Author: Matt Traub

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Sports Events Up for Bid

  Welcome to the SportsTravel Bid Bowl. Here you will find a list of events that are actively seeking hosts, with RFPs from regional, national and international sports-event organizers who are looking to partner with destinations in the future. To find out about each item below, click on “More Information” to get details about what […]

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Lake Placid Sliding Venue

Lake Placid Working With Italian Officials as a Backup Sliding Site for 2026 Winter Games

Lake Placid, New York, could be the host for bobsled, luge and skeleton in the 2026 Olympic Winter Games should the sliding venue in Cortina d’Ampezzo not be completed by March 2025. The Olympic Regional Development Authority has entered “targeted dialogue” with the 2026 Milano-Cortina Organizing Committee. Fondazione Milano Cortina and Lake Placid will further […]

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FIFA World Cup 26 Official Brand Launch
The FIFA World Cup Winner's Trophy is shown during the FIFA World Cup 26 Official Brand Launch at the Griffith Observatory in Los Angeles. (Photo by Harold Cunningham/FIFA)

Dallas Closes in on 2026 FIFA World Cup International Broadcast Center

Dallas City Council has approved $15 million in infrastructure upgrades to the Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center in downtown Dallas that would be the International Broadcast Center for the 2026 FIFA World Cup. Dallas hosted the International Broadcast Center for the 1994 FIFA World Cup. The IBC is the home for all FIFA related media […]

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2026 FIFA World Cup
The FIFA World Cup Trophy on display before a press conference at Rockefeller Plaza in New York. (AP Photo/Noah K. Murray)

Saudi Arabia to Host 2034 FIFA World Cup; Six-Country Bid to Host 2030 World Cup Approved

Saudi Arabia will host the 2034 FIFA World Cup while a six-country, three-continent bid to host the 2030 World Cup was also approved on Wednesday by acclimation rather than an actual vote during an online meeting organized by FIFA in Zurich. Having two editions of one of the world’s largest sporting events approved by acclimation […]

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Rapids Sounders Soccer
Lumen Field will host six matches in the 2026 FIFA World Cup, in Seattle. (AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson)

Visit Seattle Announces Preliminary $929 Million Economic Impact Projection for 2026 FIFA World Cup

Visit Seattle projects a minimum of $929 million will be generated for King County over the six FIFA 2026 World Cup matches set to take place at Lumen Field between June and July of 2026, including a U.S. men’s national team game in the group stage. This projection, released Tuesday, includes more than $100 million […]

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F1 US Grand Prix Auto Racing
Alpine driver Pierre Gasly drives during the Formula One U.S. Grand Prix. Gasly qualified third for the race and finished 10th in the overall driver standings at the end of the season. (AP Photo/Rick Scuteri)

What It’s Like to Travel the World in Formula 1 with Alpine

LAS VEGAS — Pierre Gasly settled into his seat in the Alpine F1 hospitality area late on a Wednesday night, made his introductions and got his first question: “Between arriving in Las Vegas, racing on the weekend and then heading to Qatar, then heading to Abu Dhabi …” “You made me tired already,” the driver said […]

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Reno Track
State and local dignitaries celebrate the opening of the Reno-Tahoe Indoor Track Facility at the Reno-Sparks Convention Center on Thursday night in Nevada. Photo by Matt Traub/SportsTravel

New Indoor Track Facility a Boost for Reno-Tahoe Tourism

Teams and coaches gathered in the stands and alongside the edges of the banked track, chugging energy drinks and chewing on energy bars as athletes from all around the Western United States vaulted, jumped, threw and sprinted over a three-day period. The scene for the Silver State Invitational is what the Reno-Sparks Convention and Visitors […]

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World Aquatics Sony

World Aquatics, Sony Launch Official Technology Partnership

World Aquatics and the Sony Corporation have announced a four-year partnership under which Sony will support all World Aquatics competitions held through to the end of 2028 as an official partner, starting with this week’s World Aquatics Swimming Championships (25m) in Budapest. Working alongside World Aquatics, Sony photographers will document marquee World Aquatics events, sharing […]

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FCWC25 Match Schedule

2025 FIFA Club World Cup Schedule Released

The 2025 Club World Cup will kick off on June 14 with Lionel Messi’s Inter Miami opening the monthlong tournament, and ending with a week of games at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey. FIFA published the 63-game schedule Saturday for the first 32-team edition, two days after making the draw in Miami. FIFA […]

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Meadowlands Sports

Elite Sports Events Happen in Meadowlands

Meadowlands, New Jersey is home to the kind of world-class venues and homegrown sports culture that makes any gathering feel like a major event. In this video, see some of this destination’s impressive locations for competitions, including MetLife Stadium (home to the New York Giants, Jets and Red Bulls) and Meadowlands Racing & Entertainment, as well as plenty other venues […]

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