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ARTICLE Oct 29, 2024
Introducing SDM's 2024 Champions of Economic Impact
This year’s honorees in SDM’s awards program, Champions of Economic Impact in Sports Tourism, brought an astounding $1,885,077,600 to their local economies. From mainstream sports with thousands of at...
ARTICLE Nov 01, 2024
Serving Up Winners
In the sports and fitness world tennis and pickleball have been growing steadily over the last few years. In terms of overall participation for 2023, the SFIA says 23.8 million Americans played tennis...
ARTICLE Oct 24, 2024
Women’s Flag Football Breaks Another Barrier, Moving Into HBCU Space
The Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association (CIAA), a historic conference made up of Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs), has announced the introduction of Women’s Flag Football ...
ARTICLE Oct 02, 2024
NCAA Announces 240-Plus Host Sites
For only the fourth time in its history, the NCAA conducted a comprehensive site selection process, putting most of its championships up for bid simultaneously. The Association chose over 240 host sit...
ARTICLE Sep 30, 2024
How to Help Those Impacted by Hurricane Helene
Hurricane Helene made landfall in Florida, then tore across South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, North Carolina, Virginia and Tennessee, leaving a 500-mile trail of destruction and a death toll of more t...
ARTICLE Sep 26, 2024
Long-Awaited Travel Tournament Becomes Headline-Making Scam
One of the attractions of travel tournaments is taking teams to new destinations and having them play in great surroundings. Unfortunately, the attraction can be targeted by unscrupulous individuals, ...
ARTICLE Sep 13, 2024
Pickleball is Why Parks are Putting in AEDs – and That’s a Good Thing
As if pickleball didn’t already have enough bounces going its way, consider this: The sport might be one major reason new automated external defibrillators (AEDs) are now popping up in public parks. D...
ARTICLE Sep 12, 2024
The New Trends in Park Facilities That Destinations Need to Know
The parks of years ago and the parks of today may all be members of the same family but the latter branch of the family tree is evidence that evolution is not just alive and well but thriving. Yes, th...
ARTICLE Sep 12, 2024
High School Sports Aren’t Just Back, They’re Better Than Ever
There’s some truly great news about sports at the high school level: They are stronger than ever. In fact, according to the National Federation of State High School Associations, more than eight milli...
ARTICLE Sep 01, 2024
Need a New Home Plate, Home Base or Home Field? Here’s Where to Go
There’s nothing to rejuvenate your event like a new location. Whether it’s a new venue in a familiar area or whether it’s a whole new city and facility, a change of scenery brings additional interest....
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