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Eric Englebarts

Eric Engelbarts Named Executive Director at Happy Valley Sports

Eric Engelbarts has been named the executive director of the Happy Valley Sports & Entertainment Alliance in State College, Pennsylvania, and will start his new role on April 29 after a decade-plus as the executive director of the Michigan Sports Alliance, where he created and grew the State Games of Michigan. “The Happy Valley Adventure […]

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Jake Morelli

Happy Valley Adventure Bureau Names Jake Morelli Sports Service Manager

The Happy Valley Adventure Bureau in State College, Pennsylvania, has hired Jake Morelli as sports service manager, a new position within the organization. Morelli will be responsible for servicing sports groups and athletic tournaments that the bureau has either secured for the area or is supporting in other ways for the purpose of ensuring successful […]

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Happy Valley Adventure Bureau to Launch Sports Commission

The Happy Valley Adventure Bureau has announced a formalized effort to create the Happy Valley Sports and Entertainment Commission, making the announcement at Penn State University’s Beaver Stadium on Tuesday while being joined by Penn State athletic leaders. A number of factors prompted the HVAB to pursue a formal commission, beginning with the increasingly competitive […]

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PA Sports Names New Executive Committee

Pennsylvania Sports, the lead agency for sports tourism in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, has named a new Executive Committee, which will be led by Chair Mark Jeanneret, who currently serves as the executive director of the Erie Sports Commission. Also elected to the PA Sports Executive Committee were Vice Chair Amy Capcara, sales and marketing manager […]

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In college towns across the country, the potential loss of football games will have a significant economic impact. Photo: Tony Ding/AP Images

College Football Towns Prepare to Call an Audible

Before you celebrate a touchdown with your friends and go crazy high-fiving strangers who feel like friends in that moment, you start with the tailgate party hours before kickoff with snacks, all sorts of food on the grill and a football flying through the air. Postgame usually means a drink downtown at a packed sports […]

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