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The inaugural Payne Stewart Invitational, the primary fundraiser for the Payne Stewart Kids Golf Foundation, will be held December 3–4, 2023, at the Floridian National Golf Club in Palm City, Florida, to honor the legacy of the three-time major winner and 11-time PGA Tour tournament winner. “Payne’s profound love for people, his unyielding spirit of […]
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Turnstone and Visit Fort Wayne will host the 2024 National Wheelchair Basketball Association Women’s and Military Division Wheelchair Basketball National Championships from April 26-28 at the Plassman Athletic Center. “We are honored to welcome the NWBA to Fort Wayne in 2024 and know that Turnstone Center will deliver an elite experience for athletes and attendees, […]
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Experience Kissimmee has announced a multi-year partnership with Rangers Football Club of the Scotland Premier League, one of the world’s longest-established clubs founded in 1872. The partnership will see Experience Kissimmee named as the official travel destination of Rangers and include naming rights for the Edmiston House Fan Zone outside of Ibrox, stadium branding and […]
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The West Michigan Sports Commission has received a $1 million lead gift by Meijer toward the overall goal for fundraising to expand the Meijer Sports Complex. The ‘A Winning Streak for West Michigan’ expansion campaign has a current fundraising total to $5.8 million, or 53 percent of its $11 million goal. Based on funding to […]
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Major League Fishing and the Kissimmee Sports Commission have announced that the 2024 Abu Garcia College Fishing Presented by YETI National Championship will take place on Lake Toho in Kissimmee from January 9–11, 2024. “We are excited to host the Major League Fishing College National Championship for a second year,” said Tyler Weyant, director of […]
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City leaders, project representatives, Indianapolis Mayor Joe Hogsett and Visit Indy President and Chief Executive Officer Leonard Hoops joined to break ground on the sixth expansion of the Indiana Convention Center and construction of a new convention hotel. While foundational work to redevelop the former Pan Am Plaza began last year, Tuesday’s event marks the […]
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The Greenville-Pitt County Convention & Visitors Bureau in North Carolina has promoted Ce’Nedra Dillard to sports sales manager for the Greenville-Pitt County Sports Commission. Dillard also recently received her Sports Tourism Strategist designation. “I am thankful for the opportunity to advance my knowledge about the sports tourism industry by completing my Sports Tourism Strategist designation […]
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Visit Fort Wayne and Turnstone Center will host the USA Boccia 2023 National Championships, August 3-6 at the Plassman Athletic Center at Turnstone, the first time for a boccia national to be held in Indiana. Boccia is an inclusive sport for seated athletes with and without disabilities. It can be played individually, in pairs or […]
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Bonny Bernat is returning to Visit Winston-Salem in North Carolina as senior sports development manager responsible for promoting, generating and increasing sporting events and activities in Winston-Salem and Forsyth County. Bernat joined Visit Winston-Salem in 2009 as senior sports & events sales manager, a role she held for 13 years. A former chair of the […]
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Washington, D.C., Mayor Muriel Bowser announced the creation of a Sports Team within the Office of the Deputy Mayor for Planning and Economic Development during a rally inside Nationals Park, the home of the district’s Major League Baseball team. The newly-formed DMPED Sports Team will work with the District’s professional teams and coordinate across local […]
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The Clermont County Convention & Visitors Bureau in Ohio has announced the promotion of Madison Hornsby to sales manager. Hornsby will be responsible for increasing sports, meetings, group tours and recreational events hosted in Clermont County.
.@letsdothisrace, a booking platform for endurance and adventure events, has partnered with travel technology company @hotelplanner. The collaboration will see HotelPlanner’s infrastructure integrate hotel booking options into the Let’s Do This system.
The 2024 @MLB London Series between the New York Mets and Philadelphia Phillies generated nearly $70 million for the city’s economy in June 2024, according to an impact study by the consulting firm Two Circles.
TRITON World Series, a new global triathlon organizer, will hold its world championship in Portimão in the Algarve, Portugal, from October 24–26, as it expands its offerings around the world.
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