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Terry Hasseltine, the longtime executive director of the Maryland Sports Commission, was awarded as “Tourism Person of the Year” at the 41st Annual Maryland Travel & Tourism Summit on November 16. The event took place at the Ocean City Fontainebleau Resort in Ocean City, Maryland. Sponsored and managed by the Maryland Tourism Coalition, the summit […]
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Gran Fondo National Series has announced the 2023 USA Cycling Gran Fondo National Championships will be held September 17, 2023, in Frederick, Maryland, in conjunction with Gran Fondo Maryland. Gran Fondo National Series introduced the time-segment competition format to cycling in the United States and has been organizing the Gran Fondo National Championship since 2012. […]
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As June 16 approaches, the fate of hundreds of millions of dollars in potential sports tourism benefits is at stake for more than a dozen destinations throughout the United States. It will be on that day when FIFA announces the cities that will host games for the 2026 World Cup in North America, the biggest […]
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The Maryland Sports Commission has announced it distributed more than $1 million in grants to more than 60 youth and amateur sport tourism events throughout the state of Maryland for fiscal year 2022. The contributions, made through the Maryland Sports Youth and Amateur Sports Grant & Michael Erin Busch Fund, account for all money distributed […]
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Baltimore will host the 2028 and 2032 AAU Junior Olympic Games, the city announced in partnership with the AAU, Visit Baltimore and Maryland Sports. The announcement came during a press conference on the campus of Morgan State University. The AAU Junior Olympic Games is the largest national multi-sport event conducted annually. The inaugural Games were […]
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The USA Cycling Marathon Mountain Bike National Championship will return to Gambrill State Park and the Frederick Watershed in 2022 after a successful first launch in 2021. The event will be staged October 23 and was announced as part of a series of USA Cycling championships for 2022. “USA Cycling is thrilled to return to […]
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After having its dates postponed for two consecutive years because of the pandemic, the Maryland Cycling Classic supported by UnitedHealthcare has announced that the professional road cycling event will be staged in and around Baltimore on September 4, 2022. “We are excited to host the inaugural edition of the Maryland Cycling Classic and bring a […]
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Gambrill State Park and the Frederick Watershed CWNA in Frederick, Maryland, will host the 2021 USA Cycling Marathon Mountain Bike National Championships on October 23. The Maryland Sports Commission will serve as the event host, working closely with officials from the Maryland Department of Natural Resources (DNR), Gambrill State Park staff, Visit Frederick, the city […]
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There are events that any destination would love to host, and then there are events that could transform a destination not only ahead of their arrival but for years to come. The 2026 FIFA World Cup promises to be one of those events and 17 cities throughout the United States are under consideration for 10 […]
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The Maryland Cycling Classic, which had to cancel its inaugural event in 2020 because of the COVID-19 pandemic, will have its 2021 event on September 5 as part of a series of events throughout the region on Labor Day Weekend. The inaugural event had been scheduled for September 6, 2020 but was postponed in late […]
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