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Adaptive Sports Aim for Inclusiveness

With approximately 61 million people with disabilities living in the United States, adapted sports organizations (also known as adaptive sports or parasports) are often seeking ways to expand athletic inclusion for participants with disabilities. One such way is to host a symposium, like the recently held 2020 Adapted Sport Leadership & Business Symposium, which took place October 15 and featured more than 850 sport leaders logging into the remote session.

Touchless Tournaments

Attending a sporting event is inherently not conducive to social distancing and personal cleanliness. Those in attendance have to share space with countless other people, as well as concession stands, restrooms, seats and an immeasurable amount of other touch points. Suffice to say, there are countless opportunities to contract an illness.

BMX Racing is Riding Back in the Spotlight

Once considered a rogue activity favored by freewheeling youths in the mid-1980s, BMX is again having a moment. This time though, with a new identity.

The Future of Sports Tourism

As the sport tourism industry continues its historic boom, there are hundreds of construction projects underway across the country. Communities large and small have witnessed the power and draw of youth sports tournament destinations in other places and are clamoring to get in the game.

7 Unique Safety Concerns Around Hosting International Events

Next year the city of Tokyo will host the Games oft he XXXII Olympiad, or as more commonly known, the 2020 Summer Olympics. In bidding for the Games, the Tokyo Olympic organizers initially budgeted more than $12 billion. However, a year out from the games, the budget has ballooned to more than $25 billion, a figure that is still growing.