July/August 2025

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Sports Destination Management Magazine

July/Aug 2025 Issue Cover

Golden midsummer has arrived and SDM’s awards program, Champions of Economic Impact in Sports Tourism, is in full swing. Here’s why you should enter:

  • It’s a great chance to recognize economic impact.
  • It showcases destinations at their finest.
  • We learn about how others have faced unique challenges and adapted their events.
  • We learn what we are capable of.
  • Our industry is blessed with so many tools; it is powerful, creative, flexible and imaginative. It cares. When we put these tools to work, we create excellence.

Let’s showcase it all, starting now.

In this issue

Versatile Venues: Sports Complexes Across the Southeast Offer Entertainment Beyond the Event

BY: Christine Schaffran

It’s always a great idea to explore the possibilities of some of the sports complexes in the southeast region. Throw in a dash of Cajun or southern comfort food and a pinch of relaxation on a sandy beach or a country backroad bike trail for the perfect recipe for a family-friendly sports tourism destination, no matter what venue your event needs. more....