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The Tampa Bay Sports Commission has appointed Lanness Robinson as its new executive director. Robinson, who currently serves on the board and is a former chair of its Board of Directors, joins the sports commission team from Hillsborough County Public Schools, where he served as the director of athletics for the nation’s seventh-largest school district. […]
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Rob Higgins, who has served as executive director of the Tampa Bay Sports Commission since 2004, has been named the University of South Florida’s first-ever chief executive officer of athletics. Higgins, a former USF Athletics staff member, becomes the first USF alum to lead the department. He served as the president and CEO of the Tampa […]
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The crowd started to stir on this early June night in Florida as dark clouds gathered over the field. Rain started, slowly and then more steadily and harder, as those in the crowd began to take shelter under the concourses. There was also a nervous energy for when — not if in this case — […]
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Birmingham, Alabama, and Tampa will host the next three American Athletic Conference Men’s and Women’s Basketball Championships. The 2026 Championships will be held at Legacy Arena at the Birmingham-Jefferson Convention Complex in Birmingham. The 2027 and 2028 championships will take place at the Yuengling Center in Tampa. Both venues will host the championships for the […]
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WWE, in partnership with the Tampa Bay Sports Commission and Vinik Sports Group, has announced a Memorial Day weekend takeover of the Yuengling Center with four consecutive events beginning May 24. WWE will bring Saturday Night’s Main Event (Saturday, May 24), Battleground (Sunday, May 25), Monday Night Raw (Monday, May 26) and NXT (Tuesday, May […]
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Lionel Messi’s Inter Miami will play Orlando City in a 2025 preseason friendly at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa Bay. The matchup between Florida’s two Major League Soccer franchises will mark the first MLS match hosted at Raymond James Stadium since 2001 and is anticipated to feature several international soccer stars, led by Messi. The […]
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The Springfield Sports Commission in Missouri has announced the addition of Alexandra Finnan as its new coordinator of sports strategies and events. Finnan’s most recent experience was with the Tampa Bay Sports Commission, where she contributed to major events, including the NCAA Women’s Division I Volleyball Championship. She will be tasked with contributing to the […]
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The growing momentum around women’s sports as a whole is exemplified within volleyball. Who can forget the scene in September, when 92,003 people packed Memorial Stadium to watch Nebraska volleyball sweep in-state rival Omaha? Or the gigantic numbers of those waiting outside Amalie Arena in Tampa Bay ahead of the NCAA championship between the Cornhuskers […]
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Highlighting many of the features and colors representative of Tampa Bay and the state of Florida, the 2025 NCAA Women’s Final Four logo has been unveiled. The University of South Florida and the Tampa Bay Sports Commission will serve as co-hosts for the event at Amalie Arena, with the national semifinals on April 4 and […]
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Tampa Bay, Florida, will host WWE’s 37th Royal Rumble on January 27, 2024, at Tropicana Field in St. Petersburg. WWE will head to the area for an entire weekend of events across St. Petersburg, Clearwater and Tampa, highlighted by the Royal Rumble. Two days later after that event, Amalie Arena in Tampa will host Monday […]
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