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USA Gymnastics Senior Pan Am Qualifier Heading to Utah

Utah Valley University will host a Senior Pan American Championships for men’s and women’s gymnastics, rhythmic gymnastics and trampoline in May that will also be the final Olympic qualifier for the 2020 Summer Olympic Games. The Senior Pan Am championships is held annually and typically, athletes from North, Central and South America compete for titles, […]

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Utah Sports Commission President and CEO Jeff Robbins (middle) is presented with the Tourism Achievement Award from Chris Erickson, Visit Salt Lake Board of Directors’ chairman (right), and Scott Beck, Visit Salt Lake president and CEO (left) during Visit Salt Lake’s June board meeting.

Utah Sports Commission Honored by Visit Salt Lake

The Utah Sports Commission has received Visit Salt Lake’s annual Tourism Achievement Award. The award is the convention bureau’s highest honor and is presented annually to honor members and community organizations for “outstanding efforts in supporting the mission of VSL and the larger tourism community of Salt Lake County.” Jeff Robbins, president and CEO, accepted […]

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Ironman Picks St. George, Utah, to Host the 70.3 World Championship in 2021

Ironman has selected St. George, Utah, to host the 2021 Ironman 70.3 World Championship. The announcement marks the first time since 2013 that the triathlon championship will be staged in the Southwest United States. Ironman also announced that as part of a five-year hosting agreement, a new full-distance Ironman triathlon will rotate between a series […]

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Park City Prepares for World Championships

If you ask Bill Malone how the weather is, he just might reply, “Great! We’re expecting a lot of snow!” Heaps of snow is always good news in Park City, Utah, where Malone serves as president and CEO of the Chamber of Commerce and CVB. And snowstorms are especially good news right now, as the city prepares for the 2019 FIS Snowboard, Freestyle and Freeski World Championships presented by Toyota, scheduled for Deer Valley Resort, Park City Mountain and Solitude Mountain Resort, February 1–10. It was quite a coup for Utah to land the championships, which are held every other year

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