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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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Every year thousands of kids go to camp, a rite of passage for most school-aged children whether it’s a general summer camp or a specialty camp for a particular interest. One camp in particular requires elite talent to secure an invitation. Elite Tournaments, a Baltimore-based organization that specializes in youth soccer, has a partnership with […]
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One of the key initiatives for Sophie Goldschmidt when she took over as president and chief executive officer of U.S. Ski & Snowboard nearly three years ago was to bring more major events to the United States. This weekend starts the culmination of that goal, as the United States hosts 12 events sanctioned by the […]
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There was no need to talk about a potential host or a candidate city. IOC President Thomas Bach made the proclamation in Paris: Salt Lake City will host the 2034 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games. City and state leaders, plus those who had shepherded the winning bid, spilled out into a mixed zone on July […]
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There’s a three-word phrase all over New Orleans. It adorns everything from notepads to drink koozies to signage around the city: Built to Host. It’s a catchy slogan for the popular tourist destination, but those three words have a different meaning in the coming months for the Crescent City less than three months away from […]
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Descending into the Smoky Mountains and looking out the window, the expanse of green forestry revealed the city of Chattanooga, Tennessee, which has built its sports-tourism offerings through a mix of sports, on a variety of levels, and showcased its growing downtown walkability and outdoor activities to the industry last week. Sports ETA hosted its […]
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Dallas has been one of the hotbeds for sports in the United States for decades thanks in part to its professional sports franchises, but previous attempts at forming a dedicated sports bureau to promote the city had come and gone. But when Visit Dallas established the Dallas Sports Commission in 2014, it did so with […]
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It was during last season that the National Football League played its 50th regular-season game outside of the United States, 18 years after its first. It will certainly not take that long to get the next 50 under its belt. The league’s opening weekend featured a game in Sao Paulo, Brazil, as the Philadelphia Eagles […]
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Northstar Meetings Group has announced two future sites for the TEAMS Conference & Expo, the world’s largest gathering of sports-event organizers, taking the annual event to a pair of markets that reflect the vitality of the sports-related travel market. Along with previously announced host cities, the conference has now announced its host locations through 2031. […]
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As the NCAA enters the final month of its deliberation on which cities will be the hosts for its next championship bid cycle for hundreds of events across all three divisions, destinations around the country anxiously await news of the status of their bids. It’s quite a mix of cities that are bidding to host […]
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.@usatabletennis is bringing back a major event, as the US Open Team Table Tennis Championships will take place August 29–31, 2025, in @MyMyrtleBeach, South Carolina. The event will take place at John T. Rhodes Myrtle Beach Sports Center.
The official logos for the 2026 NCAA Men’s Final Four and 2026 NCAA Division II and Division III men’s basketball championships have been unveiled. Indianapolis and @IndSportsCorp will host all three championships during the same weekend in 2026.
The Golden Trail Series has announced its 2025 schedule of nine international events featuring some of the best trail runners in the world, including a stop in Olympic Valley, California, on June 22.
The @XGames have announced a three-year partnership with California Dreamin' Entertainment which will bring the action sports and music festival to Cal Expo in @VisitSacramento each summer from 2025–2027.
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