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Chris O’Brien has been promoted to vice president of sports marketing and Kristen Krasinskas has advanced to director of sports marketing at Visit Panama City Beach, the bureau has announced, along with Patrick Stewart‘s promotion to vice president of special events. “These promotions reflect the talent, hard work and strategic vision that each of these individuals […]
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Visit Panama City Beach will host the fourth annual Visit Panama City Beach College Baseball Classic January 31 through February 2, followed by the inaugural Visit Panama City Beach JUCO Softball Showdown on February 7–9. The tournaments will be hosted in partnership with Gulf Coast State College. The two events will feature 30 junior college […]
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Visit Panama City Beach has announced new staff appointments including Kristen Krasinskas as sports business development manager while promoting Justin Kelley to sports marketing operations manager. Krasinskas served as the director of member experience at InnoLead. She also has previous stops at Invictus Boston, the Cleveland Cavaliers, the AHL’s Lake Erie Monsters, the AFL’s Cleveland […]
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Visit Panama City Beach has appointed Richard Sanders as vice president of special projects with a focus on the development of the Panama City Beach Sports Complex. Chris O’Brien, director of sports marketing and member of the Sports Events and Tourism Association board of directors, will assume leadership of Panama City Beach sports tourism. “For […]
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Sports ETA has named Tammy Dunn, executive director of the Snohomish County Sports Commission, and Chris O’Brien, director of sports marketing at Visit Panama City Beach in Florida, to its board of directors. Sports ETA is a non-profit trade association for the sports events and tourism industry in the United States with more than 600 […]
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Publix Sports Park will host 16 junior college baseball teams in the second annual Panama City Beach College Baseball Classic in Florida scheduled for February 3–5. The three-day preseason tournament features seven teams that finished the 2022 season ranked in the top 20 nationally wth three players in last year’s tournament selected in the first […]
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Publix Sports Park in Panama City Beach, Florida, has tabbed Mike Higgins as its new general manager. Higgins comes to Publix Sports Park from the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics, where he served as director of championships. While at the NAIA, Higgins led initiatives to improve the student-athlete experience at national championships and was tournament […]
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Publix Super Markets has signed a new deal to become the title sponsor of the outdoor fields facility at the Panama City Beach Sports Complex, which will be re-christened as “Publix Sports Park” at Panama City Beach. Publix Sports Park is a $41 million-dollar facility with nine turf fields, four natural grass fields, dedicated tournament […]
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The Panama City Beach Sports Complex and Visit Panama City Beach will host the 2022 NJCAA College Baseball Classic starting February 4 with 16 junior college teams from across the country, 10 of which being nationally ranked either last year or in the 2022 preseason poll. Teams committed include 2022 preseason No. 1 San Jacinto […]
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The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics has awarded Visit Panama City Beach in Panama City, Florida, hosting rights for the 2022 and 2023 NAIA Beach Volleyball National Invitational. Beginning in April 2022, NAIA beach volleyball will crown its champion at Russell Fields City Pier Courts. There are 11 regulation beach volleyball courts located on the […]
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