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Hawai‘i Convention Center Offers Pacific Paradise for Sports

Hawai‘i Convention Center Offers Pacific Paradise for Sports

When the Hawai’i Convention Center’s management decided to help sports event owners find their way to the island, they knew they had to offer something special – even beyond a lush, tropical setting. ...

Hawaii Convention Center

Hawai‘i Convention Center Offers Pacific Paradise for Sports

Just as appealing as the Hawai‘i Convention Center’s location in a tropical paradise is the fact that events do not have to bring flooring or apparatus. Learn about this venue and what it can offer.

AAU Junior Olympic Games Reinforce City’s Status as ‘Tournament Town’

AAU Junior Olympic Games Reinforce City’s Status as ‘Tournament Town’

This summer, Tournament Town will welcome its biggest event yet. The Amateur Athletic Union (AAU) Junior Olympic Games are expected to bring as many as 18,000 young athletes between the ages of four a...

Conway, Arkansas, Is Hopping with Sports – Even Toad Racing

Conway, Arkansas, Is Hopping with Sports – Even Toad Racing

Located just 30 miles north of Little Rock, Arkansas, on I-40, Conway continues to be one of the top five fastest-growing cities in the state and is a magnet for a variety of sporting events, boasting...

So Much More Than a Major League City

So Much More Than a Major League City

Arlington, Texas, might be America’s definitive major league city — with world-class venues that are home to the NFL’s Dallas Cowboys and MLB’s Texas Rangers, not to mention North America’s largest es...

Stay Ahead of the Game in Lubbock, Texas

Stay Ahead of the Game in Lubbock, Texas

Lubbock’s nickname, the hub city, is for the five major highways through town, creating a hub. That and Lubbock Preston Smith International Airport puts Lubbock within easy reach of thousands of sport...

Sports Options, Venue Flexibility and Southern Hospitality Abound

Sports Options, Venue Flexibility and Southern Hospitality Abound

In less than two years, this city of about 100,000 residents went from having few indoor or outdoor sports facilities for local youth sports teams to its emerging status as a national destination that...

Welcome to ‘The Sports and Entertainment Capital of Texas’

Welcome to ‘The Sports and Entertainment Capital of Texas’

Few cities in the United States are experiencing a sports development and tourism boom like the one happening in the Dallas/Fort Worth area destination of Arlington, Texas. The city is the home of tra...

Where Venue Flexibility Meets Midwestern Hospitality

Where Venue Flexibility Meets Midwestern Hospitality

If you’re even vaguely familiar with Iowa, you know that wrestling is one of the state’s most popular sports, which is why wrestling tournaments are among the most popular events hosted by the Mid-Ame...

By Land or By Sea

By Land or By Sea

Nestled between Cape Fear River, the Intercoastal Waterway and the Atlantic Ocean, Wilmington, North Carolina, is a natural setting for water sports. But this destination also offers venues and facili...