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ARTICLE Jan 17, 2025
It’s Official: Women’s Wrestling an NCAA Championship Sport
If sports announcements were measured on the Richter Scale in terms of their impact on the youth sports industry, NCAA’s recent approval of women’s wrestling as a championship sport probably hit aroun...
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 (MCC) seeks to train one million new youth coaches in 2025, a monumental task that s...
ARTICLE Jan 16, 2025
New Venue Franchise Increasing Rec Basketball Opportunities Nationwide
There’s a new sports business in town and a win for communities with basketball playing populations (which, judging from participation trends, can be found just about everywhere across the country). P...
ARTICLE Jan 03, 2025
Economic Forecast is Looking Up as Dark Sky Tourism Rises
When, this past fall, the Northern Lights, also known as the Aurora Borealis, became visible to destinations that had never even heard of it before, it made headlines. Accordingly, people raced to pla...
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...
ARTICLE Jan 01, 2025
Sports Destinations on the Rise
One of the hardest parts of finding new locations for events is doing the research. Instead, do your site selections from here. Sports Destination Management has compiled some of the fastest-rising ci...
ARTICLE Jan 01, 2025
Trail Running: The Path Ahead
The American Trail Running Association represents and promotes trail running mountain running and ultra trail running. ATRA’s definition of trail runs includes not only mountain single-track trails, b...
ARTICLE Jan 01, 2025
Ctrl Alt Succeed
While pickleball has secured its spot as the fastest-growing sport in the United States, esports is catching up. In the past decade, competitive gaming has emerged as a viable sport in a $1.7 billion ...
ARTICLE Jan 01, 2025
Cold Play
When hosting winter and ice sports competitions, weather conditions are of little concern for many destinations. While snow is still a requisite for alpine and cross country sports, a blizzard of othe...
ARTICLE Nov 28, 2024
Insights into the Travel Needs of Athletes (and Spectators) with Disabilities
In sports travel (and travel as a whole), accessibility is a key consideration for people with disabilities. From step-free entrances to accessible restrooms and helpful staff, the features that make ...