Tactics for Mitigating the Risks of Monkeypox and Other Viruses
A surge in monkeypox cases globally and the declaration of a new public health emergency in the U.S.—hot on the heels of the pandemic—poses another fr...
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Could the USA Host Another FIFA World Cup? It’s on the Table
Looks like FIFA has its eye on the USA all over again. According to multiple sources, the United States is among the contenders to host the 2023 FIFA ...
Driving Business Downtown with Roller Disco
Great sports promotion alert! In 2021, the Rochester Downtown Alliance in Minnesota wanted to drive business back into the area with a quirky hybrid s...
Will Saudi Arabia Emerge as a Viable Olympics Host?
As the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar approaches (the first matches will be played in less than three months), another Middle Eastern country is kicking...
How Could a Freight Rail Strike Disrupt Passenger Sports Travel?
One of the side effects of the pandemic was the movement of travelers away from airlines, and toward other forms of transit, one of which was rail. Wi...
Leaves are Falling But Hotel Prices Are Not. Here’s Why
Fall has traditionally been the time when hotel room rates drop. Only this year, say industry pundits, those prices are not dropping. In many cases, t...
School District to Fund Venue Improvements – Could it Improve Sports Tourism?
What do you do when your high school’s sports facilities are the punch line of jokes statewide? If you’re the Board of Ed at Bowling Green High School...
Can Jai Alai 2.0 Resurrect the Sport or is this the Final Fronton?
It doesn’t generate the same headlines as the World Cup, but the third annual U.S. National Jai Alai Championship took place over three days in mid-Au...
The Venue du Jour? Pickleball, with Facilities Popping up Nationwide
Pickleball facilities are everywhere. Literally. Even in conjunction with "eatertainment." The sport seems to have permeated society at all levels, in...
Scholarships Helping Esports Become Fastest-Growing High School Sport
Some seemingly unrelated pieces of sport news emerged in the same week. First, we heard that more than $2 billion is awarded in athletic scholarships ...