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Understanding the Value of Your Sports Event or Meeting

Understanding the Value of Your Sports Event or Meeting

If you find yourself in charge of planning a sports related meeting or event, you most likely are a volunteer planner or have myriad of other job resp...

Tennis Facilities that Ace the Competition

Tennis Facilities that Ace the Competition

U.S. tennis participation continues to grow, although not by the leaps and bounds the sport experienced during the boom times of the 1970s and ’80s wh...

The Heartland, Home of Wide-Open Spaces and Smiling Faces

The Heartland, Home of Wide-Open Spaces and Smiling Faces

When the Nebraska Golf Association considered hosting a tournament last summer in Kearney — a city in the direct path of the 2017 total solar eclipse ...

2017 CHAMPIONS OF ECONOMIC IMPACT IN SPORTS TOURISM

2017 CHAMPIONS OF ECONOMIC IMPACT IN SPORTS TOURISM

Sports Destination Management is proud to announce the 2017 “Champions of Economic Impact in Sports Tourism.” The nominees this year were tremendous a...

Developing an App: A Case Study from USA Triathlon

Developing an App: A Case Study from USA Triathlon

USA Triathlon, the National Governing Body for the sport of triathlon, rolled out a mobile app in April of 2017. The interactive app, available via fr...

Leading the Way for Youth and High School Football

Leading the Way for Youth and High School Football

The sport of football continues its evolution, and USA Football, a member of the U.S. Olympic Committee and the sport’s national governing body, is at...

Played on Three Surfaces, Played by All Ages

Played on Three Surfaces, Played by All Ages

Thanks to the Olympics, interest in volleyball remains strong. That it can played anywhere, from a grassy backyard to a gymnasium to a sandy beach, is...

D.C. Mayor Believes the Trump Image Contributed to the Loss of 2022 Gay Games

D.C. Mayor Believes the Trump Image Contributed to the Loss of 2022 Gay Games

Washington, D.C., considered a favorite to win the 2022 Gay Games, came thisclose but lost out to Hong Kong. Speculation abounded that U.S. President ...

By the Numbers: Thanksgiving-Themed Sports Events Keeping Planners in the Black Before...

By the Numbers: Thanksgiving-Themed Sports Events Keeping Planners in the Black Before Friday

Black Friday might be the big day for shopping but Thanksgiving is when nearly one million Americans will take to the streets to participate in sports...

Steep Fee Hikes Possible at America's Busiest National Parks: Planners Need to be Ready

Steep Fee Hikes Possible at America's Busiest National Parks: Planners Need to be Ready

Sports planners whose events take place in or near national parks should know some steep fee hikes are possible. It could impact registration fees and...