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NASC
The National Association of Sports Commissions (NASC), the governing body of the $9.45 billion sport tourism industry, celebrated the industry and its leadership at its 24th annual symposium held in Grand Rapids, Michigan this week. More than 900 members and events rights holders attended this week’s NASC Symposium to elect new NASC leadership, honor members with national awards and participate in dozens of continuing education programs led by industry leadership.
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WZZM-TV
The West Michigan Sports Commission is hosting the annual Sports Event Symposium at DeVos Place. It is expected to bring in $1 million to the local economy during spring break week. This report includes an interview with NASC Executive Director Don Schumacher.
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The Times
Shreveport's success in hosting a rare non-football event at Independence Stadium could provide far-reaching economic implications. Extreme sports legend Travis Pastrana's Nitro Circus will kick off its North American Tour, an event Shreveport-Bossier Sports Commission vice president of sports Kelly Wells hopes will draw at least 8,000-10,000 fans. More importantly, it could be open up other possibilities to bring new visitors and significant revenue opportunities to the stadium that sits empty for long periods of time.
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Near four of the nation’s largest cities, College Station hosts dozens of regional and national sporting events each year. The city’s Veterans Park and Athletic Complex – with 11 multi-purpose athletic fields, and two more by 2017 – is one of the most popular sports destinations in Texas! Visit cstx.gov/vetspark or call 979.764.3410.
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WLS-TV
The National Football League is promising the NFL Draft will be "bigger and better" when it returns to Chicago this month. With over 51 years as the host city, New York built the NFL Draft. But in one year, Chicago opened the league's eyes to a fan experience like no other, earning the city a second opportunity to take the best of last year and make it better.
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The Courier-Journal
For the fourth year, a record of 88 teams and 976 world-class athletes will come to Louisville, Kentucky with their supporters for the National Wheelchair Basketball Association Tournament at the Kentucky Exposition Center. This four-day national championship is the world’s largest wheelchair sporting event and boasts a $1.4 million economic impact for the city.
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Wenatchee Valley Sports
Check out our website. You’ll see who chooses to hold their events in the Wenatchee Valley, and why. We’ve got the facilities, the weather and location right here on the sunny side of Washington State. We’re easy to get to - 1/2 hour flight or 2-1/2 hour drive from Seattle. Contact: matt@wenatchee.org
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WKYC-TV
Cedar Point, the Sandusky, Ohio-based amusement park will begin construction on its new Cedar Point Sports Center. Phase one of the development project, located outside the park on Cleveland Road in Sandusky, will include an outdoor sporting facility called Sports Force Parks bringing together nine multi-purpose, synthetic turf fields, four NCAA regulation baseball fields, a championship baseball and softball stadium, eight NCAA regulation soccer and lacrosse fields, sport-specific training areas and an ADA-accessible community-use field.
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SportsTalkFlorida
When you think of Tampa Bay you normally picture sunny skies and sandy beaches, but for the NCAA its a much cooler vison. For the second time in the past 5 years the NCAA's Frozen Four will be held in Tampa. In addition to just the fans of the school competing in the tournament, the Frozen Four will attract college hockey fans from all around the country.
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By Bob Kowalski
 They practice, work out, manage their nutrition, sweat, struggle, compete hard and win — often on a global field. Their accomplishments have earned them the adulation, prizes, medals and rewards — financial and otherwise. But those rewards don't always add up to respect or fair treatment for female athletes. When they walk off the field, they're forced to compete against an opponent for which they have no scouting report and no scoreboard.
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The Lake George Region is an easily accessible, year round destination in the foothills of the Adirondack Mountains of Upstate New York. Our family friendly region offers many sports venues, over 4,900 seasonal/2,300 year round guest rooms and over 200,000 square feet of meeting space (largest venue offering 30,000).
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Bring Me The News
A Minnesota state senate committee will review a bill that would provide additional funding to the Mighty Ducks Ice Arena Grant Program — helping them move away from a chemical that's essentially being phased out. Many arenas in Minnesota have been on thin ice since the federal government's announcement that R-22 Freon — a chemical used as a refrigerant in ice-making equipment — is too damaging to the ozone layer.
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Rome Tennis Center at Berry College featuring 54 USTA standard tennis courts for tournament, collegiate and exhibition play opens soon! Watch our progress at RomeTennisCenter.com.
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MLive.com
The Detroit Sports Commission has announced, in partnership with Olympia Entertainment and the Detroit Skating Club, that it has placed a bid to host 2018 U.S. Figure Skating Championships at the Detroit Events Center — the working title for the arena that will be the eventual new home for the Detroit Red Wings in 2017. Olympic ice dance gold medalists Meryl Davis and Charlie White, both Michigan natives, helped hand deliver the bid to U.S. Figure Skating at the 2016 ISU World Figure Skating Championships at the TD Garden in Boston.
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North Austin-Pflugerville Patch
Pflugerville, Texas officials staged a public meeting to present three design options for the envisioned Community Park and Sports Complex. The public meeting was part of the city's master plan in bringing the long-desired complex to fruition. Now, the city is seeking input from the public via a survey. City officials want to know what residents like about the designs, what they don't like, what elements they'd prefer or suggest, etc.
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Event planners find everything is possible in Rogers, featuring 16 ball fields, 16 soccer fields, 10 lacrosse fields, multiple indoor facilities, exciting attractions, plentiful eating options, and 2,100 hotel rooms, all readily accessible to the Mid-South, Mid-West, and Southeast. Contact Sports & Tourism Marketing Manager, Kelly Parker, at (479) 619-3196, kelly@rogerslowell.com, and go to
VisitRogersArkansas.com/sports-planners.
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KXAS-TV
WrestleMania fever arrived in North Texas at the Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center in Dallas with the first of many activities leading up to the main event in Arlington. Axxess at the Dallas Convention Center is a fan celebration with World Wrestling Entertainment celebrities and includes a big merchandise shop.
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Erie Times-News
Turnout for the 54th annual Pennsylvania Junior Wrestling youth tournament bolstered Don Pollard's faith that Erie can host more PJW events in the future. Pollard, the tournament director for the 2015 and 2016 meets at Erie Insurance Arena, estimated attendance for the three-session, two-day competition likely exceeded 10,000. All the more reason, Pollard said, why Area VIII and Erie Sports Commission officials will make their case later this year for northwestern Pennsylvania to be part of the PJW's regular site rotation.
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Binghamton’s 40-plus facilities and 2,500 rooms accommodate any sport in every season. Let our complimentary planning services guide your next event. Photo Jonathan Cohen. MORE
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The Telegraph
A proposed sports complex in Warner Robins, Georgia is estimated to cost $22 million. A concept drawing was presented to the City Council at its recent pre-council meeting. The plan calls for nine baseball fields and a 43,000-square-foot building with two basketball gyms and an indoor walking track.
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HealthDay via WebMD
NFL players are more likely to suffer concussions and ankle injuries during games played on colder days, a new study finds. Canadian researchers analyzed data on the five most common injuries that occurred during two National Football League seasons between 2012 and 2014.
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CNNMoney
There could be quite a few empty seats at the Olympic Games in Rio this summer. With just half of tickets sold and only four months before kickoff, Brazil's new minister of sports, Ricardo Leyser, is looking into ways to boost ticket sales.
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The Associated Press via Fox News
Biometric baseball has arrived. Programmers already have revolutionized the game with defensive shifts. Now they hope for a new level of diamond data that will stop the spate of torn ulnar collateral ligaments in elbows and an epidemic of Tommy John surgeries.
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