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ARTICLE Feb 13, 2025
Propelled by Demographic Shifts, Cities Adding International Sports Venues
The U.S. has long been known as a melting pot, bringing together traditions, food and, yes, sports. In fact, many mainstream sports were brought in by immigrants, including (but not limited to) soccer...

ARTICLE Feb 13, 2025
Coastal Sports Destinations Continue to Play Up the Lure of Shipwrecks
Coastal sports destinations have long played up their history which includes, in many cases, shipwrecks. A traveling museum exhibition on the Titanic is stoking the boilers of this fascination but eve...

ARTICLE Feb 13, 2025
What Can Sports Tourism Learn from the Top Road Races?
Road racing as an industry just keeps setting its own personal bests. In 2024 alone, the world record for largest marathon ever was broken twice: first in Berlin, then in NYC where more than 56,000 ru...

ARTICLE Feb 13, 2025
Women’s National Football Conference Ready to Kick Off Sixth Season
The Women’s National Football Conference, a semi-pro tackle league that began play back in 2019 with 14 regular teams and one exhibition team, will kick off its sixth season March 29 with three new te...

ARTICLE Feb 13, 2025
Sluggball, the Love Child of Topgolf and Baseball, Steps Up to the Plate
A new take on baseball is set to “hit” minor league stadiums this year, thanks to the formation of Sluggball. This reimagined version of the sport is “designed to reignite the former player’s passion ...

ARTICLE Jan 31, 2025
Better By Design: Sports Complexes, States Working to Increase Safety for Refs
Officials are needed in sports at all levels and they are an integral part of the sports tourism landscape; in fact, the presence of secure meeting rooms for officials is a selling point for many spor...

ARTICLE Jan 30, 2025
Delaware Launches Educational Esports Program for Grades K-12
Delaware, the second-smallest state in the USA, kicked off 2025 by pressing “play” on a groundbreaking esports initiative for students in kindergarten through twelfth grade. The program aims to foster...

ARTICLE Jan 16, 2025
New Year’s Resolution: More Youth Sports Coaches
This year could be a landmark one for youth sports, and that includes sports tourism. The Million Coaches Challenge seeks to train one million new youth coaches in 2025, a monumental task that could s...

ARTICLE Jan 02, 2025
Recalling the Important Ways Sports Have Brought Cities Back Together
The postponement of the Sugar Bowl in New Orleans, done to minimize the possibility of any additional threats following the deadly terrorist attack early on New Year's Day, was met with both approval ...

ARTICLE Jan 02, 2025
A New Economic Driver for Some Sports Cities: Underground Railroad Tourism
We know educational and historical sites can help generate increased interest in sports tourism destinations, but newly announced funding from the National Park Service could bump that up even more. A...
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