SDM has opened nominations for its awards program, Champions of Economic Impact in Sports Tourism, to recognize events held over the past year that have helped our industry continue to be the nearly $...
With stadiums filling up again, major sporting events on the calendar and growing challenges and delays that come with commercial air travel, private air charter is fast becoming a go-to transportatio...
Maybe it’s a holdover from the pandemic – or maybe, just maybe, people are finally starting to realize the potential of esports and looking at it as a going concern. In recent months, municipalities a...
Once just for major sporting venues, LED videoboards now are within reach of practically any sporting facility, from sports complexes to parks to civic centers. As technology advances and prices fall,...
Ripken Baseball’s goal is to provide amateur players with an experience similar to those of big league athletes, and to create memories that encourage them to continue to enjoy and play the game. This...
The sweet 16 for FIFA’s 2026 World Cup is set but for some cities, it’s a bitter pill. The big reveal of the host destinations came last week. Watch parties and live updates on social media were the o...
It’s no secret by now that FIFA will be making its announcement about the host cities for the 2026 World Cup in mid-June. In the meantime, two things are running rampant: speculation and the spin cycl...
In this month alone, three completely unrelated pieces of news hit the radar screen. Separately, they might not have rated a blip. Taken together, though, these three items – all related to fan behavi...
The news earlier this month that the U.S. will host the Rugby World Cup in 2031 and 2033 has resulted in a flurry of activity – everything from cities announcing they would be bidding on hosting to di...
The COVID-19 pandemic has profoundly changed how we participate in and enjoy sports. As games, leagues, tournaments, group workouts, and nearly every public activity imaginable came to a halt, a new t...
SDM has opened nominations for its awards program, Champions of Economic Impact in Sports Tourism, to recognize events held over the past year that ha...
