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2024 ETS Opening Session
The “State of In-Person Esports Events" panel included (left to right) Jascha Braeker, manager of the Host City Division at ESL FaceIt Group; Michael Brooks, executive director of the National Association of Collegiate Esports; Katie Briggs, president at LANFest; and Brian Mirakian, global esports director/senior principal at Populous. Photo by Jared Wickerham

2024 EsportsTravel Summit Provides Wide Range of Education

The 2024 EsportsTravel Summit at the Raleigh Convention Center, May 29–31, featured a wide range of programming that all attendees could benefit and learn from. The opening session of the 2024 Esports Travel Summit, “State of In-Person Esports Events,” covered how esports are evolving, from the professional ranks to the grassroots levels. The panel included […]

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2024 ODP Nationals a Showcase for USA Water Polo, DuPage Sports Commission

Back when USA Water Polo started its Olympic Development Program in 2009, there were only a few hundred participants — a number that last year had grown to around 6,000 athletes who took part in one ODP camp around the country. The latest sign of the growth within the ODP program is this weekend when […]

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MitoQ-NZ Cycling Project Brings Kiwi Spirit to DuPage County

A team called MitoQ-NZ Cycling Project, a group of cyclists from New Zealand, has a deep affection for the Chicagoland’s Intelligentsia Cup ahead of this year’s event. The Lombard Cycling Classic was established in 2019 by the DuPage Sports Commission in partnership with the village of Lombard, becoming the third race stop in DuPage County […]

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NIKE TRACK & FIELD CHAMP CAMP

DuPage Sports Commission Brings Nike Champ Camp to Illinois

The DuPage Sports Commission is collaborating with Plasia to bring a major track and field camp to its region on June 14­–17, 2023. The Nike Track & Field Champ Camp combines athletics and technology, focusing on sprints and hurdles, offering event specific training as well as educational breakout sessions on training, nutrition, and college topics […]

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USA Water Polo Heads to DuPage County

The DuPage Sports Commission and FMC Natatorium at Ty Warner Park will host the USA Water Polo Kap7 Champions Cup starting November 4, as well has committing to hosting the event again in 2024 as well as the 2024 USA Water Polo Olympic Development Program National Championship. The Kap7 Champions Cup is a three-day event […]

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DuPage County (Illinois) will host three national championship water polo events in the next three years.

DuPage County to Host Three Water Polo Championships

USA Water Polo has announced an agreement with the DuPage County (Illinois) Sports Commission that will bring three championship events to the area. The FMC Natatorium at Ty Warner Park will host the 2022 Kap7 Champions Cup, and its return in 2024, as well as a 2024 USA Water Polo Olympic Development Program National Championship. […]

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Igor Bakovic Joins DuPage CVB as Sports Market Manager

Igor Bakovic has joined the DuPage Convention & Visitors Bureau in Illinois as sports market manager, charged with helping to carry forth the DuPage Sports Commission strategic plan working with hotels, park districts, athletic venues, business sponsors and municipal partners throughout the county. Before the move, Bakovic was a core complex sales manager at Marriott International, […]

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USA Cycling Cyclocross National Championships

DuPage County to Host 2021 USA Cycling National Cyclocross Championships

Cantigny Park in DuPage County, Illinois, will host the 2021 USA Cycling National Cyclocross Championships after the 2020 edition was canceled because of the pandemic. The event will be staged December 7–12 in the discipline that combines both on and off-road riding with various course features. The event will see a national champion crowed in […]

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DuPage County to Host 2020 USA Weightlifting National Championships

The Nike USA Weightlifting National Championships powered by Rogue Fitness will return to the Chicago region in 2020, with the event being held at the Westin Lombard Yorktown Center in DuPage County. The tournament, to be staged May 14–17, 2020, will mark the national governing body’s final national championship before its athletes head to the […]

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