Memorial Day: How Planners Are Leveraging Patriotic Fervor to Create Better Events
Get ready for the red, white and blue-themed promotions. Memorial Day is around the corner, bringing cookouts, mattress sales and, of course, patrioti...
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Qatar Working to Attract More U.S. Visitors, But May Have an Uphill Battle
Qatar has not enjoyed good press recently, to put it mildly. The host of the 2022 FIFA World Cup faced allegations of bribery and corruption about the...
Florida Leads Golf Industry in Courses and Jobs, Lags Behind in Economic Impact
Florida may be one of the top-tier golf destinations in the country, with more courses (1,100) and industry workers (132,500) than anywhere else, but ...
Inside Events: Veterans Adaptive Sports
Teaching veterans with disabilities how to get around in a wheelchair or use prosthetic limbs is one thing. Teaching them how to live again is another...
MiLB’s Batting 1000 with its Promotional Game: What Planners Can Learn from Sitting in the Stands
At last check, the promotional geniuses at Minor League Baseball were planning special tie-ins with this summer’s solar eclipse. Now, they’re pumping ...
Uber Becoming Major Player in Sports World
It’s almost a Cinderella story. Uber, all but unknown until recently, is being actively courted in the sports world as the NFL, NHL, MLB and even some...
Visa Program Covering Workers at Sports Venues Comes into Question: What Event Owners May Need to Know
Much coverage is given to sports venue safety, but a separate issue entirely could cause significant upheaval in the industry. Problems with a visa pr...
Report: Chance of Children Getting Cancer from Synthetic Fields ‘Less Than One in a Million'
Event owners worried the crumb rubber infill in synthetic turf fields is carcinogenic can rest easy, and so can parents of athletes. According to a ne...
Inside Events: Women’s Flat Track Derby Association
With nearly 450 leagues nationally (and worldwide growth), roller derby is climbing in popularity and recognition. The Women’s Flat Track Derby Associ...
By the Numbers: The 2017 Kentucky Derby
An overwhelming percentage of fans waits for those magic words, “…and they’re off!” (and the nutty, screaming, nail-biting two minutes that follow) bu...