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ARTICLE Apr 11, 2024
Get your BID On: WBSC's International Baseball and Softball Events
The World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC) has unveiled a new events bidding calendar, outlining the top WBSC tournaments, providing opportunities for cities and organizers around the world to w...
ARTICLE Mar 17, 2024
March Role Reversal: WBB Could Score More Attention, Revenues
Remember when (not that long ago!) the NCAA women’s basketball tournament had amenities that included only a small rack of weights while men had access to full workout facilities? This year will bring...
ARTICLE Mar 14, 2024
With $1 Billion in Economic Impact on the Line, Cities Welcome ‘Ring of Fire’
If the emails aren’t hitting your inbox like asteroids, you need to check your Internet connection. The big celestial event, the total solar eclipse, is finally here and destinations have come up with...
ARTICLE Mar 01, 2024
The Water’s Just Right
Ball sports dominate the sports tourism landscape, while convention centers and other large multi-purpose indoor sports facilities pull double duty to host a variety of mat sports. But it takes a spec...
ARTICLE Mar 01, 2024
As Measles Cases Trend Up in Florida, Should Event Owners Be Concerned?
Spring break is on. Tournament time is in full swing. And Florida, one of the top destinations for youth sports, has a measles outbreak, something unlikely to get better since the state's surgeon gene...
ARTICLE Mar 01, 2024
Ripken Baseball
Ripken Baseball has the stated goal of providing youth ball players with an experience similar to those of Major League Baseball athletes. With six purpose-built Ripken Experience facilities for baseb...
ARTICLE Mar 01, 2024
Par Excellence
In 2023, 123 million people (more than one-third of the U.S. population over the age of 5) played golf on-course or off-course, followed golf on TV or online, read about the game, or listened to a gol...
ARTICLE Mar 01, 2024
Wondering Who’s Who? Here’s a Go-To Guide
Sports tourism is a quickly evolving market, with new developments happening constantly. That, in turn, means event owners need knowledgeable partners in all markets. Here, you will find a compendium ...
ARTICLE Feb 29, 2024
Sports Tourism, Bigfoot and the Rise of Cryptid Travel
For those in the right areas, it’s a big hairy deal. Nationwide, cryptid tourism (defined as the pursuit of something not yet proven to exist, like Bigfoot, Mothman, the Skunk Ape or the Boggy Creek S...
ARTICLE Feb 16, 2024
Inside Events: Youth Banana Ball
Last year, the Savannah Bananas, the most entertaining team in baseball (we’re including their traveling opponents, the Party Animals, in that classification) hosted a total of 13 Savannah Bananas Bas...