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Destination Spotlight
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Snohomish County: Bask in the Pacific Northwest
Welcome to PNW Sports! Snohomish County, Washington rests between the sparkling waters of Puget Sound, the snow-capped peaks of the Cascade Mountains and is about 30 miles north of Seattle’s Space Needle and 115 miles south of Vancouver, British Columbia. With great facilities, perfect logistics and lots to do, it’s the ideal place to host any sport.
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Plano's Got Game
Plano’s sports offerings are unmatched in quantity, quality and flexibility, and backed by an award-winning athletics staff.
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In other news and commentary...
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New NCAA Ice Hockey Throat Protection Rule Could Hit Events As Soon As Fall
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The wheels of college sports rules turn slowly but they do, in fact, turn. NCAA ice hockey rules committee members representing DI and DIII men and women are considering a requirement for cut-resistant equipment to be worn starting with the 2027-28 season. This was spurred by a tragic on-ice incident in late 2023. USA Youth Hockey already has a rule.
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At Full Speed
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It’s one of the oldest sports in the world and it’s still popular today; in fact, outdoor track and field consistently ranks among the most popular high school sports. And sports tourism officials around the country have taken note. These communities are parepared for an even bigger bounce for this multi-disciplinary sport after the 2028 Summer Games.
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The Enhanced Games: What’s Next After Disappointing Debut?
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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 Games held over Memorial Day weekend. Only one record fell; in fact, the Games’ image was the most enhanced thing. And the critics were absolutely savage.
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Field of Dreams Emerging as Versatile Sports Tourism Destination
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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 farmer who builds a baseball field that attracts the ghosts of baseball legends, the land is emerging as a versatile sports tourism destination.
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The World Cup as a Hospitality Cure-All? It’s Looking Iffier by the Day
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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 sponsorship problems, the 39-day event has been a headache for a number of organizers well before the first match, scheduled for June 11 in Mexico City.
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IOC Pauses Youth Olympic Games Weeks Before 2030 Host City Selection
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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, as will the 2028 Youth Winter Games in Italy. But the long-term future of the event, created nearly two decades ago for young athletes, is in doubt.
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Inside Events
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The Sport & Social Industry Association
There’s a fast-growing sector in the sports events market and it isn’t youth, although it’s made up of athletes who used to fall into that category: Adult leagues with regular programming in everything from softball and pickleball to golf, bar games and bowling (and more) that help people make friends, stay active and keep the competitive spirit alive.
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Instagram Photo of the Week
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The USA Wheelchair Football League, a program of Move United, hosted its 3rd annual Veteran All-Star Game on April 24 as part of the 2026 NFL Draft festivities at the convention center in Pittsburgh | Instagram Send us your photos! Send them directly to us or use #sportsdestinations in your posts. Select photos will be presented on sportsdestinations.com, SDM Blitz and in the latest issues of Sports Destination Management magazine. Use #sportsdestinations via X or Instagram
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Read the latest issue of Sports Destination Management
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May/June 2026 2026
Sports have evolved quite a bit since the ancient Greeks wrestled, raced and risked it all for a laurel wreath. The original organizers of those Olympics could never have foreseen things like sponsorship or stay-to-play policies, nor could they have imagined the technology that would go into the design and construction of sports facilities in centuries to come. This issue of the magazine studies not just the facilities that host sports but the issues that drive the industry’s continued evolution.
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Last word...
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"It's a pretty sure thing that the player's bat is what speaks loudest when it's contract time, but there are moments when the glove has the last word." ~ Brooks Robinson, Hall of Fame third baseman, who won 16 consecutive Golden Glove Awards
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