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2025 ETS Opening Session
The Opening Session of ETS 2025 included (from right) Matt Basta, Jaycee Dubyuh and Jake Utities discussing the esports industry as a whole. Photo by Jared Wickerham
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2025 EsportsTravel Summit Provides Updates on Industry

The 2025 EsportsTravel Summit in Bloomington, Minnesota, provided educational programming that gave insight into the health and trajectory of the esports industry. The event, hosted by Bloomington Minnesota Travel and Tourism, took place at the JW Marriott at Mall of America. The opening session titled “The State of In-Person Esports Events” discussed how esports events […]

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EsportsTravel Summit Bloomington
Bloomington's positioning as an esports destination was discussed at the 2025 EsportsTravel Summit by, from left: Todd Lehrke, Destination Sales Director - Bloomington, Minnesota Travel and Tourism; Joe Opsahl, President and Founder - 2D Con; Kiki Snell, Chief Marketing Officer - 2D Con; Kevin Robb, Director, Corporate Partnerships - Mall of America and Brett Diamond. Photo by Jared Wickerham
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Bloomington’s Rise as Esports Destination Profiled at EsportsTravel Summit

Bloomington, Minnesota, is a shining example of what a destination can do with their own unique assets when it comes to esports. From successful activations at the Mall of America to a grassroots gaming festival that attracts visitors from around the word, Bloomington has leaned into its civic treasures to plant a flag in the […]

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Team USA Wheelchair Handball National Anthem
Team USA Wheelchair Handball members gaze at the American flag during the National Anthem before competition at the 2024 Wheelchair Handball World Championship. Photo courtesy of Auburn–Opelika Tourism

Operation Gold: The Creation of a Paralympic Program From Scratch

When Ford Dyke’s phone rang in November 2023, on the other end was the voice of a former teammate from the USA Handball national team. That phone conversation would lead to a whirlwind year-and-a-half that saw Dyke — with plenty of help from the Alabama communities of Auburn and Opelika — create a team that […]

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What Happens in Vegas … is World-Class Sports and Hospitality

Las Vegas has many reputations. It’s known as the entertainment capital of the world, a gambling mecca and in recent years, a sports hub that’s seen several professional teams come to town and hosted events such as the Super Bowl and Formula 1. However, Vegas veterans will tell you that before anything else, Jerry Tarkanian’s UNLV […]

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FIMBA Italia
FIMBA, the Federation of International Masters Basketball, will host its world championships from June 27 through July 6 in the Ticino region of Switzerland with games in Bellinzona, Lugano and Locarno. Photo courtesy FIMBA

FIMBA World Championships Showcases Best of Masters Basketball

Three cities and 26 gymnasiums to be used by about 400 teams and 6,000 athletes from 50 countries over nine days. What went into this being the format for this year’s FIMBA World Championships in Switzerland? “Because we are crazy and we don’t like simple things,” said Ticino 2025 Organizer Daniel Weber with a laugh. […]

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ISU Womens Medalists
Alysa Liu of the United States celebrates winning the women's gold medal at the World Figure Skating Championships in Boston. Photo by Matt Traub/SportsTravel

From Grief to Gold Medals: How Boston Healed and Celebrated Figure Skating

Alysa Liu had done it. The American brought the house down, spinning in the middle of the ice before going down momentarily to one knee then stopping with the music and raising one hand to the sky. She put her hand to her head in disbelief with a smile so electric it could power a […]

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SacramentoA’s
The Athletics, even if not by full name, are playing in Sacramento for this and two additional Major League Baseball seasons and drawing not only fans of the team but fans of the visiting team such as the New York Yankees. Photo by Matt Traub/SportsTravel

Sacramento Embraces A’s, For As Long As They’ll Stay

On one hand, the recent weekend series between the New York Yankees and the A’s looked like any other. Yankees fans made up most of the crowd, which is not uncommon for many of the team’s road trips. Stomper, the A’s elephant mascot, made regular in-game promotions between innings, alternating between walking the stands and […]

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Kho Kho Tag
The inaugural Kho Kho World Championship was held with nearly two dozen countries participating in India. Photo by Shivam Patel
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After World Cup in India, Kho Kho Hopes to Go Global

Sitting off to the side in a quiet spot at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium during TEAMS Europe, Rohit Haldania had a story to tell. It’s a story that resonates throughout sports, one where a sport is passed down through generations. For Haldania, the story was the Indian sport of Kho Kho, knowing that the International Kho […]

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Winnipeg Whiteout
The Winnipeg Whiteout has become a staple of the city during a playoff run. Photo courtesy of True North Sports & Entertainment
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Stanley Cup Playoff Madness Spreads Across Canada

When you think of Canada, one of the first things that comes to mind is hockey. The country that created the sport has seven teams in the NHL, each with a passionate fanbase. And when the Stanley Cup playoffs begin each spring, things get turned up to 10 in the areas fortunate enough to see […]

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TMS Qatar Bus Depot
3,000 new buses and 6,500 drivers were utilized to get fans and all attendees from one venue to the other at the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar. Photo courtesy TMS
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Inside the Transportation Logistics of FIFA World Cup, Olympic Games and More

It can be an unnoticed aspect of a sporting event — unless it goes wrong, in which case it’s a major talking point for participants and a massive source of annoyance for the event organizer. Transportation and the logistics of getting people places for sporting events, whether a community 5K with parking lots near the […]

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