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Sports ETA Symposium Puts Spotlight on Kansas City

This year’s Sports Events & Tourism Association Annual Symposium brought more than 900 attendees to the Kansas City Convention Center but in many ways, it was just another eventful week in what has been a historic year for the Missouri destination. Between the hometown Chiefs winning the Super Bowl in February, a downtown parade in […]

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Alex Brown Named National Sports Sales Manager for Tulsa Sports Commission

Alex Brown has been named national sports sales manager for the Tulsa Sports Commission, part of the bureau’s expansion into the national market with Brown working alongside Director of Sports Sales Joel Koester to bring in diverse events to the region. Brown’s hiring follows months of review and assessment of Tulsa’s long-term sports city aspirations […]

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Tulsa to Host the 2024 Bassmaster Classic

Grand Lake O’ the Cherokees in Tulsa, Oklahoma, will be the host site for the 2024 Academy Sports + Outdoors Bassmaster Classic presented by Toyota. The 46,500-acre fishery, located in the foothills of the Ozark Mountains, also hosted the “Super Bowl of Bass Fishing” in 2013 and 2016. The 54th Bassmaster Classic will take place […]

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Tulsa to Host 2021 Major League Fishing Championship

Tulsa, Oklahoma, and Grand Lake O’ The Cherokees will host Major League Fishing’s Redcrest 2021, the Bass Pro Tour Championship, on February 23–27, 2021. The championship event for the bass fishing tour will include the top 30 professionals on the circuit, based on points accumulated during the 2020 Bass Pro Tour season. They will compete […]

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Tulsa Selected as Host of 2020 Ironman Triathlon

Tulsa, Oklahoma has been selected as the multi-year host for a new Ironman triathlon, starting with the inaugural edition on May 31, 2020. Tulsa was selected as the host during a search that also included Des Moines, Iowa; Fayetteville, Arkansas; and Memphis, Tennessee. It will be the first new full-distance Ironman triathlon to be held […]

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Huddle Up Group and Bobcat Strategies Form Partnership

Huddle Up Group has announced a partnership with the sports tourism and events start-up Bobcat Strategies, founded by sports event industry veteran Vince Trinidad. The partnership will include specific project work where Tulsa, Oklahoma-based Bobcat Strategies will supplement the industry expertise of Phoenix-based Huddle Up Group within specific strategic projects. “We have a longstanding partnership […]

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Big 12 Wrestling Championship to Remain in Tulsa Through 2024

The Big 12 Conference and the Tulsa Sports Commission have announced a partnership to host the Big 12 Wrestling Championship at BOK Center in Tulsa, Oklahoma, through 2024. The partnership dates back to 2017, with an extension through 2020 announced earlier this year. Tulsa hosted the tournament in 2017 and 2018, setting an all-time tournament record […]

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