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ARTICLE Mar 13, 2025
Survey Shows More Players Nationwide, Meaning More Business for Events
With more Americans active than ever before, and with participation numbers higher than even 2019, the outlook is very good for the sports tourism industry. That’s the takeaway from the recently publi...

ARTICLE Mar 01, 2025
Peak Performances
Even before Yellowstone became the nation’s first national park in 1872, the U.S. mountains have drawn attention to themselves with their dramatic canyons, lush forests, alpine rivers and sweeping vis...

ARTICLE Feb 27, 2025
Coastal Sports Destinations Playing Up the Lure of Shipwrecks, Pirates
Coastal sports destinations have long played up their history which includes shipwrecks and pirates. This, in turn, can create educational, as well as profitable, side trips for visiting athletes and ...

ARTICLE Jan 31, 2025
From SoCal to the Southeast: Relocating NCAA's Beach Volleyball Championships
As the fires in Southern California raged on, officials at NCAA knew they had to make a decision: Where to relocate the wildly popular beach volleyball championships, scheduled for Huntington Beach. T...

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 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 16, 2025
Sturgeon Comeback, Better Conditions Could Bolster Ice Fishing Tourism
With lake sturgeon fishing season approaching (it opens in early February in most states), many anglers will face harvest limitations. But at least they’ll still be allowed to fish and ice conditions...

ARTICLE Jan 16, 2025
Can You Add Even More Inclusivity to Sports? Yes, Says Morgan’s
Remember Morgan’s Sports, the first 100 percent accessible sports park? Its San Antonio-based campus also includes a theme park, a camp, water park, fishing lake and a multi-use center with a salon. A...

ARTICLE Jan 02, 2025
Rising Costs, More Travel Have Some Parents Reconsidering Youth Sports
Back in 2019, SDM covered the issue of parents taking out loans, acquiring second jobs and going into debt in order to finance their children’s sports. One pandemic and a reset of the economy later, a...

ARTICLE Jan 01, 2025
Notable Venues in the Northeast
The northeast region is filled with notable historical and cultural landmarks. From Cape Cod to Coney Island, the roads that lead to these iconic destinations are the same as those traveled for weeken...
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