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Dallas has been one of the hotbeds for sports in the United States for decades thanks in part to its professional sports franchises, but previous attempts at forming a dedicated sports bureau to promote the city had come and gone. But when Visit Dallas established the Dallas Sports Commission in 2014, it did so with […]
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It was during last season that the National Football League played its 50th regular-season game outside of the United States, 18 years after its first. It will certainly not take that long to get the next 50 under its belt. The league’s opening weekend featured a game in Sao Paulo, Brazil, as the Philadelphia Eagles […]
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Northstar Meetings Group has announced two future sites for the TEAMS Conference & Expo, the world’s largest gathering of sports-event organizers, taking the annual event to a pair of markets that reflect the vitality of the sports-related travel market. Along with previously announced host cities, the conference has now announced its host locations through 2031. […]
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As the NCAA enters the final month of its deliberation on which cities will be the hosts for its next championship bid cycle for hundreds of events across all three divisions, destinations around the country anxiously await news of the status of their bids. It’s quite a mix of cities that are bidding to host […]
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The sports tourism industry continues to rise to new levels with each passing year, as it has not only recovered from COVID, but surpassed the pre-COVID years in many aspects. However, the upswing in sports business being brought into destinations has not correlated directly to local CVBs and sports commissions expanding their dedicated sports staff. […]
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College football season looks different than ever before after two years of realignment frenzy. With the Pac-12 Conference all but disbanded and mega-conferences stretching from coast to coast, SportsTravel is taking a different approach this fall. With a massive season about to get underway, we’ve picked out a series of destinations that would be great […]
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HATTIESBURG, MISSISSIPPI — Tailgating before a college football game in the South is an experience of which few can compare. At the University of Southern Mississippi, it’s music of all genres blared from tent to tent. It’s the sound of grilling and the smell of various meats no matter where you turn with those in […]
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When Josh Harris and David Blitzer created Unrivaled Sports, it wasn’t just a catchy name. The duo founded Harris Blitzer Sports & Entertainment in September 2017. HBSE now owns and operates the NBA’s Philadelphia 76ers, the NHL’s New Jersey Devils, the Prudential Cente, the esports organization Dignitas and holds a minority stake in the Joe […]
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PARIS — Events like the Olympic Games are significant boons to the host city. But lost in the story of the host city for mega sporting events is the opportunity for smaller destinations to get their own piece of the action. This week in Paris, an unlikely partnership formed between the Netherlands Olympic Committee and […]
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Yes, the 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Summer Games are in Paris and yes, competition begins in less than a week and yes, there will be plenty of focus on the present. Yet within the U.S. Olympic movement, there is also a sense that this is just the preamble. Paris is a chance to re-light the […]
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