Getting Millennials into Sports Means Letting them be Kids
Millennials are poised for world domination, someday. In the meantime, they enjoy escaping back into childhood periodically. And that just might be re...
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Shaky March Madness Numbers Show Changes in Viewership
When sports business analysts look back at viewership statistics for March Madness 2016, it’s unlikely that it will be a year for the record books. Ra...
Crested Butte Emerges as MTB Boom Town
Mountain biking, once the scrappy black sheep in the cycling family, is taking its place front and center in the sports tourism world. Crested Butte, ...
Pittsburgh Officials Propose Hotel Tax Hike to Fund Sports Commission
Pittsburgh would like to bring a Super Bowl to town. And for that, it says, it needs a sports commission. Currently, the CVB, VisitPittsburgh wears a ...
Akron Creates Dedicated Sports Alliance Economic Development Group
Following the example of many cities that are setting up dedicated sports tourism organizations separate from their primary economic development group...
New York MMA Opponents Tap Out, Clear the Way for Professional Bouts
It was quite a week in New York. The state said yes, at long last, to professional MMA bouts. That’s right: the city with the tough-guy reputation pre...
Courting Millennials, Rugby Enters U.S. Sports World with Strong Digital Game Plan
The Pro Rugby Organization opens in the U.S. this month, and organizers want to kick the door down. Although 2016 marks the Olympic debut of rugby sev...
Report: Golf Adds $6 Billion Annually to the UK Economy
It’s not a coincidence that the Patron Saint of Scotland, Saint Andrew, is also the Patron Saint of golf. He might also be the patron saint of economi...
Birmingham, Longtime Home of the SEC Tournament, Faces Competition
The term, ‘sales pitch,’ has never been so appropriate. Birmingham, long the host of the Southeastern Conference Baseball Tournament, is facing compet...
NYC Passes Legislation Against Tobacco in Sporting Events
One day after the State of New York legalized professional MMA bouts, it said no to a far more long-standing tradition: tobacco at sports events. That...