On the August 2017 edition of HBO’s Real Sports, a consultant on youth sports facilities development named Dev Pathik explains to reporter Jon Frankel that $9 billion is spent per year (and growing by 20 percent annually) on youth sports travel. “It’s an incredible transformation with massive ripple effects on the rest of our society,” Pathik tells Frankel.
The Aspen Institute today announced a multi-year effort by more than a dozen leading sport, health, media and other organizations to grow national sport participation rates and related metrics among youth. The initiative, Project Play 2020, represents the first time that industry and non-profit groups have come together to develop shared goals around making sport accessible to all children, regardless of zip code or ability.
The national boom in youth travel tournaments is part of a trend that seems to be heating up. Rocky Mount North Carolina has long been a player in the travel sports marketplace, hosting more than 100,000 players and visitors annually at its outdoor sports complex. However Rocky Mount has achieved a new level of attention related to its new 165,000 sq. ft. indoor sports and events center slated to open in the fall of 2018. Dev Pathik, Founder and CEO of the firm that has partnered with Rocky Mount to craft this vision and to bring this new facility to life, said “Rocky Mount is ideally suited to host events. It is centrally located between Miami and NYC and is within a five-hour drive of more than 25% of the U.S. population.”
The SFA & SFM brand video created by Beach Lion Studios stood alongside the best of Tampa Bay’s advertising last Thursday night at the 2018 American Advertising Awards of Tampa Bay. The annual gala recognizes the ADDY Award winners, in the first phase of a three-tier, national competition.
In response to the growing demand for travel sports destinations, the DuPage Convention & Visitors Bureau along with several sports tourism industry leaders such as the planning and financing firm Sports Facilities Advisory (SFA), Huddle Up Group, Event Connect, Connect Sports, and Sports Planning Guide announced an Illinois Sports Tourism Workshop to be held April 18 in Oak Brook, IL.
New Firm Will Provide Direct Day-to-Day Management with Performance Accountability for Sports, Entertainment, Recreation, and Events Centers.
Commissioner Todd Yates first saw a similar facility in North Myrtle Beach and tells FOX8 he contacted the company that developed and manages the complex, The Sports Facility Advisory, based in Clearwater, Fla.
“The emphasis on play is less and less about your local parks and rec league … and less on high school and even more on travel ball. That’s where the competitive play is,” said Jason Clement, owner of Sports Facilities Advisory, a management and planning group for sports facilities nationwide.
Bettendorf, Iowa leaders are asking for public input to help them decide whether to keep, replace, consolidate or get rid of the city’s aquatic center, community center and life fitness center.
New Facility, Scheduled to Open in March 2015, Has Nearly Sold Out Its First Six Months.
Wauwatosa man’s dream ‘Ability Center’ could have $15 million annual impact, The Sports Facilities Advisory (SFA) feasibility study finds.
Council also will decide on hiring Sports Facilities Advisory, a consulting firm with sports facility management that would ensure the proposed event center is designed in a way to maximize the use as well as developing a economic impact analysis.