For newcomers to downtown Boston and history buffs Fenway Park holds a certain magic that makes events feel a special. Similarly, a handful of ballparks in America offer a whole host of unique event spaces available for meeting and event rentals within. These baseball parks with a heavy dose of history promise a memorable meeting or event for 20 to 20,000 attendees.

Nothing says a destination has hit the big time like hosting the biggest game in the world, the Super Bowl, and the spotlight will be focused on Atlanta when the 53rd edition of the greatest show on the globe plays at Mercedes-Benz Stadium on Sunday, February 3, 2019.  While the hometown Atlanta Falcons are out of the running, Super Bowl LIII and all of its companion events will result in “The ATL” sparkling for the world to see, both for visitors and in high-definition on all manner of screens throughout the world.

Both spectator sports and recreational activities that encourage attendees to get off the bench are in play throughout Eastern Iowa.

The Pacific Northwest is a winning choice for adding some team spirit to any function, from attending a game with your group or hosting an event at a sports facility.

The latest craze is esports, with younger audiences especially turning out at purpose-built facilities to watch cyber warriors engage in electronic warfare. Esports Arena Las Vegas and Esports Stadium Arlington are two of the largest esports facilities in the U.S. that also look to draw meetings and events.

The American pastime is proving to be a fertile field for baseball stadiums—also known as baseball parks—that are courting meetings and events. In fact, many new ballparks that have been built in the last decade or so count on non-game revenue as a healthy portion of their revenue.

Meetings Today reached out to Bryan Pettigrew, senior vice president of marketing and sponsorship for the Breeders’ Cup, to get his opinion on why events such as his are an ideal option for an incentive trip.

Already a haven for cultural and film pursuits, Los Angeles is adding sports mecca to its list of top-shelf specialties.

"Talent wins games,” once said all-time basketball great Michael Jordan, whose three seasons at the University of North Carolina included making the winning jump shot as a freshman in the 1982 national championship game, “but teamwork and intelligence wins championships.” Visit North Carolina, contracted by the North Carolina Department of Commerce to lead tourism development as a business unit of the Economic Development Partnership of North Carolina, embraces this wisdom in its industry-specific marketing programs, sports included.