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ARTICLE Feb 13, 2025
Sluggball, the Love Child of Topgolf and Baseball, Steps Up to the Plate
A new take on baseball is set to “hit” minor league stadiums this year, thanks to the formation of Sluggball. This reimagined version of the sport is “designed to reignite the former player’s passion ...

ARTICLE Feb 13, 2025
What Can Sports Tourism Learn from the Top Road Races?
Road racing as an industry just keeps setting its own personal bests. In 2024 alone, the world record for largest marathon ever was broken twice: first in Berlin, then in NYC where more than 56,000 ru...

ARTICLE Jan 31, 2025
Better By Design: Sports Complexes, States Working to Increase Safety for Refs
Officials are needed in sports at all levels and they are an integral part of the sports tourism landscape; in fact, the presence of secure meeting rooms for officials is a selling point for many spor...

ARTICLE Jan 30, 2025
Indoor Simulated Golf League, Backed by Woods and McIlroy, Tees Off
Almost one million viewers tuned in to ESPN to watch the debut of TGL Golf, the new six-team indoor simulator golf league co-created by Tiger Woods and Rory McIlroy. (TGL is short for TMRW Golf League...

ARTICLE Jan 29, 2025
By the Numbers: Super Bowl LIX
The NFL season finale is upon us, with Super Bowl LIX (that’s 59) at Caesars Superdome in New Orleans on February 9. Between now and then, you’ll be inundated with all sorts of on-the-field statistics...

ARTICLE Mar 03, 2025
Major Marathons Collaborating to Support California Fire Relief Efforts
In what is being described as “an unprecedented show of unity,” four major marathons (Boston, New York, Los Angeles and Chicago) are issuing special branded merch with 100 percent of net proceeds goin...

ARTICLE Mar 02, 2025
Hotel Construction is Up. Sports Tourism Should Take a Bow
Hotel construction is up and sports tourism is a big reason. Interesting trends included an uptick in the construction of newer brands and extended-stay properties. But overall, what is being called a...

ARTICLE Mar 01, 2025
Water Supply
Swimming is contested at multiple levels, from youth to masters, from Olympic races to rec meets and from high school to college (and everywhere in between). The one commonality is the need for aquati...

ARTICLE Mar 01, 2025
Watch the Birdie
There were nearly 16,000 golf courses at 14,000 golf facilities in the U.S. at the end of 2023, according to the National Golf Foundation. The organization also reports about 75 percent of facilities ...

ARTICLE Feb 27, 2025
Coastal Sports Destinations Playing Up the Lure of Shipwrecks, Pirates
Coastal sports destinations have long played up their history which includes shipwrecks and pirates. This, in turn, can create educational, as well as profitable, side trips for visiting athletes and ...

ARTICLE Feb 13, 2025
Sluggball, the Love Child of Topgolf and Baseball, Steps Up to the Plate
A new take on baseball is set to “hit” minor league stadiums this year, thanks to the formation of Sluggball. This reimagined version of the sport is “designed to reignite the former player’s passion ...

ARTICLE Feb 13, 2025
What Can Sports Tourism Learn from the Top Road Races?
Road racing as an industry just keeps setting its own personal bests. In 2024 alone, the world record for largest marathon ever was broken twice: first in Berlin, then in NYC where more than 56,000 ru...

ARTICLE Jan 31, 2025
Better By Design: Sports Complexes, States Working to Increase Safety for Refs
Officials are needed in sports at all levels and they are an integral part of the sports tourism landscape; in fact, the presence of secure meeting rooms for officials is a selling point for many spor...

ARTICLE Jan 30, 2025
Indoor Simulated Golf League, Backed by Woods and McIlroy, Tees Off
Almost one million viewers tuned in to ESPN to watch the debut of TGL Golf, the new six-team indoor simulator golf league co-created by Tiger Woods and Rory McIlroy. (TGL is short for TMRW Golf League...

ARTICLE Jan 29, 2025
By the Numbers: Super Bowl LIX
The NFL season finale is upon us, with Super Bowl LIX (that’s 59) at Caesars Superdome in New Orleans on February 9. Between now and then, you’ll be inundated with all sorts of on-the-field statistics...

ARTICLE Mar 03, 2025
Major Marathons Collaborating to Support California Fire Relief Efforts
In what is being described as “an unprecedented show of unity,” four major marathons (Boston, New York, Los Angeles and Chicago) are issuing special branded merch with 100 percent of net proceeds goin...

ARTICLE Mar 02, 2025
Hotel Construction is Up. Sports Tourism Should Take a Bow
Hotel construction is up and sports tourism is a big reason. Interesting trends included an uptick in the construction of newer brands and extended-stay properties. But overall, what is being called a...

ARTICLE Mar 01, 2025
Water Supply
Swimming is contested at multiple levels, from youth to masters, from Olympic races to rec meets and from high school to college (and everywhere in between). The one commonality is the need for aquati...

ARTICLE Mar 01, 2025
Watch the Birdie
There were nearly 16,000 golf courses at 14,000 golf facilities in the U.S. at the end of 2023, according to the National Golf Foundation. The organization also reports about 75 percent of facilities ...

ARTICLE Feb 27, 2025
Coastal Sports Destinations Playing Up the Lure of Shipwrecks, Pirates
Coastal sports destinations have long played up their history which includes shipwrecks and pirates. This, in turn, can create educational, as well as profitable, side trips for visiting athletes and ...
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