eSports Stadiums Helping Cities Land Tournaments
The baseball season might be over but in some cities, venues are still getting use – for eSports. As the demand grows, cities across the U.S. are buil...
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MLB Expansion Inevitable, But When — and Where?
It’s no secret that Major League Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred wants to expand the league’s number of cities from 30 to 32 teams. The big question...
SafeSport: Will it Actually Protect Young Athletes or is it just Lip Service?
When Congress passed the the Safe Sport Act, the hope was that it would spur the prompt reporting of incidents to law-enforcement officials. Yet a rec...
NFL Stadium Security Facing Tests on Multiple Levels – Will it Affect Event Owners?
Intense NFL rivalries — coupled with stadium fights and a lawsuit filed by an assaulted Dallas Cowboy fan — have placed increased attention on game-da...
Runners Race to Join Virtual Marathon Craze
The desire to run in the 2019 New York City Marathon motivated 500 runners to participate in their own 26.2-mile “virtual” marathons (no treadmills al...
Concussion Round-Up: Latest Developments Event Owners Should Know About CTE Issues
From a new report by the American Academy of Pediatrics to groundbreaking research linking repeated concussions to suicidal behavior later in life, th...
Amazon’s Expansions: What Can Two New HQ Cities Mean to Sports Tourism?
The announcement that Amazon has selected two cities – Long Island City, New York, and Arlington, Virginia – to split its HQ2 dropped like a bomb on t...
Pinning Down a Growing Trend: Women’s Wrestling Leading to Uptick in Events
Women’s wrestling is one of the fastest-growing sports in the country and the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point has become the latest school to ju...
Why Are Cities Backing Away from Hosting the Olympics?
More cities are dropping out of bidding for the Olympics than are staying in the race. Calgary is the latest casualty and is only a symptom of the wor...
Inside Events: Urban Sports League
Participating in sports teaches lifelong lessons, and the Urban Sports League seeks to foster these in its participants. The organization which offers...