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SportsTravel Awards
The 2022 SportsTravel Award winners are recognized by Jason Gewirtz, left, vice president of the Sports Division of Northstar Travel Group, which publishes SportsTravel magazine and organizes the TEAMS Conference & Expo. With Gewirtz from left is Ryan Allen Hall, senior director of public events and partnerships for the College Football Playoff; USA Volleyball Chief Executive Officer Jamie Davis; Run4Roses Executive Director Tucker Neale; Vice President of Spokane Sports Ashley Blake and Spokane Sports Director of Events and Community Cherie Gwinn; World Athletics Council Member Willie Banks; and Denny Edwards, president and chief executive officer of the Greater Raleigh Convention and Visitors Bureau. Photo by Jared Wickerham

2022 SportsTravel Award Winners Announced

SportsTravel Magazine announced the winners of the 2022 SportsTravel Awards during the TEAMS ’22 Conference & Expo in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, honoring the best events, venue and host city in the sports-event industry. TEAMS: Travel, Events And Management in Sports, is the world’s largest gathering of event organizers and travel planners from the sports industry. […]

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Sun Belt

Three Sun Belt Conference Championships Headed to Foley, Alabama

Three Sun Belt Conference Championships are heading to Foley, Alabama, in the next three weeks. Foley Sports Tourism will be welcoming the cross country, women’s soccer, and volleyball championships, as well as four new teams in their inaugural seasons with the Sun Belt. The cross country championships kick things off October 29 at Graham Creek […]

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KemperSports
Jeremy Goldblatt, left, and Steve Goris, right.

KemperSports Adds Steve Goris, Jeremy Goldblatt to Leadership Team

KemperSports has named Steve Goris as its new senior vice president of KemperSports Venues while Jeremy Goldblatt has been promoted to chief operating officer at KemperSports. Goris will oversee the strategy, growth and operations for KemperSports’ new business unit dedicated to a portfolio of youth sports and recreation facilities. Most recently, Goris served as senior […]

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CFG Bank Arena

Oak View Group, CFG Bank Announce Naming Rights Deal for Baltimore Venue

The renovated venue in Baltimore scheduled to open in February 2023 will be called CFG Bank Arena after a multi-year naming rights agreement announced Monday by Oak View Group and CFG Bank, which is headquartered in the city. In addition to securing naming rights to the arena, CFG Bank’s agreement includes prominent exterior and interior […]

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TobyWyman

Toby Wyman Named General Manager at Fort Bend County EpiCenter

Toby Wyman, the previous president and chief operating officer at the WNBA’s Atlanta Dream among other stops, will be the new general manager at the Fort Bend County EpiCenter in Rosenberg, Texas. The 230,000 square-foot multi-purpose event center is slated to open in July 2023. The developer behind the project is Stonehenge Holdings, LLC, and […]

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Butler Esports

Butler Opens Esports Park, Will Host Big East Championship

Butler University unveiled its new Esports Park on October 20 with a big announcement — the 7,500-square-foot facility will host the 2023 Big East Esports championships next March. The Butler Esports Park includes PC and console gaming and event space, as well as office spaces, a studio and production room, and a café. Butler will […]

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ParalympicsParis
Paris' plans for the 2024 Paralympic Summer Games include the Opening Ceremony at la Place de Concorde. Rendering via Paris 2024

2024 Paralympics Opening Ceremony Moved to Streets of Paris

After announcing a grand plan for the opening ceremony of the 2024 Olympics on the Seine River, Paris organizers have now unveiled the plans for the opening ceremony of the Paralympics. For the first time, the Paralympic Opening Ceremony will not take place in a traditional stadium setting and instead be held in the open […]

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TEAMSAC
The TEAMS Conference will be held October 24–27, 2022, in Oklahoma City. (Photo by Jared Wickerham)

TEAMS ’22 to Convene Sports-Events Industry

The TEAMS Conference & Expo, presented by SportsTravel and hosted by the Oklahoma City Convention & Visitors Bureau, will convene the sports-events industry at a time when sports events are leading the travel and tourism comeback. TEAMS ’22 at the Oklahoma City Convention Center will also feature educational programming from leaders in the industry, including […]

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Los Angeles Country Club
The 8th hole of Los Angeles Country Club, North Course, in Los Angeles, California. Photo by USGA/John Mummert

USGA Returns to Los Angeles Country Club for Two Future Majors

The United States Golf Association has announced The Los Angeles Country Club will host the 2032 U.S. Women’s Open Presented by ProMedica and 2039 U.S. Open Championship. The club has previously hosted three USGA championships, most recently the 2017 Walker Cup, and will stage the 123rd U.S. Open next June. “We could not be more […]

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NASCAR Elk Grove

Roush Fenway Keselowski Racing Partners With Elk Grove Village, Illinois

Roush Fenway Keselowski Racing has announced a partnership Elk Grove Village, Illinois. Elk Grove, the largest contiguous industrial park in the United States, will have its business slogan ‘Makers Wanted’ on the No. 6 Ford Mustang driven by Brad Keslowski during NASCAR’s Chicago street rourse race next July 4 weekend. On October 17, Keselowski represented […]

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