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The NCAA has taken away NCAA Tournament first- and second-round hosting duties in 2022 from Cincinnati, Ohio, and reassigned those rights to Bankers Life Fieldhouse in Indianapolis, Indiana. The decision was made after arena upgrades for what was to be Cincinnati’s host site, the Heritage Bank Center, fell behind schedule and it appeared that they […]
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The Paris 2024 Executive Board has proposed two new sites for its future Olympic Summer Games to the International Olympic Committee, with surfing sent to Tahiti (nearly 10,000 miles from Paris) and a multi-purpose venue for sports to be located in the Place de la Concorde in the heart of the city and the shadow […]
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Major League Baseball’s annual draft will be on the move from New Jersey and heading to Omaha, the site of the College World series, and the Holland Performing Arts Center. Major League Baseball will move the date of the first round of the 2020 Draft to June 10 so that the event does not overlap […]
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The new Alfredo Harp Helú Stadium in Mexico City will host two Major League Baseball games between the Arizona Diamondbacks and San Diego Padres, the league announced during its Winter Meetings in San Diego. The games will be played April 18–19 between two teams that have large Hispanic fan bases. It will be the first […]
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DreamHack marked the 25th anniversary of its first festival by announcing its 2020 schedule, with 10 cities in three continents continuing the mantra of being at the intersection of gaming and internet culture. The organization will visit Anaheim, California, for the first time as part of its schedule with U.S. stops also scheduled for Dallas […]
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George Killebrew, who has 27 years of experience in front office roles both on the corporate and team levels, will be the new Major League Rugby commissioner. Killebrew was most recently the executive vice president and chief revenue officer of the Dallas Mavericks. He also worked with the Mavericks in sales, marketing, ticket sales, corporate […]
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At a two-day summit in Lausanne, Switzerland, the International Olympic Committee softened its official stance on esports, opening the door yet further to the possible inclusion of electronic games in future competition. During the meeting, the IOC received a report from David Lappartient, the chairman of the IOC’s esports and gaming liaison group, which is […]
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Spire Institute, a Geneva, Ohio-based multisport complex, has been acquired by Axxella, a Baltimore investment firm with plans for expansion. Spire features an outdoor track-and-field arena and indoor facilities that can host events with up to six basketball courts or 12 volleyball courts. The complex also features two full-sized indoor soccer fields and one outdoor […]
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In the sport of pickleball, the future of venue expansion may come from private homebuilders. Kolter Homes, a developer of master-planned adult communities, has announced that it will build a pickleball venue with more than 30 courts, believed to be the largest private pickleball venue built in Georgia. The complex will be part of Cresswind […]
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A theater in South Bend, Indiana, that is being renovated to host esports events will have a permanent tenant in Bethel University, which has announced the formation of an esports team to begin play in fall 2020. Through a partnership with the city of South Bend, the team from the university in Mishawaka, Indiana, will […]
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