September 30, 2020
FORT MYERS, Fla. — Gary Ewen, CSEE, with the Lee County Sports Development office retired at the end of September.
Ewen was involved in the sports tourism movement since 1984 and a member of the first graduating class of the CSEE program.
A past member of the NASC (Sports ETA) …
August 25, 2020
PUNTA GORDA, Fla. — Amateur boxers from the Southeastern United States will return to the ring for the Sugar Bert Boxing National Qualifier World Boxing Council Green Belt Challenge tournament on Aug. 28-30. The event will be held at the Charlotte Harbor Event and Conference Center.
The three-day tournament, sanctioned …
July 21, 2020
Sean DohertyCHARLOTTE COUNTY, Fla. — Charlotte County Administrator Hector Flores named Sean Doherty as interim director of the Punta Gorda/Englewood Beach Visitor and Convention Bureau.
Doherty first worked as a sports marketing manager and the sales and sports marketing manager for the tourism bureau since 2005. He joined the …
June 23, 2020
BREVARD, Fla.—Florida’s Space Coast will host the 2020 Amateur Athletic Union (AAU) Junior Olympic Games in late July and early August at Viera Regional Park. The announcement was made by Florida Governor Ron DeSantis.
“There couldn’t be a better place to hold this event right now than at Florida’s Space …
May 26, 2020
The Amateur Athletic Union (AAU) along with the Orange County Convention Center (OCCC) in Orlando, Fla., based on the ongoing findings of the Orange County Economic Recovery Task Force, have decided to postpone the 47thAAU Junior National Volleyball Championships to a later date.
The change in date for the volleyball …
April 6, 2020
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo.— USA Field Hockey announced that the USA Field Hockey National Hockey Festival presented by CranBarry over Thanksgiving weekend, will move to the Panama City Beach Sports Complex in Panama City Beach, Fla., from November 26-28, 2020 for the 40thedition of the event.
The Panama City Beach Sports …
February 20, 2020
DALLAS — J.D. Wood returned to Dallas in February to join the Dallas Sports Commission (DSC) as the director of business development and events.
Wood was previously the general manager of the Panama City Beach (Fla.) Sports Complex/Sports Facility Management and was responsible for the business development of the complex. …
January 21, 2020
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — A showdown between Hector “Showeather” Lombard and David Mundell headlines the Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship 10 (BKFC) in Fort Lauderdale, Feb. 15 from the Greater Fort Lauderdale Convention Center. The event will air live on pay-per-view.
Jim Alers and Kaleb Harris will also compete on …
February 6, 2019
As the name implies, there are plenty of lakes (over 1,000) in Lake County. Lake Minneola in Clermont is home to the Clermont Boathouse and Clermont Waterfront Park, as well as a 1,000-meter and 2,000-meter course for paddlesports or rowing and the oak-tree covered shoreline provides spectators with a great viewing area.
January 28, 2019
Miami — For 30 years, Biscayne Bay and Miami have been an important stop of the Olympic-class circuit. This year 650 athletes from 60 countries are heading to the area for the opening series of the 2019 Hempel World Cup, a crucial milestone to the 2020 Olympic Regatta in Enoshima, …
