Concerns Over Qatar’s 2022 Winter World Cup Could be Cooling Down
Heat has long been one of the biggest objections about using Qatar as the site of the 2022 World Cup. But the recent announcement of an outdoor field-...
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Fake News: Can it Affect the Sports Business Industry?
A Facebook meme making the rounds shows Abraham Lincoln, with the caption, “Don’t believe everything you read on the Internet.” - Abe Lincoln. And it ...
Adoption of New Field Safety Standard Comes as a Welcome Relief to Parents of Youth Athletes, Sports Event Owners
For sports event owners and even venue managers who routinely field questions from parents about the safety of the synthetic turf youth athletes play ...
Inside Events: The Blind Judo Foundation
An organization in which blind athletes can compete against those without such challenges, using the same rules? It’s happening across the U.S, thanks...
NHL’s Threatened Pullout of the Olympics Could Put Sports Events on Ice in 2018
There just might be a different face on the Olympic hockey teams in 2018, thanks (or no thanks) to disagreements between the NHL and the IOC. And it’s...
Travel Agents Team with Athletes to Market Destinations, Events
The destination marathon, one of the hottest trends in sports travel, is on the radar of savvy travel agents these days. And if planners of applicable...
Parks Officials Marketing Facilities as Pokemon Go Destinations
If you thought the Pokémon Go craze was over, think again. Park officials across the U.S. are helping players divide into teams, then use their facili...
World Health Organization: Fighting Zika is a Marathon, Not a Sprint
That buzzing sound? It’s not just mosquitoes. It’s the chatter people are starting to tune out about Zika. WHO says a quick fix isn’t on the horizon, ...
The Expanding Market of Events Designed for Athletes with Physical Challenges Proves Room to Grow and Need for Specialization
As the Paralympics and National Veterans Wheelchair Games have demonstrated, there’s a strong market for events designed for athletes with physical ch...
It's Official: The 'Greenest Stadium on Earth' is Going Up
There is earth-friendly construction, there’s green building and then there’s this: The British National League soccer team in Nailsworth, Gloucesters...