Dallas Sports Festival
Between bouts, boxers wandered around and watched volleyball players hammering down spikes. Fencers observed a very different form of combat in the boxing ring. Young volleyball players caught glimpses of their Olympic heroes. Until the very last day, when all but a few fencers had left, the second Dallas Sports Festival had met or exceeded every expectation…
Boxing Rolls With the Punches By Greg Mellen Every few years, someone comes along claiming that boxing is down for the count. That someone will cite the rise of mixed martial arts, a lack of network television exposure, an inherent brutality, or the decline of homegrown stars in the sport. There are always those ready […]
Continue ReadingOn Serve in the Mid-Atlantic By Karen Robes Meeks American historian Frederick Jackson Turner saw the Mid-Atlantic as a kind of prototype for what would become the modern United States. The region’s harbors were entryways to waves of European immigrants settling here and creating the international diversity that now defines the region. Today that international […]
Continue ReadingSecurity a Concern From the Start
The situation involving the U.S. swimmers who appear to have fabricated their story of being robbed in Rio de Janeiro has no doubt struck a nerve with Rio 2016 organizers. One of the many issues leading into the Games was the notion of security not just for the athletes but for spectators as well. And […]
Continue ReadingCisco Lands in Perfect Spot
Sponsors have long sought to use the Olympic Summer Games as a way to boost their presence in the host city. But in Rio de Janeiro, Cisco has been taking the prospect of South America’s first Olympics as a way to boost its business across the entire host country of Brazil. Tucked away in a […]
Continue ReadingMerchandise Seeing Interest in Megastores
Merchandise is a big part of the Olympic Games, especially once the official logo and mascot are revealed. That’s no different in Rio de Janeiro, where two “megastores” have been erected to sell official merchandise—one in the Olympic Park, and the other on the beach in Copacabana. But if you’re looking to bring something home, some […]
Continue ReadingTransportation Has Ups and Downs
Rio de Janeiro is a big city, let’s just get that out of the way. And while we’re speaking about things out of the way, the Olympic Park is not exactly close to all those landmarks you see in photos of Rio de Janeiro like Christ the Redeemer, Copacabana Beach and Sugarloaf Mountain. As a […]
Continue ReadingA View From Within
The view of the Olympic Summer Games can often be different from the other side of the world. Leading into the 2016 Games in Rio, coverage focused mostly on things that have or could go wrong. In the city, there have been issues for sure. Athletes initially had complaints about the condition of the Athlete’s […]
Continue ReadingEmpty Seats Again an Issue
After several days of events, one trend that is hard to ignore at the Olympic Summer Games is the number of empty seats. This issue has come up in years past, including in London, with regard to the lower-bowl seats most in view of television cameras—those reserved for Olympic “family” members and sponsors that sometimes […]
Continue ReadingOlympics Still Has Power to Amaze
When you talk to International Olympic Committee members or U.S. Olympic Committee executives, the talk eventually comes around to the Olympic “movement” and its power to inspire. And while the logistics of the Olympic Summer Games can amaze (in good ways and bad), there are nights like last night that make it hard not to […]
Continue ReadingSubscribe to the Newsletter
Don’t miss out on our featured stories of the week. Subscribe to the weekly SportsTravel newsletter to keep up with the latest news in the sports-event industry. To subscribe, click here.
Recent Podcasts
About Us
Since 1997, SportsTravel magazine has served the sports‐related travel and event industry. It is the only publication written and designed to serve the people who organize, manage and host sporting events of all types at all levels.
INDUSTRY PARTNERS
Copyright © 2026 by Northstar Travel Media LLC. All Rights Reserved. 301 Route 17 N, Suite 1150, Rutherford, NJ 07070 USA | Telephone: (201) 902-2000