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As they prepare for the inaugural Rady Children’s Invitational next month, Sports San Diego officials announced the field for the 2024 event will include Arkansas, BYU, Notre Dame and Purdue. “We are fired up to have these premier college basketball programs and institutions with amazing traditions and fan bases set to play in San Diego […]
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Sports Commissions, professional sports teams and sports complexes throughout California have signed on to an effort to support establishing a dedicated event fund in California, the California Travel Association has announced. The California Travel Association, in conjunction with the California Sports Coalition, will be working in the coming months to develop specifics of how a […]
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Sports San Diego will take over management of the California State Games, bringing the competition under its umbrella of sports properties that includes the Holiday Bowl college football postseason game and Rady Children’s Invitational college basketball tournament, as well as serving as the region’s sports commission. San Diego will host the 2024 State Games of […]
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World Athletics has awarded the 2025 Road Running World Championships to San Diego and the 2026 U20 World Championships to Eugene, Oregon, the international federation’s council announced on Monday. “We are grateful that so many great cities around the world are interested in hosting our events and we’re delighted with the quality of the candidates […]
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The National Women’s Soccer League has announced San Diego Wave FC as the host of the 2023 NWSL Championship at Snapdragon Stadium on Saturday, November 11. “We’re thrilled to have San Diego Wave FC as our host for this season’s Championship match,” said NWSL Commissioner Jessica Berman. “With top-notch facilities, a passionate soccer community and […]
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Sports San Diego is seeking a title sponsor for the 2023 Holiday Bowl after San Diego County Credit Union opted out, ending a six-year run as the title sponsor of the game. “We are so grateful to SDCCU for their longtime support and tremendous contributions to San Diego’s bowl game effort,” said Mark Neville, chief […]
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One of the biggest names in world soccer, Manchester United, will play at Snapdragon Stadium in San Diego on July 25 in an exhibition match against one of the trendiest names in world soccer, Wrexham AFC, the club co-owned by Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney. “We could not be more excited to welcome Manchester United […]
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Sports San Diego, producers of the Holiday Bowl and the non-profit organization responsible for driving sports tourism to San Diego, is teaming with Rady Children’s Hospital-San Diego to create the Rady Children’s Invitational, an annual college basketball tournament that will take place during the Thanksgiving holiday. The inaugural event scheduled for 2023 features USC of […]
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The Holiday Bowl was in a bind. Known as one of the most entertaining games of bowl season, it was looking for a new home, knowing the demolition of Qualcomm Stadium had been scheduled. So over coffee in 2018, organizers of the bowl game and one of the city’s professional franchises started talking. And next […]
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The Seaside Reef in San Diego will host the 2022 World Junior Championships hosted by Best Western from January 9–15, 2023, with the world’s best up-and-coming surfers ages 20 and under competing for world championship titles. The men’s and the women’s fields will each feature 24 surfers, comprised of two regional qualifiers from each of […]
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