Discover Puerto Rico Promotes Events With $20 Million Estimated Impact
Island will host wrestling, swimming, gymnastics and volleyball in coming months
Posted On: December 8, 2022 By :A series of competitions and special training sessions for youth and collegiate athletes will generate more than an estimated $20 million for Puerto Rico’s economy in the coming months.
Some of the events such as the Laurie Hernåndez Champions Challenge are being held for the first time in Puerto Rico. Others like the National Collegiate Wrestling Association Championship is being organized outside the continental United States for the first time. Hosting sports events in Puerto Rico is an essential part of the strategies to attract visitors to the Island and is directed by Discover Puerto Rico’s Senior Sales Manager Carlos Deliz.
“Puerto Rico is a proven destination, handling high-caliber sporting events and producing world-class athletes,” said Brad Dean, chief executive officer of Discover Puerto Rico. “These events, in addition to boosting our tourism industry, contribute to the development of talent both locally and outside Puerto Rico. We are honored to host these events and we are eager to see the talent of so many young athletes at our sports facilities.”
The Laurie Hernåndez Champions Challenge will be held December 15–18 at the Puerto Rico Convention Center. Nearly 700 athletes of different levels of development are expected to participate between the San Juan Classic and the Champions Challenge, which will take place on the last two days of competitions. Also organized in the winter is the Iron Caribbean Sports Winter Swimming Training Center program. This event serves as training for athletes in the swimming and diving programs of 35 U.S. universities and colleges. In total, 1,650 athletes are expected to arrive between December and January to train at facilities across the island.
Scheduled for late February and early March is the Caribbean Volleyball Championships at the Convention Center with action on the weekends of February 24–26 and March 3–5 with about 150 teams from the U.S. and Puerto Rico competing. The NCWA Championships will be held March 9–11 at the Roberto Clemente Coliseum in San Juan. This is the first time that the main event of this association, which brings together over 150 American universities and educational centers, is held outside the continental United States.
“This is achieved with the close collaboration between our sales team at Discover Puerto Rico, the sports community and the different segments of the industry that can offer the services to make this a reality,” said Ed Carey, chief sales officer of Discover Puerto Rico.
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