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Association Games: A Labor Intensive and Involved Process, but Rewarding

Association Games: A Labor Intensive and Involved Process, but Rewarding

A clear picture of exactly what Association Games are may not initially come to mind for many people. To accurately understand this market of sporting...

What Facilities Really Want from an Event

What Facilities Really Want from an Event

For anyone struggling to put a large event together, it's easy to get tunnel vision and think of the event only from an event planner's perspective. Y...

Event Merchandising: Make It Memorable

Event Merchandising: Make It Memorable

The Dallas Cowboys, the Los Angeles Lakers, and the New York Yankees - what do these three have in common? Yes, they are all professional sports teams...

Lacrosse: America's First Sport

Lacrosse: America's First Sport

Participation in lacrosse grew by 9.1 percent in 2008, with over 500,000 players involved as members of organized teams nationwide. That means if lacr...

ADA Compliance: Meeting the Needs of Many

ADA Compliance: Meeting the Needs of Many

Hotel accommodations, venue selection, catering and transportation - not abad start to an event checklist. But how many times have we forgotten some o...

Regional Focus: Southeast

Southeast Regional Focus

The southeast is not only known for its role in our nation’s history, but also for some of the most notable rivalries in college sports. The fall foot...

Managing Sports Tours: So Many Places, So Little Time

Managing Sports Tours: So Many Places, So Little Time

If planning an event for one tournament sounds like a lot to take on, try tackling a traveling tournament. Your "To Do" list just grew and suddenly yo...

Indoor & Arena: Taking Sports Indoors

Indoor & Arena: Taking Sports Indoors

Like those intrepid postal carriers, neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night stays America's athletes. But, to be honest, those athletes and...

Soccer Facilities: Soccer = Big Business

Soccer Facilities: Soccer = Big Business

It's easy to say that Brandi Chastain kicked the door down in 1999 and brought soccer back to popularity in America, but in reality, the U.S. women's ...

An Interview with Gene Delorenzo, Owner & Pricipal, GKD Sports Vision

An Interview with Gene Delorenzo, Owner & Pricipal, GKD Sports Vision

Lacrosse is one of America's fastest growing sports, and GKDSportsVision and its owner and principal, Gene DeLorenzo, are at least partially responsib...