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How Controversial LGBT Laws Could Complicate Team Travel this March

How Controversial LGBT Laws Could Complicate Team Travel this March

Can controversial legislation regarding LGBT rights complicate travel plans during tournament season? Teams and officials are hoping it won’t – but in...

How Will FBI’s NCAA Investigation Impact March Madness?

How Will FBI’s NCAA Investigation Impact March Madness?

With March Madness finally underway, the FBI’s investigation into college basketball could make this year’s men’s basketball tournament as remarkable ...

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2018 SDM Readers’ Choice Awards: The Nominations are In, and It’s Time to Vote

The Oscars. The Grammies. The Emmies. It's awards season , and SDM's new program lets the sports tourism industry be a part of it all.

Report: Warmer Winters Costing Winter Sports Industry Over $1 Billion

Report: Warmer Winters Costing Winter Sports Industry Over $1 Billion

Climate change is a hot-button topic, so new research on the economic effect of warmer winters and skimpier snow on winter tourism destinations may be...

Student-Led Boycott of Florida for Spring Break Could Hurt Sports Events

Student-Led Boycott of Florida for Spring Break Could Hurt Sports Events

The Parkland school shootings took place almost a month ago and the reverberations are still being felt. Now, the tourism industry has found itself in...

Going Green Can Keep Event Owners in the Black this Month

Going Green Can Keep Event Owners in the Black this Month

The beer is green, the shamrocks are green and event owners and rights holders will be doing the counting of the green, provided they take advantage o...

Play Ball...Safely. Pro, College Stadiums Expand Netting to Protect Spectators

Play Ball...Safely. Pro, College Stadiums Expand Netting to Protect Spectators

As the number of spectators injured by batted balls continues to make news, safety netting has continued to creep across ball parks. MLB’s announcemen...

The Trouble with Travel for NCAA Division I's Smallest Schools

The Trouble with Travel for NCAA Division I's Smallest Schools

March Madness, with it the requisite scramble for flights into and out of certain cities to keep up with an ever-changing schedule of play, is nerve-w...

The Newest Indoor Trend: Hosting Fantasy Sports Draft Action

The Newest Indoor Trend: Hosting Fantasy Sports Draft Action

Venue owners who want to capitalize on indoor facilities during a down-time can look to hosting fantasy sports drafts. It’s a growing trend as fantasy...

With Adult Competition Series, U.S. Figure Skating Harnesses Grown-Ups’ Passion for the...

With Adult Competition Series, U.S. Figure Skating Harnesses Grown-Ups’ Passion for the Sport

The Winter Olympics are well known for jump-starting interest in ice and snow sports among kids, but here’s something you might not have known: U.S. F...