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NYCFC Moves Four Games Out of Yankee Stadium to Citi Field

Major League Soccer announced the schedule for its 25th season and one of the notable highlights is the move of four New York City Football Club matches from one Major League Baseball ballpark to its in-city rival. NYCFC, which plays its home games at Yankee Stadium, will have four games at the New York Mets’ Citi […]

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Capital One Arena Moves to All-Digital Ticketing

The home of the Washington Capitals and Washington Wizards will be eliminating paper tickets and going all-digital for sports events as well as concerts and other entertainment events. The change will take effect on January 1, 2020, for all non-sporting events at Capital One Arena. For Capitals and Wizards fans, the tickets will be all […]

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Skip Gilbert Named CEO of U.S. Youth Soccer

Sports industry veteran Skip Gilbert has been named CEO of U.S. Youth Soccer, joining the organization that serves 3 million players ages 5 to 19 and works with member state associations, clubs and leagues, and administrators, coaches and volunteers. He will join the USYS office in Frisco, Texas, beginning January 10, 2020. Gilbert, who has […]

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New Arlington Convention Center Project Approved

Arlington, Texas, will get a new 150,000-square-foot convention center as part of an expanded $810 million mega-project in the city’s entertainment district that will start construction in 2020 and be ready by 2023. The project, approved by the Arlington City Council, will be developed as a public-private partnership with Loews Hotels, the Texas Rangers, Cordish […]

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World Pickleball Championship Set for Florida

The first World Pickleball Championship will be staged at the new PicklePlex of Punta Gorda on the campus of Florida SouthWestern State College, December 27–30. The tournament will feature professional players competing for a $100,000 prize purse while amateurs will compete as well at all skill levels. An estimated 500 players are anticipated, including athletes […]

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The Pechanga Founders Club at SoFi Stadium will be at ground level with the stadium's playing surface.

SoFi Stadium Signs Casino as Founding Partner

The future home of the Los Angeles Rams and Los Angeles Chargers has another big name that will be hanging outside one of its entrances. SoFi Stadium and Hollywood Park named Pechanga Resort Casino as the newest founding partner of the new 70,000-seat stadium and 298-acre development, giving the casino the naming rights to a […]

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Orlando North Seminole County Sports Joins University Sportscasting Effort

Orlando North Seminole County Sports and Full Sail University’s Dan Patrick School of Sportscasting in Florida have announced a collaboration that will allow students to gain hands-on experience at youth sports events held in area sports venues. The venture will give students experience in research and reporting at events held at the Boombah Sports Complex, […]

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Harrisburg University Starts Esports Major

The Harrisburg University of Science and Technology, which established a varsity esports program in 2018 on its Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, campus, will add a bachelor of science degree program at the university, with Philadelphia’s Nerd Street Gamers serving as the program’s partner and adviser. Beginning in spring 2020, students will be able to enroll in a […]

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2019 Regional SportAccord – Day 2
SportsTravel Editor and Publisher Jason Gewirtz (left) and U.S. eSports Federation President Vlad Marinescu signed a memorandum of understanding on December 11, 2019, to bring the federaton’s annual meeting to the EsportsTravel Summit in Arlington, Texas. (Photo by Jason Koerner/Getty Images)

United States eSports Federation to Co-Locate Annual Meeting with EsportsTravel Summit

The United States eSports Federation has announced that it will hold its inaugural Annual Meeting at the 2020 EsportsTravel Summit, which will be held November 18–20 at the Esports Stadium Arlington in Arlington, Texas. The co-location agreement was announced today at Regional SportAccord Pan America in Fort Lauderdale. Produced by Northstar Meetings Group and hosted […]

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