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ARTICLE Jun 11, 2026
#GOALS: Adult Sports Club Offering Its Own Version of the World Cup
Recently, SDM profiled the Sport & Social Industry Association, a nonprofit trade organization for businesses that operate adult sports leagues, tournaments and social events. Recently, one of those ...
ARTICLE Jun 11, 2026
Hacky Sack Renaissance Proves You Can, Indeed, Play it Again
High school and college students have been clearing the retail shelves and hitting online stores hard in pursuit of hacky sacks, the game straight outta the 1990s. Not only that, Oregon’s Willamette P...
ARTICLE Jun 11, 2026
Nominate Now: SDM’s Champions of Economic Impact Awards Program is Open
We already know that sports tourism is a nearly $275 billion industry. We also know that everyone reading this has helped build that number. Don’t you want some recognition for your part in it? SDM is...
ARTICLE May 31, 2026
The Enhanced Games: What’s Next After Disappointing Debut?
If you saw the sleek, over-produced presentation last year, introducing the Enhanced Games to a global audience, you would have expected world records to fall like leaves in autumn at the inaugural Ga...
ARTICLE May 31, 2026
Field of Dreams Emerging as Versatile Sports Tourism Destination
Remember when the Field of Dreams movie site was little more than a tourist destination in the middle of an Iowa cornfield? Nearly 40 years after the 1989 film starring Kevin Costner as a struggling f...
ARTICLE May 28, 2026
The World Cup as a Hospitality Cure-All? It’s Looking Iffier by the Day
The likelihood that the FIFA World Cup 2026 will be a cure-all for the U.S. hospitality industry, as once believed, is looking iffier by the day. From ticketing fiascos to tailgating issues and sponso...
ARTICLE May 28, 2026
Coming Soon: SDM’s 2026 Champions of Economic Impact in Sports Tourism Awards
We already know that sports tourism is a nearly $275 billion industry. We also know that everyone reading this has helped build that number. Don’t you want some recognition for your part in it? SDM is...
ARTICLE May 28, 2026
IOC Pauses Youth Olympic Games Weeks Before 2030 Host City Selection
The International Olympic Committee has paused the Youth Olympic Games, halting any further host city evaluations for 2030 and beyond. The Dakar 2026 Youth Olympic Games still will go on as scheduled,...
ARTICLE May 15, 2026
Pickleball Venues Filling the Marketplace But is Anyone Doing Research First?
Pickleball is an absolute juggernaut in the tournament space and at the facility level but it’s creating a problem. Would-be venue owners are signing on with franchise organizations to open clubs and ...
ARTICLE May 14, 2026
Sounds Like GAME OVER for Olympic Esports
The question of when, how (or even if) the IOC will sanction esports events may have been answered. Earlier this month, IOC President Kirsty Coventry suspended the Esports Commission’s activities, put...
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