Events and Attractions

The CJ Cup Byron Nelson’s record-breaking crowd of 240,083 spectators over five days has “raised expectations for even greater investment and growth in the future,” according to Lee Jong-Ho of the SEOUL ECONOMIC DAILY. This year’s attendance figure surpassed last year’s of around 180,000 and was the...

WTA Tour Chair Valerie Camillo met with French Open organizers, including Tournament Dir Amélie Mauresmo, in the days before the tournament’s main draw began to “directly advocate for scheduling women’s matches in primetime,” according to Ava Wallace of THE ATHLETIC. The scheduling of women’s matche...

England “could be playing in front of more than 50,000 empty seats for their first warm-up match” ahead of the 2026 FIFA World Cup, according to Tom Morgan of the London TELEGRAPH. Only “13,000 tickets have been sold in total for the fixture against New Zealand next week” at the 69,000-seat Raymond ...

N.Y. Mayor Zohran Mamdani has agreed to let NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch “place most of the police department’s uniformed officers on 12-hour shifts” between July 1-7 due to “unprecedented demands” during that stretch, according to Chris Sommerfeldt of POLITICO. The FIFA World Cup, July 4th, Sail...

The “claw” overhead structure for the Freedom 250 card that is starting to make mainstream headlines is the product of the UFC trying to find the best way to show fights with unobstructed views of the White House, according to Craig Borsari, UFC’s executive vice president, executive producer and chi...

On Location says it has “allocated” more than 500,000 individual hospitality packages for this summer’s FIFA World Cup, which is being held in 16 venues across the U.S., Canada and Mexico.

N.Y. Attorney General Letitia James and New Jersey Attorney General Jennifer Davenport on Wednesday “issued subpoenas” to FIFA, compelling the organization to “disclose how it arrived at the unprecedented ticket prices” for this summer’s World Cup. The investigation will also “look at other FIFA tic...

Soccer fans during the World Cup will have artificial intelligence as a “new option for finding things to do, places to stay, and ways to get around in various host cities,” according to Steven Melendez of FAST COMPANY. Multiple host cities are “deploying specially developed AI assistants and virtua...

Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey said Tuesday that organizers of World Cup watch parties around the state that have been left in licensing limbo “should receive their approvals this week,” according to Alison Kuznitz of MASSLIVE.com. The Healey administration in March doled out $10M in grants for fan...

Greater New Orleans Sports Foundation President & CEO Jay Cicero spoke about “what the city needs to do to remain” in contention to host major sports events, according to a Q&A by Jonah Meadows of the New Orleans TIMES-PICAYUNE. New Orleans is preparing to host the 2028 CFP National Champion...