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In today’s uncertain world, event organizers and host cities find themselves operating in complex multi-stakeholder environments. Among the challenges they may face are homegrown violent extremism, cyber-criminal attacks on data and IT networks, event cancellations due to severe weather, and oversaturated calendars offering competing events that visitors may choose. Within this uncertain environment, how can […]
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In all of the news in the last few weeks regarding contractual issues in sports—the MLB trade deadline, holdouts in NFL training camps and the like—it may have escaped even the most discerning eye that the Philadelphia Phillies and the creators of the team’s mascot, the Phanatic, are involved in a lawsuit. According to the […]
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What some programs or leagues or teams wish would happen over a period of years hit the United States women’s national soccer team within a month’s time. Already going into the FIFA Women’s World Cup with the label of favorites and defending champions, the team not only successfully defended its title, but did so with […]
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The EsportsTravel Summit brought 300 esports event organizers, destinations and suppliers together for an event that featured several significant announcements, including the first research into the travel impact of esports events and the launch of a new music and esports festival from the founder of the Vans Warped Tour. Attendees at the Summit, held June […]
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At SportsTravel, we’re always excited to visit destinations and attend events and conferences to discuss the state of sports-related travel and tourism. Some of those trips to share and learn are modest in scale and some allow us to explore more distant markets. Our most recent trip was definitely one of the latter. Indeed, I […]
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In today’s world, access to content when and where you want it is proving to be king—and nothing embodies that more than the sports industry. Consumers desire high-quality content in the palm of their hand and for many of their favorite sports teams, that has quickly become regularly available through television subscriptions or streaming services. […]
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Readers of SportsTravel work as the master planners of some of the world’s great sports events. We are the host-city strategists who can prepare the resources of the community to meet the needs of the most demanding event organizers. We are the marketers, coaches, leaders, tacticians, contractors and change agents responsible for serving our sports, growing […]
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For residents of Louisville, it’s time to get the hat just right and straighten that bow tie. Our community is rounding the clubhouse turn and heading into the home stretch toward the 145th running of the Kentucky Derby. Preparations at Churchill Downs are reaching fever pitch, from the trainers readying the thoroughbreds for the starting […]
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Spring is the season for renewal, so it’s a fitting time to be launching a new look for the digital presence of SportsTravel. If you haven’t been to SportsTravelMagazine.com in a while, it’s time for a visit. What you’ll find there is not only a fresh approach to our content, but several new features we […]
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Ok, I admit it. I am a little late to the game. Writing about my first in-person UFC experience, at UFC 235 in March, is a little bit like writing about an NFL expansion franchise in its 15th season of play. However, if my intent was to assess the energy of a UFC crowd, No. […]
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