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Esports Stadium Arlington has opened at the Arlington Convention Center in the North Texas city, marking the launch of what will be the largest gaming and esports event complex in North America. The 100,000-square-foot venue, built at a cost of $10 million, celebrated its opening by hosting FACEIT’s Esports Championship Series Season 6 Finals, a $750,000 […]
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ESPN Events is diversifying its portfolio by investing in college softball. To kick off the 2019 NCAA Division I softball season, 16 teams will travel to Florida in February to compete in the inaugural St. Pete/Clearwater Elite Invitational, ESPN Events’ first owned and operated softball event. The tournament will also be the only women’s competition […]
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We all know the challenges that face youth sports: Higher costs are threatening to put organized sports out of reach for many families. I’ve seen it in my own household, where our 8-year-old son has already participated
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Bob Latham: Winners and Losers
Sports do not exist in a vacuum. Rather, they reflect the times and societies…
Older generations of sports fans have been mostly content with simply attending an event and enjoying the action. But anyone attuned to the next generation of sports fans can predict the future of the live-event experience: It will be interactive, likely in ways that seem unimaginable today. Alex Hertel, co-founder and CEO of Xperiel, is not […]
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Baseball, take a dugout curtain call. Hockey, throw your sticks in the air. Soccer, you need a team meeting and a pep talk. A snapshot of U.S. youth sports in 2018 reveals that the industry has some bright spots but is struggling to overcome a variety of challenges, including the growth of pricey travel sports, […]
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The Northeast has sports options to match any time of year. With baseball in the spring and summer, football in the fall and hockey in the winter—not to mention countless other sports—the Northeast has a sports landscape for all seasons. With more than 56 million residents, it contains 17 percent of the U.S. population. Given […]
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Tuscaloosa, Alabama, has been selected to host the 2020–2021 USA Triathlon Duathlon National Championships, which will feature the nation’s best run-bike-run athletes as they compete for national titles in three events. Tuscaloosa has served as host for past USA Triathlon events, including the 2008 U.S. Olympic Team Trials for triathlon, the 2009–2010 USA Triathlon Age Group […]
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Now in its 37th year, the USA Field Hockey National Hockey Festival takes place over the Thanksgiving holiday weekend and is one of the longest-running field hockey events in the country. Coupled with a rich history as one of the largest outdoor field hockey events in the world, the National Hockey Festival features U10/U12 Co‐Ed, U‐14 Girls, U16 Girls, U17 Boys, U19 Girls and Adult (men and women) athletes for a three-day event.
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Amit Khanna: Perspectives
Whether fans are interested in football, baseball, NASCAR or major events…
Fraser Bullock was officially named executive chair and president for the Organizing Committee for the 2034 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games in Salt Lake City while former Utah Speaker of the House Brad Wilson was named as chief executive officer.
The @MountainWest Conference, in partnership with the Arizona Sports and Entertainment Commission, will host the 2025 Credit Union 1 Baseball Championship at Sloan Park in @VisitMesa, Arizona, May 21–24.
.@usavolleyball has announced that Denver will host the 2025 ParaVolley Pan America Sitting Volleyball Zonal Championships on May 24–28, an event which will run alongside the 2025 USA Volleyball Open National Championship.
The Sports Facilities Companies has been selected to operate Destination KP, a new youth sports venue located on Long Island, New York, withTim O’Connell appointed as general manager.
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