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Argentina's Lionel Messi celebrates with the trophy in front of the fans after winning the World Cup in Lusail, Qatar in 2022. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner, File)

On Location Appointed Official Hospitality Provider of FIFA World Cup 26

FIFA has appointed On Location as the Official Hospitality Provider of the FIFA World Cup 26, followed by On Location’s announcement that Major League Soccer will be a hospitality sales agent in Canada and the United States. On Location will have exclusive global rights to promote, sell and operate the Official Hospitality Program at the […]

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MLS x TOCA

TOCA Football Expanding to U.S. with Dallas Location

TOCA Football and Major League Soccer will bring the first TOCA Social venue to The Colony’s Grandscape in the Dallas-Fort Worth Area in the summer of 2025. TOCA Social combines soccer, entertainment and dining. TOCA Social Dallas will be the company’s first venue in America, setting the stage for a nationwide expansion across major U.S. […]

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Indian Wells

2024 BNP Paribas Open Creates $852 Million in Gross Economic Impact

The 2024 BNP Paribas Open, a combined ATP and WTA Tours event at the Indian Wells Tennis Garden held each March, claims that it generated an estimated total gross economic impact of more than $852 million on the Coachella Valley economy. The study’s total, conducted by George Washington University, is a 51 percent increase over […]

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Anderson, SC fishing

Anderson to Host Major Youth Fishing Event

The Bass Federation Inc.’s 2024 Junior World Championship will take place July 24­–26 on Lake Hartwell in Anderson, South Carolina, with youth anglers from around the United States and Canada competing for $25,000 in scholarships, products and prizes. For each day of TBF Junior World Championship competition, weigh-ins will be open to the public at […]

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Paris Olympics Mayor Swim
Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo and Tony Estanguet, president of the Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games Organizing Committee, swim in the Seine river Wednesday in Paris. After months of anticipation, Anne Hidalgo swam in the Seine Rive, fulfilling a promise she made in January nine days before the opening ceremony of the 2024 Olympics. (AP Photo/Michel Euler)

Paris Mayor, Olympic Executive Swim in Seine Before Opening Ceremony

Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo and Paris 2024 Organizing Committee President Tony Estanguet swam Wednesday in the Seine River, fulfilling a promise to show that the long-polluted waterway was clean enough to host swimming competitions during the 2024 Olympic Summer Games as well as part of the opening ceremony, now only nine days away. Clad in […]

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Pocono CVB

Pocono Mountains Visitors Bureau Creates Sports Commission to Drive Tourism

The Pocono Mountains Visitors Bureau has announced the formation of the Pocono Mountains Sports, Entertainment & Film Commission to promote sports tourism for the benefit of the local communities. The Pocono Mountains Sports, Entertainment & Film Commission is an operating entity of the Pocono Mountains Visitors Bureau and was founded by Chris Barrett, president/chief executive […]

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Damian Williams
Photo: Timothy D. Sofranko, Linfield University

Sport Oregon Announces Passing of Damian Williams

Sport Oregon has announced that Damian Williams, the organization’s former sports tourism services manager, passed away on June 12 after a battle with cancer. Williams worked with Sport Oregon from July 2021 to June 2022, helping the state return to live events following the pandemic and contributing to the development of the new sports tourism […]

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OLY Paris Olympic Rings
The Olympic rings are seen on the Eiffel Tower after organizers mounted the rings on Friday as the French capital marks 50 days until the start of the Summer Games. The 95-foot-long and 43-foot-high structure of five rings, made entirely of recycled French steel, will be displayed on the south side of the 135-year-old historic landmark in central Paris, overlooking the Seine River. (AP Photo/Aurelien Morissard)

Paris Stays Atop 2024 Ranking of Sports Cities

Paris, on the eve of hosting the 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Summer Games, has been named the top sports city for the second consecutive year in Burson’s 2024 Ranking of Sports Cities. Following Paris in the rankings is 2028 Olympic and Paralympic Summer Games host Los Angeles at No. 2, with New York, London and […]

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Triple Crown Sports

Triple Crown Sports Announces New Ownership Structure

Triple Crown Sports founders Dave and Annette King have transitioned majority co-ownership shares of TCS to two of their children, Keri King and Kelly (King) Salberg. Keri King and Kelly Salberg will control approximately 80 percent of the shares in Triple Crown Sports, with Dave and Annette King holding most of the minority portion remaining. […]

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