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.

The first weekend of March 2018 was a great time to be a sports fan in Vegas. The line-up included three NASCAR races at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway; USA Sevens rugby at Sam Boyd Stadium; and on consecutive nights at the T-Mobile Arena, Vegas Golden Knights hockey, followed by a mixed martial arts event produced by the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), its headquarters and Performance Institute being located in Vegas.

Sporting events score high for the economies of North Carolina’s Charlotte and neighboring Cabarrus County.

Atlanta is home to an impressive lineup of sports-centric venues that score high points with visiting groups.