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2024 USA Ultimate College Championships Awarded to Milwaukee, Madison

The 2024 USA Ultimate College Championships will be held in Wisconsin with the Division I event in Madison and the Division III event in Milwaukee, the national governing body for the sport of ultimate in the United States announced. The Division III championships will be May 18-20 at Uihlein Soccer Park and will be co-hosted […]

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Milwaukee to Host American Association of Professional Baseball All-Star Weekend

The American Association of Professional Baseball has announced Visit Milwaukee, in partnership with Sports Milwaukee, will be the presenting sponsor of the 2023 AAPB All-Star Game. Festivities will take place at Franklin Field, home of the Milwaukee Milkmen, on July 17–18. “We are beyond thrilled to show our support for Franklin Field, the Milwaukee Milkmen […]

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Milwaukee Embraces History, Improves Future

Milwaukee is a city with a storied sports history. There’s a blend of professional and college sports that keep fans engaged year-round and you can bet they’ll be enjoying a cold beverage and cheering loudly for their teams. The crown jewel of the Milwaukee sports scene is the Bucks, the 2021 NBA champions that feature […]

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TEAMS ’22
From left: Susan Baughman, Kari Watkins, Marissa Werner and Don Dukemineer discuss the challenges that organizers face when trying to fill volunteer positions for large events. Photo by Jared Wickerham

TEAMS ’22: The Volunteer Challenge Details How Destinations Recruit Help

Volunteer help is the lifeline for any destination hosting a major event and for the event organizer bringing their event to a destination. Without volunteers, there may not be a sports event in the country that could go off without a hitch. But in some places around the country, what was a vast volunteer database […]

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The 2021 Division I NCAA Women's Volleyball National Championship match at Nationwide Arena featured a sellout crowd watching Wisconsin and Nebraska.

Title IX at 50: Progress Made, But Progress Still Needed

There are phrases in sports, whether on the field or off, that become legendary and shared among players, coaches, officials, parents and fans. And you can make the case that the seven most historic words in sports were signed into law on June 23, 1972: “No person in the United States shall, on the basis […]

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Cousins Subs Lakefront Bowl Comes to Milwaukee

Wisconsin Lutheran College’s Raabe Stadium in the Milwaukee area will host the Cousins Subs Lakefront Bowl on November 19, 2022, with teams from the Division III Midwest Conference and Northern Athletics Collegiate Conference competing. “We are thrilled to host the Cousins Subs Lakefront Bowl in the Milwaukee area and in one of our esteemed colleges,” […]

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National Travel Basketball Association President John Whitley says his organization has found "facilities, all the cities we deal with, really have done a great job of adjusting on their end and it’s made our job a lot easier knowing they have everything in place.” Photo courtesy of NTBA

How Relationships Still Drive the Event Bidding Landscape

It’s one of the words that has been used the most during the pandemic, to the point that it has become loathed by some: Pivot. Pivot on dates for an event. Pivot on location. Pivot on fan capacity, health screening, streaming needs. Pivot on the way that things have been done in the business for […]

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Youth Sports in the COVID-19 Era: Why the Multi-Billion Dollar Industry Feels Positive About the Future

Over the past two-plus decades, the youth sports business has perhaps grown like no other segment not only in the sports-event industry but like few industries throughout the world. What was a collection of mostly community groups that would stage Saturday morning soccer programs in the parks, or intramural basketball before or after elementary school, […]

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Milwaukee to Host Esports Education Event

The first Wisconsin Esports Summit will be held March 10, featuring more than 100 esports influencers and leaders discussing issues affecting the industry. The event will be held at The Mecca Sports Bar & Grill in Milwaukee’s Deer District and will be presented by the MKEsports Alliance. “The global esports — electronic sports — economy […]

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The TEAMS Conference will be held October 24–27, 2022, in Oklahoma City. (Photo by Jared Wickerham)
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TEAMS ’21 Underscores the Importance of Sports to the Travel Industry’s Recovery

The world’s largest gathering of sports-event professionals returned to in-person business this week as the TEAMS Conference & Expo, held at the Atlantic City Convention Center in New Jersey, brought together hundreds of destinations and event organizers to continue the crucial work in helping rebuild the tourism industry from the COVID-19 pandemic. Sports has been […]

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