Current Threats and Emerging Trends in Sports Safety and Security
Sporting events are America’s favorite pastime. Hundreds of thousands of fans flock to watch their favorite teams battle it out on the playing field. ...
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Need a New Home Plate, Home Base or Home Field? Here’s Where to Go
There’s nothing to rejuvenate your event like a new location. Whether it’s a new venue in a familiar area or whether it’s a whole new city and facilit...
Mastering Event Travel
Withing the sports space, there are myriad opportunities for travel, which necessitates a need for management. From charter bus transportation to app-...
Skate Parks and the Rough Path to Acceptance
Seeing skateboarding in the Olympics is absolutely great; it will probably inspire a lot of kids to take up the sport and to hit their local skatepark...
Flexibility is the Name of the Game with Negotiations
When it comes to booking a sports event venue, your local sports commission, chamber of commerce or convention and visitors bureau can be your partner...
Head Over Heels
Not only did participation in gymnastics for kids six years and older increase 4 percent to 4.76 million from 2022 to 2023, the momentum from the gold...
Diamond Destinations
Softball has been on the rise the last few years, based on recent research by the Sports & Fitness Industry Association. Importantly, total play occas...
Growing the Sole of Running Events by Collecting Old Sneakers for Recycling
Running events, from local charity 5Ks to elite marathons (and everything in between) are booming in the sports space. That’s a lot of feet on the asp...
What Planners Should Know About the Fall 2024 Hurricane Forecast
With a “supercharged” (this is Accuweather’s term, by the way) hurricane forecast for fall 2024 (and in particular, September 2024), what steps should...
Sports Tourism: It’s Not for Everyone and That’s OK
Sports tourism has sometimes been referred to as a white knight who saves the day for communities whose leaders want more economic impact. But many ci...