LINK TO 2021 FLORIDA SENIOR GAMES PHOTO GALLERY The 30th Annual Florida Senior Games featured 13 days of competition, December 4-12 and 16-19, with 21 sports in Broward, Highlands, Martin and Pinellas Counties. Broward County hosted 19 sports at 13 different facilities. The 2021 Florida Senior Games presented a variety of sports contested on indoor and […]
LINK TO 2021 SPORTS SUMMIT PHOTO GALLERY LINK TO VIDEO PICTURE SHOW The Florida Sports Foundation hosted its 2021 Florida Sports Summit on November 8-10 at the Hammock Beach Resort in Palm Coast. More than 120 sports professionals were in attendance, including staff members from Florida Sports Industry Partners, Sports Events Rights Holders and Florida […]
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 […]