Taking Their Marks
One of the oldest and most respected sports, track & field is the showcase of summer Olympics and the trademark of certain cities. Learn how destinati...
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Visa Program Covering Workers at Sports Venues Comes into Question: What Event Owners May Need to Know
Much coverage is given to sports venue safety, but a separate issue entirely could cause significant upheaval in the industry. Problems with a visa pr...
Report: Chance of Children Getting Cancer from Synthetic Fields ‘Less Than One in a Million'
Event owners worried the crumb rubber infill in synthetic turf fields is carcinogenic can rest easy, and so can parents of athletes. According to a ne...
The Indy 500: Speeds Nearing 200 mph Aren’t Even the Most Impressive Numbers
For motorsports fans, the Indianapolis 500 is as much a part of the kickoff to summer as the cookout. And while the 102nd waving of the checkered flag...
The Numbers Game in Horses: A Peek Inside the Preakness Stakes
When Baltimore becomes horse country. When people are sucking down drinks euphemistically called the Black-Eyed Susan (but actually taste like cough s...
Football Bowl Association’s Challenge: Make Bowls Great Again
With game attendance and TV ratings starting to slide, not to mention players choosing to sit out games so as not to compromise their chances at a pro...
Threatened with Shutdown, Visit Florida Survives the Fight for Another Season
After allegations of funding improprieties, Visit Florida has lived to fight another day, or more accurately, to fight legislators for budget allocati...
Memorial Day: How Planners Are Leveraging Patriotic Fervor to Create Better Events
Get ready for the red, white and blue-themed promotions. Memorial Day is around the corner, bringing cookouts, mattress sales and, of course, patrioti...
Qatar Working to Attract More U.S. Visitors, But May Have an Uphill Battle
Qatar has not enjoyed good press recently, to put it mildly. The host of the 2022 FIFA World Cup faced allegations of bribery and corruption about the...
Florida Leads Golf Industry in Courses and Jobs, Lags Behind in Economic Impact
Florida may be one of the top-tier golf destinations in the country, with more courses (1,100) and industry workers (132,500) than anywhere else, but ...