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Ironman has announced the addition of a new full-distance triathlon in Jacksonville, Florida, scheduled for May 16, 2026 with a course that will take athletes through downtown Jacksonville passing into Duval and Nassau Counties. The inaugural edition of the Ironman Jacksonville will kick off with a 2.4–mile swim in St. Johns River. Once out of […]
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AAU College Hockey’s 2025 National Championship will take place at the Community First Igloo in Jacksonville, Florida. “We are proud to be the first city in Florida and the South to host this event,” said Michael Corrigan, president and chief executive officer of Visit Jacksonville. “We are dedicated to bringing more and more sporting events […]
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The NCAA has announced over 240 host sites for preliminary and final rounds of championship tournaments across all three divisions, the first time it has named hosts over a two-year selection cycle instead of a four-year cycle. Florida will host the most events — 22 NCAA championship events for the 2026–2027 and 2027–2028 seasons. Forty […]
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Visit Jacksonville has set up the Jacksonville Sports Foundation in the Florida destination to work on attracting more high-profile events to the city, starting with a move for the Atlantic Sun Conference’s headquarters to the city from Atlanta. The new Foundation will work to attract sporting events to Jacksonville, which hosted the Super Bowl in […]
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Organizing a large event can be a challenge. Organizing two massive events within one week’s time sounds crazy. But for the city of Jacksonville, it’s become a yearly tradition. The Gate River Run is the largest 15K race in America. This year, it will welcome 20,000 participants on March 4 as runners from around the […]
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