Faked Out: Bogus Sponsorship Deals Plaguing Event Industry
As if it weren’t challenging enough to gain sponsorship for tournaments, event owners are now being faced with a new problem: keeping local businesses...
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Seeing the Light: When Sports Venue Lighting Creates Problems in Neighborhoods
Cities want to leverage fields and stadiums to attract sports tourism. But as the arms race to build better facilities and improve current ones heats ...
Inside Events: The National Small College Rugby Organization
Rugby is a sport that is gaining prominence at both the collegiate and club level. One of its drivers is the National Small College Rugby Organization...
One Year Out, REAL ID Act Already Presenting Real Problems for Sports
Sometimes, it’s INH2MS (It’ll Never Happen to Me Syndrome). Sometimes, it’s a lack of basic awareness. But less than a year away from the October 1, 2...
High School Sports Fans Behaving Badly – and They’re Not All Students
Fan behavior at high school games has reached a flash point and students aren’t the only ones at fault. In fact, parent misbehavior is being cited as ...
Will the Sub-Two-Hour Marathon Change Races on the Hometown Level?
It finally happened. One man ran a full marathon in less than two hours. No, it wasn’t a major marathon and yes, it was under controlled conditions. B...
Could Sports Tourism Help Save the Preakness?
It’s moving. It’s staying. It’s being cancelled. The middle jewel in thoroughbred racing’s Triple Crown has been the subject of much debate, as fans o...
The Food Fight is On in Dallas – What Does It Take to Be at the Table?
There’s a food fight going on and Dallas is in the teeth of it. The World Food Championships, the largest competition in food sport (yes, that's a thi...
National, World Titles on the Line in Wife Carrying and Outhouse Racing
You thought Wiffle ball championships were novel? That’s pretty tame when you realize there are titles on the line for wife carrying and outhouse raci...
Navigating the Course of the Biggest Merger in Bass Tournament History
When Major League Fishing announced last week that it would be acquiring competitive bass giant FLW, the news hit the sports event industry like a sla...