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The Surprising Benefits of Sports Camps

The Surprising Benefits of Sports Camps

Many of us think we know all about sports camps. As youngsters, we participated in these camps, and as maturity set in, we had jobs as counselors and ...

Lodging: Getting the Most for Your Group on the Road

Lodging: Getting the Most for Your Group on the Road

If you travel with a team or with a group for special events, there are a few things to consider...

Lodging: Innovative Approaches for Managing Sports Room Blocks

Lodging: Innovative Approaches for Managing Sports Room Blocks

Talk to any event organizer, rights holder, or event planner and the subject of room block management, specifically attrition management, will eventua...

Be Brave in the Attempt: The Special Olympics

Be Brave in the Attempt: The Special Olympics

Special Olympics is an international organization. Its events reach millions of people every year and culminate in two giant events, the Special Olymp...

Identifying and Working with the Gatekeepers

Identifying and Working with the Gatekeepers

Great leaders know that it takes a group of experts to support and host major sporting events in their respective communities. For this team to be tri...

Wild for Winter Sports

Wild for Winter Sports

Snow and ice sports draw millions of participants every year, not to mention the families and fans who flock to these events as spectators. For locati...

Choosing the Right City for Your Event: Ten Essential Questions to Ask

Choosing the Right City for Your Event: Ten Essential Questions to Ask

With the proliferation of sporting events available in the marketplace today, there is greater significance in the relationship between the rights hol...

Evaluating Economic Impact: The Community Perspective

Evaluating Economic Impact: The Community Perspective

There is no question sporting events have a far-reaching economic impact on the communities that host them. In 2007, the Peoria Area Convention and V...

Finding Basketball Event Locations is a Slam Dunk

Finding Basketball Event Locations is a Slam Dunk

Basketball doesn’t hold the title "American as apple pie," even though it is one of the only sports actually created in America. It does, however, ran...

Setting the Stage for Success: The Art of Branding Sporting Events

Setting the Stage for Success: The Art of Branding Sporting Events

The competition to capitalize on the appeal of sporting events has never been greater. Marketing your event in this lucrative - and loud - marketplace...