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Hype Nation, a division of the Sports Facilities Companies, has announced an exclusive partnership with Mikasa Sports for their volleyball tournaments in 2022 and 2023. The Mikasa VQ2000 ball will be used at all Hype Nation events. Since 1973, Mikasa has provided equipment for a variety of sports including volleyball, rugby, soccer, basketball and othe […]
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The Association of Volleyball Professionals and USA Volleyball have entered a strategic partnership aimed at growing and enhancing beach volleyball within the United States. The alliance between the professional beach volleyball organization and the national governing body will see the organizations collaborate on events, marketing, coaching and officials’ education, and more. It will also create […]
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South Dakota State University’s Frost Arena, home for the basketball, wrestling and volleyball teams of the Jackrabbits, will be rebranded as First Bank & Trust Arena after the local banking institution committed $20 million to the venue’s renovations. The $20 million is the largest single gift in the history of South Dakota State. The project, […]
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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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The Orange County Convention Center in Orlando, Florida, will host the USA Volleyball Sunshine Classic Girls Qualifier from 2002–2025. The 2022 edition is scheduled for April 1–3. The Sunshine Classic is one of 12 qualifiers for the USA Volleyball Girls Junior National Championship. The 2022 national championship will be June 23–July 4 in Indianapolis with […]
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Bally’s Corporation has acquired the Association of Volleyball Professionals, the professional beach volleyball organization and host of the longest-running domestic beach volleyball tour in the United States. Under the terms of the transaction, Bally’s acquired all of AVP’s assets with plans to leverage AVP’s distribution channels, as well as the Bally Sports Regional Sports Networks, […]
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A year after closing its doors at the start of the pandemic, Wisconsin Center in Milwaukee will host its first youth sports event this weekend, as the Wisconsin Junior Volleyball Club hosts the AAU Winter Classic. The competition will be followed up by three consecutive weekends of competition via the Badger Region Volleyball Championship. “Everything […]
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The first event at the TCF Center in Detroit since the pandemic began was a volleyball tournament, and a large one at that. Detroit’s downtown convention center hosted 1,000 athletes on 16 courts the weekend of February 13–14 in an event organized by Michigan Elite Volleyball Academy. Athletes at the President’s Day Challenge had to […]
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As the demand for spaces to host sporting events continues to grow with an eye toward sports-related travel in a post-coronavirus world, destinations across the country are examining their inventory, identifying needs and building accordingly. Here are 15 new sports complexes to keep an eye on in 2021. Midway Central Station Bedford Park, Illinois OPENING: […]
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On the surface, it would appear that SloCoach would be one of those companies that must have formed as a response to the COVID-19 pandemic. An online coaching tool where athletes can upload videos of themselves practicing their sports—with professional or Olympic-level athletes or coaches returning a video critique—seems to be tailor-made for the new […]
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The SEC Football Championship Game will be held in Atlanta’s Mercedes-Benz Stadium through at least 2031, an extension of the current contract that was set to expire in 2026.
Supporting the U.S. Olympic movement runs in the Belk family — the latest sign of which is in establishing the U.S. Performance Center in Charlotte as one of the biggest facilitators of Olympic dreams.
The Army Navy Country Club – Arlington in Virginia will host the 2024 Ping Junior Solheim Cup, @AJGAGolf has announced.
The @RoseBowlStadium has seen and hosted almost anything in the world of sports for a century. It was fitting then that last weekend it hosted the final game of the Pac-12 as we know it, a fitting sendoff for the conference so deeply linked to LA.
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