hockey events since 2013. USA Field Hockey’s official […]

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Tokyo 2020 Volleyball Complex Holds Grand Opening

The site for volleyball and wheelchair basketball in the 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Summer Games has been officially inaugurated by Tokyo officials in a ceremony that blended sports and entertainment at the Ariake Arena. The arena seats 15,000 and is one of the last permanent venues that was opened to the public, with the aquatic […]

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Rocket League World Championship Heading to Texas

The Rocket League World Championship will be held April 24–26 at the Curtis Culwell Center in Garland, Texas, part of the Dallas metropolitan area. The Rocket League Championship Series world finals last season took place in Madrid. The event usually alternates between European and North American host cities every season with a total of 12 […]

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Spartan World Championship Heads to Abu Dhabi

For the first time in its 10-year history, the Spartan World Championship will be staged outside of the United States when the event goes to Abu Dhabi, December 4-5, 2020. The event, hosted by the Abu Dhabi Sports Council and sponsored by Rakuten, will bring the Elite Spartan World Championship, Spartan Team World Championship and […]

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Chicago Community Center to Host AAU Events

The Chicago Sports Alliance, the AAU’s largest licensed event operator, has announced that it will designate the Pullman Community Center in Chicago as its new Midwest headquarters. Under terms of the deal, the alliance will organize and operate tournaments, leagues, clinics and new year-round programs at the center, with the expectation it will attract a […]

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Allegiant Announces Partnership with Indianapolis Colts

Allegiant Airlines has become the official airline of the Indianapolis Colts in a partnership that will see the carrier have a branded section of the NFL team’s home stadium. Allegiant has been an airline sponsor of the Colts since 2015, but this multiyear agreement renames the upper terrace level of Lucas Oil Stadium as the […]

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Al Kidd Receives Three-Year Extension at Sports ETA

Al Kidd has received a three-year extension to continue serving as president and CEO of the Sports Events & Tourism Association. Kidd joined the organization in 2017, becoming the second executive in the association’s history and helping the organization rebrand from its former name of the National Association of Sports Commissions. “Under Al’s leadership, our […]

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