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Major League Fishing has announced its schedule for the 2020 Bass Pro Tour, the new league’s second season of professional bass fishing. “This schedule is stocked with great fisheries and destinations,” said Michael Mulone, senior director of events of Major League Fishing. “Working with the MLF angler advisory board and these outstanding community hosts, we […]
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Churchill Downs in Louisville, Kentucky, has announced a proposed $300 million worth of improvements to the legendary home of the Kentucky Derby, including permanent seating in the venue, a 156-room hotel and renovations to the Millionaires Row area. The covered stadium seating would be for 4,700 spectators, replacing the 3,300 temporary seats usually constructed for the […]
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U.S. Figure Skating has named San Jose, California, as the host of the 2021 Toyota U.S. Figure Skating Championships, and Nashville as the host for the 2022 event. The 2021 championships will be staged January 11–17, and will be held in San Jose for the fourth time. The 2022 championships will take place January 3–9 […]
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One year after damage from Hurricane Michael forced Ironman to relocate Ironman Florida, the event will return November 2 to its original host city of Panama City Beach. The city’s flat and fast course has been one of the longest-standing stops on the Ironman circuit and features a swim portion in the Gulf of Mexico. […]
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The Los Angeles Lakers have extended their partnership with Delta Airlines and added a new promotion that allows fans who are unable to go to games and donate the tickets to a local nonprofit to then have that gesture of kindness rewarded with a flight voucher. The Showtime Seat Exchange will allow fans unable to […]
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The Golden State Warriors are taking the secondary resale marketplace and putting a new twist on it with an exchange that allows those willing to shell out the money a chance to go to NBA games and enjoy the suite experience at the new Chase Center. The ‘Suite Exchange’ will be owned and operated by […]
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The Amgen Tour of California, a staple on the cycling scene since 2006 and part of the UCI WorldTour calendar, will go on hiatus for the 2020 season with its fate for 2021 still unclear. The race was the only U.S.-based event for both men and women on the UCI calendar and according to Beacon Economics, […]
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The first Call of Duty League season that will have city-based teams will start on January 24, 2020, in Minneapolis, at the local Armory. The event will be hosted by Minnesota Røkkr, the team operated by WISE Ventures Esports under ownership of the Wilf family and investor Gary Vaynerchuk. All 12 professional Call of Duty […]
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Another one of the new venues ahead of the 2020 Olympic Summer Games in Tokyo has been completed with the finishing of the Ariake Gymnastics Centre, which will be used for artistic, rhythmic and trampoline gymnastics events. The venue will seat up to 12,000 and is located near the Olympic Village. Of the 43 venues […]
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In another part of its celebration of 100 years as a league, the NFL will send the Vince Lombardi Trophy to one person’s hometown during the Wild Card weekend as part of a watch party for friends and family as part of the “Lombardi in Your Hometown” contest. The contest is part of a series […]
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