Bat Around has announced its first Major League Baseball team partnership with the Tampa Bay Rays, bringing the free mixed-reality experience game to Tropicana Field at every home game for the 2024 season. The Bat Around activation will be located on the left field concourse at Tropicana Field in the Grand Slam Alley area. The batting cage features a 12-foot by 7-foot video screen where fans can see their results in real time. Participants receive a BAM (Bat Around Metric) score and stats in the Bat Around app. Related Stories Bat Around Partners with the Tampa Bay Rays CES 2024 Highlights ..read more

From left, Gina Waldhorn, Harish Sarma, Andrea Hopelain, Andrea Brimmer and Brain Lawlor spoke about the growing business of women's sports. Women’s sports have seen a meteoric rise in both popularity and attention over the past few years and as those have increased, so has the dollar signs associated with television rights, social media clicks and tickets sold. The CES 2024 session titled “From Buzz to Business: The ROI of Women’s Sports” took a look at how women’s sports continue to grow and what large companies are doing to support that growth, highlighted this month with the the Professio ..read more

From left, Abe Stein, George Connors, Ken Lovell, Andy Hook and Mariya Zorotovich took part in the session titled "2034: A Sports Odyssey - Imagining the Stadium of the Future." While mostly known for its technological bent with new releases for the public, the 2024 CES Show in Las Vegas also has a track of sports programming that started on Tuesday with the “2034: A Sports Odyssey – Imagining the Stadium of the Future” as four companies discussed using technology to make sports and entertainment events more engaging to fans. Related Stories CES 2024 Highlights the Growth of Women’s Sports ..read more

TeamSnap has acquired Mojo Sports in a combination of two sports media platforms in the ever-growing youth sports technology space. Related Stories TeamSnap Acquires Mojo Sports’ Youth Sports Media Platform AJGA’s 2024 Junior Solheim Cup Headed to Virginia Oceanside to Host World Surf League’s World Junior Championships American Junior Golf Association Partners with Discover Puerto Rico The Girls Academy Partners With Elite Tournaments “The Mojo team has built the leading consumer-focused digital experience in youth sports,” said Peter Frintzilas, chief executive officer of TeamSnap. “The ..read more

Simpleview and Playeasy have announced a partnership designed to drive sports markets for destinations across the country by leveraging the companies’ respective strengths to create a comprehensive sports tourism solution. The primary goal of the partnership is to empower the sports market by joining respective thought leadership in DMOs and sports tourism to drive success. Participants would potentially bring in more sporting events and event data to destinations through a lead connector that allows Playeasy users to sync leads to Simpleview’s CRM and be able to measure estimated economic im ..read more

Tempest, a provider of web, CRM and digital marketing solutions for the destination marketing industry, has announced the acquisition of the Sports Tourism Index from sports tourism consultancy Huddle Up Group. The Sports Tourism Index is utilized by more than 450 sports organizations. Its facility and event database in the sports tourism industry has more than 5,900 facilities and 1,300 events. Related Stories Tempest Acquires Sports Tourism Index from Huddle Up Group Alliance Reservations Network Launches New Software USA Baseball Partners with Bat Around Verizon Provides Indianapolis 500 ..read more

Alliance Reservations Network, a travel technology company, has launched a suite of new features for its Group Productivity Solution software to creates an all-in-one solution for organizers throughout youth sports markets. Related Stories Alliance Reservations Network Launches New Software Wayne Moss: Making Youth Sports Safer Erie Sports Center Announces Creation of International Wrestling Academy PLAY Sports Coalition Distributes $450,000 for Youth Development Sports Facilities Companies to Manage New Wyo Sports Ranch The sports management and travel software combine tools for team reg ..read more

Cisco has been named the Official Network Infrastructure Provider of the FIFA Women’s World Cup 2023, which will be held in Australia and New Zealand. Under terms of the deal, Cisco will deliver a secure network to connect the entire tournament ecosystem – from the venues to operations to administration to media – and power the delivery of the broadcast, which is anticipated to be watched by 2 billion people around the world. Cisco will deploy its networking technology across nine host cities and 10 competition venues, several of which are already built on Cisco infrastruct ..read more

The 2023 FIBA U19 Women’s Basketball World Cup will make history as the first FIBA event to be played on an ASB GlassFloor in Madrid from July 15-23. Related Stories Innovative LED Court Approved for First FIBA Competition Fort Wayne to Host National Basketball Tournament USA Basketball to Play Exhibitions in Abu Dhabi Copenhagen to Host Two FIBA Europe Cup Events Wichita to Host Military Basketball Association Playoffs and Hall of Fame The LumiFlex court provided by ASB GlassFloor is a full video floor allowing for interactive applications as well as an enhanced show staging with addition ..read more

US Youth Soccer and NBC Sports Next have announced a multi-year technology partnership through NBC Sports Next’s technology platform, SportsEngine, to build an online and mobile content network for the national soccer organization and its 54 state associations and members. Related Stories US Youth Soccer and NBC Sports Next Announce Partnership USA Boxing Partners on Virtual Reality Game CES 2023 Looks at the Present and Future of Content Creation CES 2023 Panel Explores Way to Engage the Modern Fan CES 2023 Panel Discusses the Sports Industry’s Path to Growth “We’ve found the perfect part ..read more