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This year’s Sports Events & Tourism Association Annual Symposium brought more than 900 attendees to the Kansas City Convention Center but in many ways, it was just another eventful week in what has been a historic year for the Missouri destination. Between the hometown Chiefs winning the Super Bowl in February, a downtown parade in […]
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Russ Yurk stood proudly and watched the scene unfold before him. He pulled his cell phone out to snap a picture. Like a proud father, he felt a sense of accomplishment. Organizing an international baseball tournament is challenging. Doing it twice in two years might cause most tournament managers to have a nervous breakdown. By […]
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While the age of contactless ticketing for entry to an event, amateur to professional, is needed now for obvious reasons, there is still something romantic about having a ticket to keep as a souvenir and hang on a wall or protect in a frame on your desk. A physical keepsake serves as a constant reminder […]
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Russ Yurk, a sports industry professional with nearly three decades of experience with the NCAA and a wide range of sports events, has been named special projects coordinator for Sports ETA to oversee events rights holder relationships on behalf of the organization in an effort to increase those relationships with the Sports ETA membership. Yurk […]
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Destinations will be able to bid on NCAA championship events that have never before been open for bidding. For the first time this winter, the NCAA will have predetermined hosts for the preliminary rounds in the Division II men’s and women’s basketball tournaments. Bidding is open at ncaa.org/bids and destinations have until January 25 to […]
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It may not have the drama of Selection Sunday, but Selection Wednesday is coming on October 14 as the NCAA will release future hosts for 86 championship events, including hundreds of regional competitions, for the 2022–2023 through 2025–2026 seasons. The announcement will be posted on the NCAA’s home page at 1 p.m. Eastern Standard Time […]
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The NCAA still plans to announce the hosts for more than 500 championship events in October, with sport committees sifting through the more than 3,000 applications received before this past February’s deadline. The tentative date to release the names of the hosts is the week of October 12, said Russ Yurk, president of 129 Sports, […]
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In one of the most challenging stretches the sports-event industry has ever faced, industry leaders are unsure exactly what a recovery will look like—or when it will happen. But they are looking ahead. One by one, the number of major events and leagues that began canceling or postponing competitions in the wake of the COVID-19 […]
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Things are about to get even more busy for Russ Yurk and his 129 Sports consulting firm. It is days before the bid deadline closes for the next cycle of NCAA championship events and with more than 500 events up for grabs, it is time for months of groundwork and outreach to pay off with […]
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The NCAA has announced key bid dates for its upcoming bid cycle that will determine hosts for hundreds of championships from 2022–2026. During the upcoming bid process, the NCAA will be seeking hosts for 86 of its 90 championships over each of the four academic years from 2022–2033 through 2025–2026. Those championships will be administered […]
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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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