Courtesy of Treasure Coast Sports Commission Port St. Lucie – In partnership with the City of Port St. Lucie and Treasure Coast Sports Commission, the Florida Sports Hall of Fame Foundation is moving its Hall of Fame from the Central Florida Visitor Information Center in Davenport, FL to the MIDFLORIDA Event Center in Port St. […]
Courtesy of the Tampa Bay Lightning: Original Posting The Tampa Bay Lightning are the 2020 Stanley Cup Champions. This team that has suffered so much playoff heartbreak in recent years, falling to Chicago in 2015, coming within a win of the Cup Final in 2016 and 2018 and then the First Round sweep in 2019, […]
Eustis, FL – The Florida Region of USA Volleyball is proud to announce the 2020 Florida Pro Best of The Beach Tournament that will be held on November 6-8, 2020 at Hickory Point Beach in Tavares, FL. Hickory Point Beach is a 21-court venue that has hosted more than sixty major beach volleyball events (regional, […]
Original article LEESBURG, Fla. – Leesburg’s Parks and Recreation Department received the 2020 “Excellence in Sports Tourism, Small Market” award from the Florida Recreation and Parks Association. The award, accepted by Parks and Recreation Director Travis Rima at the FRPA Awards and Installation Banquet on September 2, recognizes the city’s efforts to support sports tourism. […]
PASCO COUNTY, Fla. – Experience Florida’s Sports Coast (FSC), the Destination Management Organization for Pasco County, is excited to announce the new 98,000 square-foot Wiregrass Ranch Sports Campus of Pasco County (WRSCPC) in Wesley Chapel is officially open, kicking off a new era of sports tourism for the destination. “With the destination’s recent rebrand to […]
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – Despite having to end 12 days early, and cancel 86 games because of the COVID-19 Pandemic, 2020 Florida Spring Training Season was a success. Nearly 883,000 fans attended 199 games for an average of nearly 6,000 fans per game. Highlights from the 2020 season included: The debut of the Atlanta Braves new […]
Courtesy of Greater Orlando Sports Commission ORLANDO, Fla. (June 16, 2020) – The American Junior Golf Association (AJGA) and the Greater Orlando Sports Commission (GO Sports) have announced the Arnold Palmer Invitational Junior honoring Jim Bell will extend its stay in Orlando for three years through 2022. The tournament will be hosted at Arnold Palmer’s […]
Courtesy of the WNBA NEW YORK – After significant discussions with the league’s key stakeholders, including the Women’s National Basketball Players Association (WNBPA), the WNBA today announced elements of plans to return to the court to begin the WNBA 2020 season. The league is finalizing a partnership that would make IMG Academy in Bradenton, Florida, […]
BATTLE CREEK, Mich. and Orlando, Fla., May 27, 2020 – Cheez-It®, the official snack of bowl season, announced it is moving east to become title sponsor of the Cheez-It® Bowl at Camping World Stadium in Orlando. The move kicks off a multi-year agreement between Florida Citrus Sports (FCS) and Cheez-It, brokered by Denver-based Impression Sports […]
PANAMA CITY BEACH, Fla. – Visit Panama City Beach is pleased to announce a four-year partnership with the National Club Baseball Association (NCBA) and the National Club Softball Association (NCSA), divisions of the National Federation of Collegiate Club Sports Leagues, at the Panama City Beach Sports Complex starting in 2021. The National Federation of Collegiate […]