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ARTICLE Jun 23, 2025
Now Open: Champions of Economic Impact in Sports Tourism
We already know that sports tourism is a $114 billion industry and that everyone reading this has helped hit that number. Don’t you want some recognition for your part in it? SDM is accepting nominati...

ARTICLE Jun 19, 2025
In Maine, a New Bill to Eliminate Hotel Use of Travel-Size Toiletries
Out with the little bottles of shampoo, lotion and body wash. In with the containers that can be refilled by housekeeping staff in hotels. It is a concept that has been gaining traction as more hotels...

ARTICLE Jun 19, 2025
Get Your BID On: 2027 World Triathlon Championship Finals
Want to host an elite multisport event? Here’s your chance. World Triathlon has reopened the bidding process for the 2027 World Triathlon Championship Finals, its flagship annual event. This event wil...

ARTICLE Jun 19, 2025
Need Details on the New NFHS Flag Football Rules? Here They Are
In what was perhaps the most eagerly awaited youth sports development of the summer, the inaugural set of the National Federation of State High School Associations Flag Football Rules have been publis...

ARTICLE Jun 19, 2025
Fanning the Flame: Potential Olympic Host Cities Already Making Noise
It’s not even close to the bidding cycle, but we are halfway into 2024, and potential host cities for the 2036 and 2040 Summer Olympics are beginning to emerge. No fewer than four countries have confi...

ARTICLE Jun 11, 2025
Coming Soon: SDM’s 2025 Champions of Economic Impact in Sports Tourism Awards
We already know that sports tourism is a $114 billion-plus industry and everyone reading this has helped build that number. Don’t you want some recognition for your part in it? SDM is gearing up for i...

ARTICLE Jun 05, 2025
An Airport Initiative, “Oops for Troops,” Could Grow Wings
Here’s an initiative that should grow legs (or perhaps wings). A new program at Ontario International Airport allows passengers going through security, who have packed items that can’t travel (like fu...

ARTICLE Jun 05, 2025
Los Angeles Approves “Olympic Wage” Raise for Hospitality Workers
When the Los Angeles City Council approved updates to the Living Wage and Hotel Workers Minimum Wage ordinances, effectively increasing the minimum wage for its hotel and airport workers to $30 an hou...

ARTICLE Jun 05, 2025
NFL Players Get their Wish: To (Maybe) Play in LA 2028
The NFL is getting its wish: Its players are allowed to play men’s flag football in the Summer Games in 2028. Sort of. Players can try out for the team, although since tackle and flag differ vastly, i...

ARTICLE May 22, 2025
Will Baseball and Softball Take the Field After LA 2028?
Will softball and baseball take the field in the 2032 Games in Australia? It’s early days yet but organizers are already promoting their sports for the Olympics after Los Angeles in 2028. Of course, B...