When the AFC and NFC Champions meet for Super Bowl LV in Tampa, it will mark the 17th time the State of Florida has hosted final game of the NFL season since 1968. It is the most of any state in the U.S. and also the second time in the game’s history Florida will serve […]
Courtesy of the Greater Orlando Sports Commission Miami, FL (Tuesday, November 10, 2020) – Concacaf has announced that Exploria Stadium, home to MLS club Orlando City SC and the NWSL’s Orlando Pride, will host the final matches of the 2020 Scotiabank Concacaf Champions League (SCCL). The confederation’s flagship club competition will resume with centralized Quarterfinals, […]
PANAMA CITY BEACH / TAMPA, Fla. (November 7, 2020) – Today, Chris Nikic crossed the finish line at the 2020 Visit Panama City Beach IRONMAN® Florida in 16:46:09, making history as the first person with Down syndrome to complete a full-distance IRONMAN triathlon. Chris Nikic, a 21-year old recent high-school graduate, keynote public speaker, and […]
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 […]