Events and Attractions

World leading tennis players are expected to “fulfil all their usual media commitments” at the French Open, which began at Roland Garros on Sunday, but many of the top 10 players limited their appearance to 15 minutes during Friday’s pre-tournament media day. The limit was meant to “symbolise the 15...

The 2026 Indianapolis 500 purse “shot up by” 50% over the previous year and had winner Felix Rosenqvist getting a record $4.34M and 22 drivers earning more than $1M. The purse totaled $30,906,400, up from 2025’s previous record of $20,283,000. Previously, “rarely had more than the winner exceeded” $...

Iranian Football Federation President Mehdi Taj said that they are “moving its World Cup training base from Tucson” to Tijuana, Mexico, removing “one of the final hurdles to its participation in this summer’s tournament.” Iran is scheduled to open World Cup play at SoFi Stadium, facing New Zealand o...

Interest in the FIFA World Cup 2026 has seen big jumps over the past year among U.S. residents ages 18 through 44, according to the latest data from the CivicScience/SBJ Sports Consumer Insights partnership. Although topics such as ticket prices and travel costs continue to make headlines, 35% of 30...

Anyone who has worked on major sporting events such as the Super Bowl, MLS Cup, NBA Finals, Stanley Cup, Olympics or Paralympic Games knows well the pent-up angst that precedes the opening whistle or cauldron lighting. It’s a gnawing, pit-of-the-stomach aching that at any moment something unwanted i...

For evidence of how robust the state of the sports technology industry is in 2026, look no further than last week’s Sports Business Awards: Tech.

INDIANAPOLIS — This summer’s IndyCar race on the national mall in Washington D.C. has largely been presumed to be a one-and-done event to celebrate America, but one of the top executives involved said organizers hope to turn it into a multiyear arrangement.

The FIFA World Cup is “hitting some major pricing goals” for Fox and Telemundo as the most premium sponsorship packages, which typically go to FIFA official advertisers, were “anywhere from $15 million up to $50 million for Fox,” according to sources cited by Bill Bradley of ADWEEK. A source noted t...

Average hotel prices in all 16 cities hosting this summer’s FIFA World Cup remain significantly higher than rates from the same period last summer, according to a report from FCM Consulting.

The AP’s Carlos Rodriguez noted less than a month before the start of the 2026 World Cup, the Mexican Football Federation announced on Thursday a “new advertising campaign that seeks to prevent its fans from using a chant considered homophobic during the tournament.” The chant, long an “unwelcome fe...