David Broughton

1 week ago | sportsbusinessjournal.com | David Broughton

The Greensboro (N.C.) Aquatic Center, Greensboro Sports Foundation, Oak View Group and the Big 12 this afternoon will announce that the city has been selected to host the 2026 Big 12 Conference Swimming and Diving Championship. The five-day event next February 24-28 will mark the first time the venue will host the championship and only the second time the event will be held at a site that is not the home facility to one of the conference’s schools.

1 week ago | sportsbusinessjournal.com | David Broughton

New England Revolution owner Robert Kraft’s support of soccer in the United States dates to when he secured Foxboro Stadium’s status as one of the nine host venues for the 1994 FIFA World Cup and funded the construction of the club’s Gillette Stadium with the intention of hosting international soccer.

1 week ago | sportsbusinessjournal.com | David Broughton

Orlando is a soccer-event powerhouse, having hosted more than 60 major events over the past decade, including the MLS All-Star Game; multiple Concacaf, Copa, U.S. men’s and women’s national team games, the SheBelieves Cup presented by Visa matches, and international friendlies. The ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex, Sylvan Lake Park and the Boombah Sports Complex have hosted countless collegiate and youth national championships.

1 week ago | sportsbusinessjournal.com | David Broughton

Music City’s status as a big-league soccer business market began five years ago when Nashville SC made its MLS debut (after two seasons in the USL Championship) at Nissan Stadium. In 2022, the team moved into its own $345 million Geodis Park, the largest soccer-specific stadium in the United States and Canada. Since the stadium opened, the city has hosted more than 1.8 million soccer fans, including Concacaf Gold Cup and SheBelieves Cup matches and international friendlies.

1 week ago | sportsbusinessjournal.com | David Broughton

Venues: Cotton Bowl Stadium (1930), Mesquite Arena (1986), Choctaw Stadium (1994, retrofitted 2020), Garvey-Rosenthal Soccer Stadium at TCU (2000), Toyota Stadium (2005), AT&T Stadium (2009), Credit Union of Texas Event Center (2009), Patriot Soccer Field at Dallas Baptist University (2012), Moneygram Soccer Park (2018), UNT Soccer and Track & Field Stadium (2019), Washburne Soccer and Track Stadium at SMU (2022) A soccer fan could drive counterclockwise 120 miles in the shape of the letter...