NBA’s D-League Bringing New Economic Opportunities to Mid-size Cities
The NBA Development League, or D-League, for short, isn't new, having entered the industry in 2001. But now, it's set for expansion, with three teams ...
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Chicken Pox and Event Cancellations: What Planners Should Know
While many parents chewed their nails and worried about the Zika virus being brought home by travel teams who had visited so-called ‘hot spots’ for in...
Decision on NHL Participation in 2018 Olympics May Come in March
At last check, the NHL was considering keeping its players out of the 2018 Winter Olympics, something that could have a ripple effect on ice hockey ev...
Post-Olympics Rio: Bills Due, Venues Empty
We’ve all heard about former Olympic venues, once basking in glory, now left abandoned and decaying. It appears the latest city to fall into that trap...
Live Streaming of Sports Events Enters New Era
In case you doubted the viability of streaming live sporting events, we present Super Bowl Sunday as Exhibit A: FOX Sports GO, the streaming platform ...
Florida CVB, EDC on the Defensive in Response to Allegations of Funding Improprieties
Despite concerns about Zika mosquitoes, it was a rapper named Pitbull who helped knock Visit Florida to its knees. Now, Governor Rick Scott is fightin...
Daytona 500 by the Numbers: Cars, Crowds and...Solar Panels?
Forget robins, Easter baskets and little flowers. The first sign that spring is around the corner includes the roar of engines and the screech of tire...
Inside Events: Drone Racing League
Described as “the real-life version of a video game,” drone racing is one of the fastest-growing robotic sports. The Drone Racing League is the premie...
By the Numbers: Travel Bookings for Baseball Hall of Fame’s Induction Weekend
With the 2017 class set at the National Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown (Jeff Bagwell, Tim Raines, Ivan Rodriguez, John Schuerholz and Bud Selig)...
When Domed Structures Are No Match for Mother Nature
We’re into the season of ice and snow (no kidding), and it’s driving sports events indoors in many areas of the U.S. But what happens when domes and o...