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November 2023 |
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Team Tampa Bay’s Take with Joey Johnston: Tampa Bay - A Volleyball Town! NCAA Volleyball Championship Open Practice Announcement; Volunteer Call 2024 Tampa Bay Kids Triathlon Registration Now Open! Royal Rumble, Monday Night Raw Highlight WWE’s Return to Tampa Bay Gameday. Every Day. Podcasts ft. Tampa Bay Sun FC and the TBSC’s Jason Aughey Game Day of Champions Football, Hillsborough County All-Star Football Returns November Youth and Amateur Sports Report Event Development Institute Ramps Up Winter/Spring Event Seasons
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Team Tampa Bay’s Take: Tampa Bay - A Volleyball Town! |
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With the NCAA Division I Women’s Volleyball Championship headed to Amalie Arena on Dec. 14-17, that’s a pretty appropriate title for the Tampa Bay area, which will serve as the sport’s epicenter for the anticipated sold-out showcase event that will be shown on ESPN and ABC-TV. But it’s nothing new.
Tampa Bay has ALWAYS been a Volleyball Town — home to the state’s best club and high-school programs, which continually produce championship programs and elite players |
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NCAA Women’s Volleyball
Championship Roundup |
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Don’t Miss Championship Open Practices |
MARK YOUR CALENDRS and catch the four best NCAA Division I women's volleyball teams in the country as they prepare to compete for a national championship in Tampa Bay! This is a FREE event open to the public. Official championship merchandise and concessions will be open and available during the event. |
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Volunteer for the 2023 NCAA Volleyball Championship |
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The goals of our Ambassador program are to generate an enthusiastic and warm welcome to guests visiting the area, provide information to visitors and contribute to the general atmosphere of excitement surrounding the championship. We are seeking hard working and enthusiastic individuals to lend their time, talent and knowledge to this prestigious event! |
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| Tampa Bay Trophy TourTampa Bay’s 2023 NCAA Volleyball Trophy Tour continues to make stops around the community, having made over 30 appearances on the current tour! Check out snaps from all of our visits below. | |
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TBKT Registration Now Open; TampaWell Activated by Tampa General Hospital Named Presenting Sponsor |
The 10th annual Tampa Bay Kids Triathlon (TBKT) presented by TampaWell Activated by Tampa General Hospital is Saturday, April 20, 2024 at 7:15 a.m. at Adventure Island. Registration for the event officially opened on Tuesday, October 26, 2023. The triathlon is produced by the Tampa Bay Sports Commission (TBSC) and the Event Development Institute (EDI). The TBKT offers youth athletes, experienced and first-timers alike, the opportunity to swim through the lazy river, bike and run in and around Adventure Island, Busch Gardens’ premier water park. Boys and girls ages 6-14 are eligible to participate. The first 400 registrants receive a complimentary “Stay and Play” ticket to Adventure Island, valid only on race day.
Registration price increases will occur on 12/31/23, so register now and save! |
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WWE Royal Rumble Returns to Tampa Bay! |
WWE will head to town for an entire weekend of events across St. Petersburg, Clearwater and Tampa, Fla., highlighted by the Royal Rumble on Saturday, January 27 at Tropicana Field in St. Petersburg. Two days later, Monday Night Raw will emanate from Amalie Arena in Tampa on January 29. This marks the first time that Royal Rumble will be held in Tampa Bay in front of fans since 1995. |
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Champion Your Health with Help From Florida Blue |
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Gameday. Every Day. Podcast Episode 19 |
Here Comes the Sun: Meet the Tampa Bay Sun FC, Our First Pro Women’s Soccer Club! |
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On Episode 19 of the "Gameday. Every Day" podcast, local TV personality Ryan Bass and Rob Higgins, the Executive Director of the Tampa Bay Sports Commission, introduce you to the newest member of Team Tampa Bay: The Tampa Bay Sun FC! Ryan and Rob welcome Sun FC President Christina Unkel and head coach Denise Schilte-Brown, the former USF Bulls head coach, to discuss how the league was formed, the theme behind the team's new logo and what the next 12 months will look like leading up to the inaugural season! |
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Event Development Institute Updates |
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Action continues to ramp up for The Event Development Institute as the team prepares for an exciting Winter and Spring events seasons! |
Upcoming Events |
| On December 22, 2023, join thousands of college football fans at the Union Home Mortgage Gasparilla Bowl at Raymond James Stadium! Make sure to purchase your game tickets and join us for several fun, family-friendly game-week events! |
