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After three years of operation, Rocky Top Sports World, one of Sports Facilities Management’s crown jewel facilities in Gatlinburg, Tennessee, has proven itself to be an unmitigated success. And that prosperity shows no signs of waning. Rocky Top recently announced...

Returning to Chicago for the first time since 1935, the 2021 United States Bowling Congress Women’s Championships will be co-hosted by Stardust Bowl of Addison and the DuPage Convention and Visitors Bureau (DCVB). “Participants have asked us to take the Women’s...

Leaders in the world of amateur sports and sports event planning will be converging on Daytona Beach next year when the 2018 US Sports Congress is held at the Hard Rock Hotel Daytona Beach December 2-5, 2018. "Each year we search for top tier destinations,...

When the eighth Department of Defense Warrior Games began June 30 in Chicago, Air Force Master Sergeant Israel Del Toro, Jr. was on hand to compete, just as he was for the previous seven games. The fact he’s attended every Warrior Games and participates in multiple...

Since its inception in 2010, the Department of Defense Warrior Games have provided wounded athletes the chance to compete in an annual Paralympic-style event featuring veterans from all branches of the military. This year, those athletes enjoyed a bigger platform to...

They sat at a small table on the stage of Veterans Memorial Hall in the historic downtown of Rockford, Illinois. For a few hours on a hot June night, in front of a small auditorium of local residents, they shared stories of how they were able to become champions in...

The Foley Sports Tourism Complex, in Foley Alabama, announced the first sporting event that will be held at the new Foley Event Center will be the Bounders Beach Bash gymnastics meet, Sept. 8-10. The city of Foley broke ground on the $16.2 million, 90,000-square-foot...

In a little over a year,  Foley, Alabama’s Sports Tourism Complex on Alabama’s Gulf Coast, has established itself as one of the premier sports facilities in the country. The Sun Belt Conference clearly agrees with that sentiment as it awarded Foley a two-year contract...

Canton, Ohio, home to the Pro Football Hall of Fame, is a place where football’s history is lauded. Going forward, Canton will also celebrate the game’s future, as the Pro Football Hall of Fame Academy announced the nation’s largest youth football championship event...

The Olympics won’t take place until February, when the Winter Games begin in South Korea, but 2017 can still be an Olympic year for communities across the country. On June 23, the United States Olympic Committee is hosting Olympic Day, an annual celebration for youth...

In June of 2016, Rockford made a considerable splash in the sports tourism industry when it debuted the 105,000-square-foot UW Health Sports Factory, a multi-use indoor venue that hosts numerous athletic events. One year later, on June 7, the Rockford region will...

Summer may be looming, but forgive United States Sports Congress President Lou Mengsol if his mind is thinking less about barbecues and more about the chilly month of December. That’s because the annual US Sports Congress, an event Mengsol plays a pivotal role in,...