Marissa Werner named 2025 Sports ETA Woman of the Year
April 8, 2025
Sports ETA president and CEO John David named Marissa Werner, director of sports Milwaukee at VISIT Milwaukee, as the 2025 Sports ETA Woman of the Year.
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Sports ETA partners with Rico Solutions to offer sustainability education for members
January 8, 2025
Sports ETA, the official trade association for the sports events and tourism industry, and Rico Solutions, a company that offers sustainability solutions for events, launched an initiative to provide a suite of educational offerings for Sports ETA members at Sports ETA’s 4S Summit in Chattanooga, Tenn.
Sports ETA welcomes Christina Velasquez as director of education & research
December 17, 2024
Sports ETA announced Christina Velasquez as its new director of education and research. In her new role, she’ll be focusing on enhancing the professional development of Sports ETA through educational programs and research initiatives. She will also oversee the delivery of educational content, certification programs, and industry research.
LakePoint targets further growth with new sports tourism initiatives
July 17, 2024
LakePoint Sports has added a new line-up of initiatives, partnerships, media, and more to fuel momentum as the travel and youth sports industry and sports participation are experiencing rapid growth.
Sports ETA welcomes new board leaders and members
July 6, 2024
The membership of Sports ETA has elected new board leadership and members of the board of directors who began their terms earlier this month.
Frank Lett, STS, president and chief tourism officer of Visit Kingsport has been appointed chairman of the board, and Matt Libber, STS,
West Michigan Sports Commission named Sports Commission of the Year by Sports ETA
May 15, 2024
The West Michigan Sports Commission was named Sports Commission of the Year for 2023 (in the under 500,000 population category) at the Sports ETA Symposium in Portland, Ore.
Sports ETA Hall of Fame welcoming three new inductees next month
April 2, 2024
Three leaders in the sports events and tourism industry will be enshrined into the Sports ETA Hall of Fame at the organization’s annual Symposium in April.
The power of the sports tourism industry – and meeting new friends
May 23, 2023
Earlier this month, several members of the SportsEvents team trekked to Kansas City, Mo., to participate in the Sports ETA Symposium.
Warren County Sports named top sports tourism organization by Sports ETA
May 17, 2023
Warren County Sports was named Sports ETA’s Sports Tourism Organization of the Year during the organization’s recent annual symposium.
Sports Tourism Matters
September 8, 2020
By Sherri Middleton, Executive Editor of SportsEvents Magazine
In May, VISIT Milwaukee released its final data from the Wisconsin Department of Tourism indicating strong growth in the tourism market for 2019.
Direct visitor spending totaled $2.2 billion.
The West Michigan Sports Commission (WMSC) announced that they had hosted the most youth …
