October 2, 2018
The outdoor complex, opening spring of 2019, is expected to be one of the most exciting outdoor sports parks in the country.
The outdoor complex, opening spring of 2019, is expected to be one of the most exciting outdoor sports parks in the country.
The indoor multi-sport and event complex, servicing the Fox Cities, opening fall of 2019, will double the region’s hotel room bookings.
The firms have joined forces to open a multi-purpose sports complex, summer of 2019. The facility is expected to be one of the most unique, state-of-the-art outdoor and indoor sports campuses on the eastern seaboard.
Following a nation-wide search for a management firm, Elizabethtown Sports Park has selected Sports Facilities Management (SFM) to lead park operations in 2019 and beyond. Since opening to much anticipation in 2012, Elizabethtown Sports Park has been an important sports asset for tourism in Elizabethtown, Kentucky.
Following a formal procurement process that began in May 2018, The Village of Bedford Park, IL has selected Sports Facilities Management (SFM) to manage and operate their new sports tourism-focused facility in 2020 and beyond. SFM joins the team with Village leaders and Hunden Strategic Partners who have been in partnership for the development of Bedford Park near Chicago’s Midway Airport for several years.
The city of Albertville, AL is transforming sports and recreation in their community with the unveiling and ground breaking of their 130-acre Sand Mountain Park. Scheduled to open in 2020, the park includes state of the art athletic facilities, amphitheater, indoor sports and fitness center, aquatic center, as well as many outdoor walking trails and playgrounds. The city has chosen industry leader, Sports Facilities Management (SFM), for facility design consulting and procurement services.
Fox Cities Champion Center, one of the newest, premium sports tourism venues in the nation, has hired a General Manager, Ken Weinaug (pronounced Wy-nog). Weinaug will work for Sports Facilities Management, the sports tourism and recreation management firm headquartered in Clearwater, FL, that will manage the Champion Center.
In the 2018 fiscal year, The Hoover Met Complex out-performed both projected economic impact numbers and budget allocations. The state-of-the-art facility, managed by Sports Facilities Management, created $14.86 million in total economic impact from out of town visitor spending and local events.
One of the Midwest’s most anticipated indoor sports tournament facilities, managed by the Sports Facilities Management (SFM), has announced Community First Credit Union as the naming rights partner of the new sports center. Opening fall of 2019, this elite sports tourism facility serving Wisconsin and beyond has officially been named the Community First Champion Center, Fox Cities.
Founder & CEO, Dev Pathik speaks to Forbes about the trends in youth and amateur sports and how this is impacting communities as they begin to invest in sports tourism.
SFA and SFM’s Founder & CEO, Dev Pathik lends The Wall Street Journal expertise on ice rink operating costs and usage fee trends.
Project Play was created by the Aspen Institute Sports and Society program in 2013 to “find ways to help all children in America become active through sports,” according to the report. This is the first report from the group, which cited numbers saying that only 40 percent of children played a team sport regularly in 2013, down from 44.5 percent in 2008.