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Between the Boards: A Few Phenomenal Hockey Facilities

Between the Boards: A Few Phenomenal Hockey Facilities

It's an event people remember for the rest of their lives. The family gets all bundled up. They don their fan jerseys. They gather around the ice for ...

The Surprising Benefits of Sports Camps

The Surprising Benefits of Sports Camps

Many of us think we know all about sports camps. As youngsters, we participated in these camps, and as maturity set in, we had jobs as counselors and ...

Lodging: Getting the Most for Your Group on the Road

Lodging: Getting the Most for Your Group on the Road

If you travel with a team or with a group for special events, there are a few things to consider...

Let's Go to the Rodeo: Venue Planning

Let's Go to the Rodeo: Venue Planning

According to legend, rodeo was born on the Fourth of July. July 4, 1869, to be exact, when two groups of cowboys from local ranches met in Deer Trail,...

Contingency Coverage: Covering the Financial Downside of Your Event

Contingency Coverage: Covering the Financial Downside of Your Event

There are several different types of contingency insurance, but the ones most relevant to sports and events include event cancellation, key-man non-ap...

One Great Sports Destination: The Midwest

One Great Sports Destination: The Midwest

A quick perusal of the country's sports map makes one thing abundantly clear to even the most casual of sports followers: For top-notch events, the Mi...

Wild for Winter Sports

Wild for Winter Sports

Snow and ice sports draw millions of participants every year, not to mention the families and fans who flock to these events as spectators. For locati...

Choosing the Right City for Your Event: Ten Essential Questions to Ask

Choosing the Right City for Your Event: Ten Essential Questions to Ask

With the proliferation of sporting events available in the marketplace today, there is greater significance in the relationship between the rights hol...

Evaluating Economic Impact: The Community Perspective

Evaluating Economic Impact: The Community Perspective

There is no question sporting events have a far-reaching economic impact on the communities that host them. In 2007, the Peoria Area Convention and V...

Finding Basketball Event Locations is a Slam Dunk

Finding Basketball Event Locations is a Slam Dunk

Basketball doesn’t hold the title "American as apple pie," even though it is one of the only sports actually created in America. It does, however, ran...