Combat sports, including boxing, wrestling and martial arts, are experiencing huge participation growth. Additionally, the reach of these disciplines is now extending into adapted sports. Combine this...
Baseball, softball, basketball, lacrosse — they’re all great. But many destinations have been rolling out the welcome mat for other sports. Some of these you’ll have heard of (like Strongman and dock ...
The selection of a host city requires the alignment of a number of forces with the priorities of the rights holder; these forces include infrastructure, financial capacity and political support. This ...
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...
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 everythin...
When NCAA announced that women’s flag football had received a formal recommendation to become a championship sport, the reaction was an open-mouthed stare because, well, flag was just added to the Eme...
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...
The rise of sports tourism has transformed global travel, with destinations and communities increasingly leveraging sports as a draw for visitors. Youth sports tourism, in particular, has become a boo...
Love ‘em or …not, the Savannah Bananas — a collective of six barnstorming exhibition baseball teams that turn the game into a raucous circus and sell out stadiums nationwide — wants to bring “Banana B...
The long-range weather forecast for this spring is in and it should be reassuring to owners with sports events planned for areas in the Midwest: fewer tornadoes are anticipated. However, other events,...
Baseball, softball, basketball, lacrosse — they’re all great. But many destinations have been rolling out the welcome mat for other sports. Some of th...
Garmin has released its latest international running and cycling data reports to coincide with Global Running Day and Global Cycling Day (which both landed on June 3, 2026). The reports highlight tren...
PENN Entertainment, Inc. expects to open the new state-of-the-art hotel tower at Hollywood Casino Columbus on June 12, 2026, pending customary regulatory approvals.
