World Series Loss Still Financial Windfall for Cleveland
You can lose and still win. Just ask Cleveland, whose loss in Game Seven of the great Cubs/Indians World Series still managed to make an economic impa...
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Inside Events: The Blind Judo Foundation
An organization in which blind athletes can compete against those without such challenges, using the same rules? It’s happening across the U.S, thanks...
NHL’s Threatened Pullout of the Olympics Could Put Sports Events on Ice in 2018
There just might be a different face on the Olympic hockey teams in 2018, thanks (or no thanks) to disagreements between the NHL and the IOC. And it’s...
Travel Agents Team with Athletes to Market Destinations, Events
The destination marathon, one of the hottest trends in sports travel, is on the radar of savvy travel agents these days. And if planners of applicable...
Parks Officials Marketing Facilities as Pokemon Go Destinations
If you thought the Pokémon Go craze was over, think again. Park officials across the U.S. are helping players divide into teams, then use their facili...
World Health Organization: Fighting Zika is a Marathon, Not a Sprint
That buzzing sound? It’s not just mosquitoes. It’s the chatter people are starting to tune out about Zika. WHO says a quick fix isn’t on the horizon, ...
2016 Awards Feature: Economic Impact of Sports Tourism
In presenting our annual awards, Champions of Economic Impact in Sports Tourism, we reflect on our approaches to economic impact. To help understand a...
2016 Champions of Economic Impact in Sports Tourism
In each issue of SDM, we examine the unique relationship between event organizer and host city. In this issue, we celebrate it. Our Champions of Econo...
Sports in America’s Heartland
The Midwest is America’s heartland, but there’s more to it than just wide-open space. There are plenty of communities offering venues both natural and...
Serving Up Tennis for Everyone
In 2017, the U.S. Tennis Association’s “New Home of American Tennis” at Lake Nona in Orlando, Florida, is expected to be fully operational and ready t...