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The SportsTravel Podcast focuses on news, insight, trends and more from some of the top event organizers and destination executives throughout the sports-event industry. With more than 100 episodes over the past three years, the SportsTravel Podcast has become the place to listen to interviews with event organizers of all sizes, destinations ready to host […]
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In 2019, the Sports Events and Tourism Association, or Sports ETA, embarked on an ambitious State of the Industry report to attempt to put a value on the economic impact derived from sports events and sports-related travel. The timing was fortuitous as it set a baseline for future studies just before the pandemic. In 2022, […]
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ASM Global has announced a significant investment in Boston-based Edge Sports Group, as the organization looks to expand its offerings in the youth sports and sports tourism industry. This investment in Edge comes as ASM Global was awarded the management contract by the County of Henrico in Virginia for the 185,000-square-foot Henrico Sports & Events […]
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In December 2022, the She Flies Gala was created as an annual fundraiser to help fund the She Flies initiatives and now, Sport Oregon has seen its growth mirror that of women’s sports across the country. The session “Creating Inclusive Communities Through Sports” at this week’s Sports ETA Annual Symposium in Portland focused on the […]
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A new Sports Events & Tourism Association State of the Industry Report reveals that sports-related travel provided $52.2 billion in direct economic impact in 2023, with more than 200 million people traveling to amateur and collegiate sports events, underscoring the power of the market to attract visitors across a variety of sports. The report also […]
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SFC executive Ashley Whittaker was named the 2024 Sports ETA’s Woman of the Year this week at the 2024 Sports ETA Women’s Summit, held annually on the week of the NCAA Women’s Final Four at the host site which this year is Cleveland. Whittaker is partner and senior vice president of marketing for The Sports […]
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Janis Burke, chief executive officer of the Harris County – Houston Sports Authority; John Gibbons, former executive director of the Rhode Island Sports Commission and Bill Hanson, co-founder of San Antonio Sports, will be inducted into the Sports ETA Hall of Fame as the Class of 2024 at the organization’s annual Symposium in Portland in […]
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The Sports Events & Tourism Association is seeking data from sports-event industry professionals that will be used to create the 2023 State of the Industry Report, which will be unveiled at the association’s annual symposium in April. The report, conducted by Tourism Economics, an Oxford Economics company, and sponsored by the Northstar Meetings Group, will […]
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Visit Panama City Beach has appointed Richard Sanders as vice president of special projects with a focus on the development of the Panama City Beach Sports Complex. Chris O’Brien, director of sports marketing and member of the Sports Events and Tourism Association board of directors, will assume leadership of Panama City Beach sports tourism. “For […]
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In partnership with the Sports Events & Tourism Association and supported by Northstar Meetings Group and Playeasy, Stoll Strategies has released a new sports facilities report that analyzes the state of sports venues across the United States. The free report accesses Playeasy’s data to pinpoint a variety of information about sports venues across the country, […]
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.@DelawareTourism has announced it will reopen the Sports Tourism Capital Investment Fund for applications on August 1, 2024, with a deadline of September 13. The fund provides financial support to sports facilities that hold events throughout the year.
The Pulaski County Board of Supervisors in Virginia have announced the creation of the Pulaski County Sports Tourism & Entertainment Authority. The new division will manage the county’s sports tourism and entertainment facilities and assets.
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Doping, historically linked to the Olympic Summer Games for decades, is not going away as a topic of discussion at #Paris2024 as the dispute between U.S. and world doping officials has exploded into public view this week.
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