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By Land or By Sea

By Land or By Sea

Nestled between Cape Fear River, the Intercoastal Waterway and the Atlantic Ocean, Wilmington, North Carolina, is a natural setting for water sports. But this destination also offers venues and facili...

Bolstering Success in a Burgeoning Destination

Bolstering Success in a Burgeoning Destination

To say that Speedway Village — a massive privately-owned indoor and outdoor sports complex that added more components in early 2018 — has accelerated the reputation of Lincoln, Nebraska, as a top-tie...

Sports Teams are Discovering Prince George County

Sports Teams are Discovering Prince George County

Prince George County, Virginia, may be steeped in American and Eastern European history, but it’s also making its own modern-day history by beefing up its status as a desirable sports tourism destinat...

Discover the Unexpected: El Paso

Discover the Unexpected: El Paso

You may think you know El Paso — but get ready to have your paradigm shifted! Thanks to a $500 million Quality of Life bond deal, resulting in significant improvements in state-of-the-art facilities a...

‘Tournament Town’ Expands

‘Tournament Town’ Expands

When the Greensboro Area Convention & Visitors Bureau created a position in 2004 exclusively aimed at boosting sports tourism business in North Carolina’s third-most-populous city, local officials wer...

A Winning Game in Southern California

A Winning Game in Southern California

When it comes to finding a destination to host sporting events, Irvine, California, needs to be at the top of the list. At the center of Orange County, the area averages more than 280 sunny days a ye...

ConventionCenter

Sporting in Paradise

Designed around Hawai‘i’s tropical landscape, our open-air facility inspires creativity on and off the courts. The Hawai‘i Convention Center offers 28 volleyball and badminton courts, 18 basketball co...

TriCities

Southeastern Washington State’s Dry Region Provides Year-Round Athletic Opportunities

When thinking of the Pacific Northwest, a dry desert region may not be top-of-mind, so the Tri-Cities’ 300 annual days of sunshine will come as a big surprise. Another surprise will be the wide variet...

Winning With a ‘Very Valdosta’ Sports Culture

Winning With a ‘Very Valdosta’ Sports Culture

Valdosta, Georgia, is a city that has reinvented itself and these days, as a sought-after haven for individual athletes and sports teams alike, its venues have set the bar for tournament experiences a...

Conway, Arkansas: Sports at Its Heart

Conway, Arkansas: Sports at Its Heart

More than 125 years ago, business leaders in Conway, Arkansas, wanted to grow the local economy, so they created a strategy to attract institutions of higher learning to the central Arkansas town. Now...