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The Los Angeles Coliseum has hosted many massive sporting events during its 100 years of existence. The famed venue was the site of the Olympic Summer Games in 1932 and 1988, the first Super Bowl in 1967 and in addition to being the home of USC Trojans football, the stadium has hosted the NASCAR Busch […]
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The SportsTravel Podcast focuses on news, insight, trends and more from some of the top event organizers and destination executives throughout the sports-event industry. With nearly 100 episodes over the past three years, the SportsTravel Podcast has become the place to listen to interviews with event organizers of all sizes, destinations ready to host national […]
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As the temperatures (slowly) become cooler and the days become shorter, fall brings the promise of football and the pageantry of the college game — an experience unmatched almost anywhere in sports. Tailgating is a four-day weekend where the sport is a religion and for an elite few, the idea of a national championship sits […]
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Welcome to the SportsTravel Bid Bowl. Here you will find a list of events that are actively seeking hosts, with RFPs from regional, national and international sports-event organizers who are looking to partner with destinations in the future. To find out about each item below, click on “More Information” to get details about […]
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With a year to go before the 2024 Olympic Summer Games in Paris, for several U.S. national governing bodies, the focus instead is on 2028. For those NGBs, the chance to have their sports added to the LA28 program would be an almost indescribable boost in visibility and funding. With the program months from being […]
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In the sport of jump rope, athletes inevitably get tangled in a rope during a routine. When that happens, they take a step back, reset and get right back to business. It’s also an apt metaphor for the landscape of competitive jump rope in recent years. While the sport has been on the competitive scene […]
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USA Gymnastics is looking to build a national training and wellness center that will serve as the hub for the national governing body and has issued a request of expressions of interest directed at destinations and real estate developers targeting a 2026 project completion, said President and Chief Executive Officer Li Li Leung during a […]
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Toronto is one of the best examples of a destination that has embraced esports on all levels and in all facets of its community because of the way every from government to private industry and the tourism community work together, panelists described during one of the spotlight sessions from the 2023 EsportsTravel Summit. “The Toronto […]
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The 2026 FIFA World Cup has been billed as the biggest yet with 48 teams, three countries and more host cities than ever before. And throughout the process from FIFA’s visiting host city candidates, to the day of the announcement last July of which cities will host games and an inside view of what it […]
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Paris. There may no city in the world with more words used to describe it through generations of travelers, journalists, novelists and any medium found. Paris is always a good idea, they say, and for sports it is especially true in the next year-plus. The tennis world returns to Roland Garros in May for the […]
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.@ASMGlobalLive has named Paul Bowles as general manager of @MtnHealthArena in Huntington, West Virginia. The 7,000-plus-seat, multipurpose arena hosts numerous concerts, family shows, trade shows and athletic competitions.
https://www.sportstravelmagazine.com/paul-bowles-named-gm-at-mountain-health-arena-in-west-virginia/
.@SportsAlabama has released its 2022 annual report, saying more than 28.6 million travelers came to the state and spent $22.4 billion, resulting in an estimated economic impact of $235.45 million among its 12 member destinations.
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