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Eric Engelbarts has been named president and CEO of the Happy Valley Adventure Bureau in Pennsylvania. Engelbarts has served as executive director of the Happy Valley Sports & Entertainment Alliance and was appointed HVAB Deputy Director in January 2026. He succeeds Fritz Smith, who resigned as president and CEO on May 14. “Eric has been […]
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The Ironman 70.3 Pennsylvania Happy Valley triathlon has been selected to host the 2026 Ironman 70.3 North American Championship. The event, which will return to the central Pennsylvania destination on June 14, 2026, will offer a North American Championship title, an elevated professional prize purse and increased age group qualifying opportunities for the 2026 Ironman […]
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PA Sports has added several members to its Executive Committee, with Danielle Vincenti, director of business development for the Hershey Harrisburg Sports & Events Authority, unanimously elected Chair of PA Sports. Vincenti, who will serve a will serve a two-year term, has been an active member of the PA Sports Executive Committee since 2021 and […]
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The Happy Valley Sports & Entertainment Alliance will have competitive cycling action in downtown State College on July 26 with the inaugural Happy Valley Cycling State College Criterium, a USA Cycling sanctioned event that will serve as the Pennsylvania State Criterium Elite and Masters Division Championships. “The criterium promises to be a fun, family friendly […]
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As the final weeks of the college football regular season wound down, destinations across the country were watching with more interest than previous years knowing four cities would host first-round games in the expanded College Football Playoff. The four teams that received home games December 20–21 are Notre Dame, Ohio State, Penn State and Texas. […]
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The 2026 State Games of America will take place in State College, Pennsylvania, in collaboration with the Happy Valley Sports and Entertainment Alliance and the National Congress of State Games. Happy Valley would host the competition July 28 through August 2, 2026, in coordination with and the Keystone State Games. The multi-sport Olympic-style sports festival […]
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There are wrestling hotbeds throughout the United States and while most know of the tradition of Iowa and Oklahoma State collegiately, there’s always been one place where the sport’s heartbeat pumps faster and louder than others – Pennsylvania. It’s the region that develops as many elite wrestlers as there are trees throughout the commonwealth. Perhaps […]
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The Happy Valley Sports & Entertainment Alliance will host the 2025 United States Association of Collegiate Fencing Clubs National Championships at the Nittany Valley Sports Centre in State College, Pennsylvania. The event is scheduled to take place on April 5–6, 2025. More than 45 collegiate club fencing teams will participate in the two-day tournament. This […]
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