In this issue, we reach midsummer and my favorite time of the year: the opening of awards season. SDM wants its readers to nominate events for the program, Champions of Economic Impact in Sports Tourism. Our industry is a force to be reckoned with, and you have played a role in it, so please take a moment to enter. This industry also showcases lacrosse, running and road sports and combat sports (all three of those have ancient roots) as well as a newer sport with a North American pedigree: cheer, and sports venues made by nature. Happy reading.
In the arms race to build new sports venues, it’s easy to forget that one of the best landscape and design entities is Mother Nature herself, who has given us a variety of facilities, from mountains for winter sports, trail running and cycling, to lakes full of fish, to sandy beaches perfect for seaside soccer and volleyball. Here are just a few. more....