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Head for the Mountains

Head for the Mountains

Purple mountain majesties, big skies and visitor-friendly venues make the mountain region of the U.S. a natural for sports events. Event owners lookin...

Golf Gets Its Groove Back

Golf Gets Its Groove Back

With new player initiatives and a lot of work on the park of industry leaders, golf is getting its groove back. Around the country, courses at every l...

U.S. Adventure Racing Association

U.S. Adventure Racing Association

U.S. Adventure Racing Association (USARA) oversees all aspects of the sport of adventure racing in this country. Adventure racing, which is a team pur...

Pictures: Worth a Thousand Words

Pictures: Worth a Thousand Words

Professional photography can enhance your sports event and help you market future dates. With proper planning (translation: not waiting until the last...

Stay-to-Play: A Virtual Roundtable

Stay-to-Play: A Virtual Roundtable

The often divisive topic of stay-to-play has had coverage from multiple angles, including that of event owners, academics, housing bureaus, destinatio...

Special Feature: Interview with Alan Kidd

Special Feature: Interview with Alan Kidd

Following a lengthy search, the National Associations of Sports Commissions named Alan Kidd its next executive director. Kidd officially takes over hi...

Home Field Advantages

Home Field Advantages

Whether it’s World Cup athletes charging onto the field of play or kids hopping out of the minivan and ambling toward the municipal fields, soccer is ...

Planning a Sports Event?

Planning a Sports Event?

With the vanguard of the Baby Boomers now past 70, this generation, weaned on jogging and then moving through yoga, Pilates and Zumba, continues to be...

Sports Outlook: The Growth of Disc Golf

Sports Outlook: The Growth of Disc Golf

Editor’s note: No, you didn’t hear an alternative version of the industry news. Brian Graham, the longtime executive director of the Professional Disc...

Utah Celebrates 15-Year Anniversary of 2002 Winter Olympic

Utah Celebrates 15-Year Anniversary of 2002 Winter Olympic

Hard to believe that 2017 marked 15 years since Salt Lake City hosted the 2002 Winter Olympic Games. The International Olympic Committee made its anno...