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X Games is planning for a significant event expansion and has hired a former NFL executive to help get there. The action sports series that has been revived in recent years by Olympian Jeremy Bloom has announced the hiring of Tom Kiley as senior vice president of global market development, a key leadership role responsible […]
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California Dreamin’ Presents, an official licensing partner of X Games, has announced the addition of Brad Florian and Valerie Ryan to its executive leadership team. Florian and Ryan have a combined 33 years of experience at X Games. Florian, former head of X Games global business operations at ESPN, will serve as chief operating officer […]
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SALT LAKE CITY — The 30th anniversary summer of the X Games has expanded to a third event as the action sports festival will be in Salt Lake City at the Utah State Fairpark and Event Center. X Games Salt Lake City will be held from June 27–29, the second of three X Games events […]
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The X Games have announced a three-year partnership with California Dreamin’ Entertainment which will bring the action sports and music festival to Cal Expo in Sacramento each summer from 2025–2027. X Games Sacramento 2025 will be August 22–24 and mark the 30th anniversary celebration of X Games. It will include skateboarding, BMX and Moto X […]
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Jeremy Bloom, a two-time Olympic freestyle skier and former football player at the University of Colorado, has been named the new chief executive officer of the X Games. Bloom will lead the annual summer and winter events as it transitions into a new team format beginning in 2026, in addition to individual awards. “The opportunity […]
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U.S. Ski & Snowboard and the X Games have announced a strategic partnership that will create The Winter X Games Series including the U.S. Ski & Snowboard-hosted FIS World Cup events, the Toyota U.S. Grand Prix and Visa Big Air presented by Toyota taking place alongside Winter X Games. The partnership will involve co-branding and […]
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The Winter X Games concluded in late January in Aspen, Colorado, to renewed fanfare. The event seemed to be re-energized after post-pandemic hiccups under a new owner’s group that took over in the fall of 2022. The Over-the-Air Distribution remains with ESPN, the event’s originator 27 years ago. The compact set of four venues at […]
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ESPN’s X Games 2021 will return to its roots in Southern California, with BMX, skateboard and moto X competitions at three athlete training venues from July 14–18. The event will be staged without spectators. X Games was set to play out its final year of a multiyear deal in Minneapolis last year before the event […]
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The winter version of ESPN’s X Games will stay in Aspen, Colorado, through 2024 under a five-year extension announced with the Aspen Skiing Company…
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Minneapolis will host the summer version of X Games through 2020 as a part of a two-year extension agreement between X Games, ESPN, Sports Minneapolis…
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