Events and Attractions
Las Vegas GP delivers sellout, eases city’s tourism dip in quiet season
The F1 Las Vegas GP delivered its “third-straight sellout” over the weekend, and MGM Resorts President & CEO Bill Hornbuckle said that the race was “just what the city needed amid a mild tourism dip,” according to Mick Akers of the LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL. Hornbuckle said that “having a major e...
Players protest relegation plan at USL Championship final as CBA talks continue
Players in the second-tier USL Championship “staged a protest” against the league during the championship match on Saturday, with members of FC Tulsa and the Pittsburgh Riverhounds “wearing USLPA shirts as they walked out for anthems ahead of the final,” according to Ben Steiner of SI. The shirts “d...
Players Era tournament reshaping college hoops’ slate, potential expansion in future
The Players Era Festival is “altering the very nature of how the college basketball schedule is built in the first month of the season,” according to Matt Norlander of CBSSPORTS.com. After launching last year, the sophomore edition of Players Era is “poised to be the biggest thing in the sport durin...
Big 12 to get investment stake in Players Era Festival
The Players Era Festival was welcomed to the college basketball scene in 2024 with side eyes and skepticism.
N.Y. to hold championship ceremony for NWSL’s Gotham FC in lieu of parade
N.Y. Mayor Eric Adams announced that the city “will host a championship ceremony” for the NWSL champion NJ/NY Gotham FC Monday at City Hall, where the team “will be given the key to the city.” Gates open at 9am ET, and fans “can register for free tickets online.” The city “couldn’t logistically make...
Sights from 2025 SBJ Forty Under 40
Sports Business Journal honored the 2025 Forty Under 40 class on Friday at Piers Sixty at Chelsea Piers in N.Y.
FIFA’s Miami office helps bridge the gap between Swiss HQ and North American World Cup host cities
As North America prepares to host the 2026 Men’s World Cup, FIFA President Gianni Infantino — and at times U.S. President Donald Trump — have been the public faces of the event. Meanwhile, in each of the 16 host cities, local organizers are in their communities drumming up both public enthusiasm and...
We have to define American soccer ourselves before 2026, or it will be defined for us
It happened to me, in that liminal space we call LinkedIn. It was the successive posts of white papers from different European sports marketing agencies touting their expertise in American soccer consumers that made me realize:
Trump travel ban blocks Haitian fans from attending World Cup
The Trump administration will “not grant any special exceptions for Haitian soccer fans hoping to travel to the U.S.” for next year’s FIFA World Cup. Haiti, which this week qualified to compete in the tournament for the first time since 1973, is “covered by a travel ban” President Trump signed in Ju...
Kennedy Center being paid $7.4M to hold World Cup draw
The Kennedy Center on Friday said that it is being paid $7.4M to “hold the draw for the World Cup at the performing arts venue on Dec. 5.” FIFA is “donating” $2.4M to the Kennedy Center. Kennedy Center VP/Public Relations Roma Daravi said that FIFA “has also given us sponsorship opportunities separa...
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They’re giving us $1 million. That’s why we’re there, and I would say that’s why all the teams are there. We didn’t sign up for this to have a tournament where we could play each other. We signed up for this because they’re giving us $1 million. If they decided to put a court down at some vacant lot and they’d give us $1 million, I’d go play there, too.-- Univ. of Houston men's basketball coach Kelvin Sampson, on why the team is playing in the Player Era Festival again this season.
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