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The Richmond Region Tourism Foundation in Virginia will begin providing grants to further expand sports tourism in the area and help local sports organizations grow and enhance their tournaments and events. The Sports Grant program aims to bring in visitors from outside the region, including teams, participants, spectators and families. Grant recipients can use the […]
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The Atlantic 10 Women’s Basketball Championship has extended its partnership to host the event at Henrico Sports & Events Center in Henrico, Virginia, through 2029, continuing a relationship that started in 2024. The Atlantic 10 Women’s Basketball Championship was played at the Henrico Sports & Events Center for the first time in 2024, with over […]
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Richmond United Tournament Series has announced a partnership with The 288 Group, a Richmond–based marketing and travel services provider, to enhance lodging and transportation experiences for teams and families attending its tournament series. “Partnering with The 288 Group was a meaningful and natural step for us,” said Chris Friant, director of tournaments for Richmond United. […]
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The session “Unlocking the Power of Partnership: Navigating Partnership with DMOs” explored best practices for rights holders when developing relationships with destinations during the annual Sports ETA Symposium in Tulsa. Moderated by Sports ETA’s Glen Schorr, the panel included Ben Snyder, executive director, Greater Grand Junction Sports Commission; Jonathan Paris, executive director of sports tourism, […]
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Richmond Region Tourism in Virginia and Tempe Tourism in Arizona have announced a co-sponsorship of All in Sport Consulting’s annual Adapted Sports: Economic Impact Study. The study analyzes the economic contributions of adaptive sports events while shedding light on the broader social impact these events have on communities. One of the goals of providing economic […]
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All In Sport Consulting, in partnership with Stitch Marketing Research and Huddle Up Group, is conducting the fourth edition of the Adapted Sports Industry Economic Impact Study to capture and project the economic power of the national adapted sports industry. The first study was conducted in 2020 and has since become an economic impact research […]
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J.C. Poma spent almost seven years with Richmond Region Tourism, working his way up from manager to director to vice president before leaving earlier this year. He didn’t venture far, as he went about 20 miles south of Richmond to the small city of Chesterfield, Virginia. Since arriving in Chesterfield, his task has been to […]
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The Atlantic 10 Conference has announced a partnership with the Henrico Sports & Entertainment Authority in Virginia to bring the 2024 and 2025 A-10 Women’s Basketball Championships to the 3,500-seat Henrico Sports & Events Center. The A-10 is one of seven conferences where the women’s basketball championship operates at a neutral site as a standalone […]
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Chesterfield County in Virgina has hired J.C. Poma as its first-ever executive director of sports, visitation and entertainment effective May 1. Poma comes to Chesterfield from Richmond Region Tourism, where he has worked for seven years. He currently serves as vice president of community relations for the region’s official destination marketing and tourism organization. “I […]
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The total economic impact of adapted and para sport-related events nationwide totals approximately $77.8 million annually, nearly reaching pre-COVID levels, according to a benchmark economic impact study released at the Adapted Sport Leadership & Business Symposium presented by All In Sport Consulting on October 19–20. The study showed that the economic impact of the 34 […]
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