New FIBA Rules to Provide More Opportunities for Women’s Hoops Tourneys
Good news for basketball destinations: In an effort to give more teams an opportunity to qualify for the Olympics and World Cup, the International Bas...
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A Promising Start, Then Silence. What Happened to Colorado Youth Sports Complex Project?
Why would a 490-acre privately funded sports complex project, hyped as the “Disney World of youth sports,” stall out? More importantly, what happens n...
Expect Rise of Cryptocurrency in Travel Industry
Russia’s FIFA World Cup has made headlines for many reasons (including the early exit of reigning champion Germany). On the business end, however, was...
Pickleball Events Making Inroads on Ocean Liners as Sports Cruises Gain Pace Overall
Forget shuffleboard and putting greens. The hottest sport on cruise ships right now is pickleball. As the trend gains steam, expect to see even more l...
New Breed of Youth Sports Complex Comes with Bars, Nail Salons and Workstations
Times were, soccer parents were hailing as geniuses the planners who put shaded areas near the fields so that they didn’t have to sit in the sun while...
Inside Events: National Battle of the Bands
The Queen City Battle of the Bands, formerly held in Charlotte, North Carolina, as a competition for marching bands from Historically Black Colleges a...
Event Owners Should Know About Research on a New Helmet Rating System
For organizers of bicycling events, the announcement of new research on helmet safety may not change anything quite yet. However, becoming familiar wi...
NFL Introduces Sporting World’s First Fully Digital Ticketing System
You knew it was coming. Beginning this fall, Ticketmaster will provide the National Football League with the first open-architecture, fully digital ti...
Government Increases Number of Foreign Visa Workers
Many sports and hospitality industry businesses, previously contemplating hiring workers from Puerto Rico to fill heavy labor and hospitality jobs, re...
Legislation on Summer Practices Follows Athlete Deaths
It’s a paradox: the parents and coaches who run onto the field after a helmet-to-helmet incident are the same ones who shrug off summer heat during fo...