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| The Fifth annual After-School All-Stars Cornhole Challenge returns to Julian B. Lane Riverfront Park on Thursday, April 18. Serving as a fundraiser for the Tampa Bay chapter of After-School All-Stars, dollars raised will provide critical programming for students in the Tampa Bay community. |
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| The 10th annual Tampa Bay Kids Triathlon presented by TampaWell, activated by Tampa General Hospital, will take place on Saturday, April 20 at Adventure Island, offering youth athletes, experienced and first-timers alike, the unique opportunity to swim through the lazy river, and bike and run in and around Busch Gardens’® premier water park, Adventure Island. Boys and girls ages 6-14 are eligible to participate. The first 400 registrants receive a complimentary ‘Stay and Play’ ticket to Adventure Island®, valid on race day only. All participants receive an official Under Armour race shirt and a finisher’s medal upon completion of the race. A portion of registration fees is donated to the Friedreich’s Ataxia Research Alliance (FARA). |
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Youth and Amateur Sports Report |
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Sports tourism update… With the holidays on the horizon, the volume of youth and amateur events being hosted in Tampa Bay is ramping up in a major way! Coming off of a year where we hosted 99 events across 28 different sports, we’re expecting big things in 2024! Speaking of 2024, in reviewing the travel trends outlined in this BizBash article, our destination is incredibly well-positioned to offer visitors exactly what they are looking for outside of the competition! |
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It all starts with the places to play… Congratulations are in order, as the Tampa Convention Center was recently recognized as one of North America’s best convention centers for trade shows and events in EXHIBITOR Magazine’s 2024 Centers of Excellence Awards. |
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Recently hosted… Last weekend, 220 girls’ soccer teams from throughout the United States competed at the Tournament SportsPlex of Tampa Bay in the Tampa Bay Super Cup. This second annual event has quickly become known as one of the top youth soccer tournaments in the country thanks to a mixture of outstanding talent, world-class facilities and a robust list of top college coaches from the region in attendance. |
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Upcoming events… The Intercollegiate Women’s Lacrosse Coaches Association (IWLCA) Tournament Series hosts their high-profile Debut and Presidents Cup in Tampa and Bradenton for the first time this weekend. As the largest women’s lacrosse tournament in the United States, this event will span more than four venues, utilizing 61 fields in the region. Between the Tournament Sportsplex of Tampa Bay, Premier Sports Campus, IMG Academy and Lakewood Ranch Park, 520 teams from 45 states, and Canada, will be playing a showcase style tournament in front of 600+ college coaches. |
They said it… Check out Episode 18 of the "Gameday. Every Day" podcast as local TV personality Ryan Bass and Rob Higgins, the Executive Director of the Tampa Bay Sports Commission, discuss how Tampa Bay has become the epicenter of youth an amateur sporting events, spearheaded by Senior Vice President of Sports Tourism, Jason Aughey and Director of Sales and Events, Tony Diaz. |
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Upcoming events… Over the next 30 days, Tampa Bay will play host to a wide variety of events ranging from hockey, volleyball, cheerleading, soccer, lacrosse, football and more. Of the eleven events scheduled for the month of December, we wanted to spotlight the United Youth Football League Football and Cheerleading National Championships, which returns to Tampa for the 13th consecutive year. More than 250 football teams and 150 cheerleading squads are expected to compete at Ellis-Methvin Park in Plant City and the Florida State Fairgrounds. |
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Gameday of Champions, Hillsborough County All-Star Football Returns this December. |
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Tampa Bay Buccaneers Game Day of Champions (established in 1995), is an annual football event featuring four exhibition-style games between the best youth football teams in Hillsborough County. The vision for Game Day of Champions is to reward youth football players, following a successful league campaign, with the opportunity to play a game on the same field as their hometown heroes, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
The 2023 version will take place on Saturday, December 9. Full rosters and matchups will be made available on tampabaysports.org during game week.
Also, the annual Tampa Bay Buccaneers/Hillsborough County All-Star High School Football Game, which was first hosted in 1999, aims to recognize outstanding senior football players and cheerleaders throughout the entire county. The players competing in the All-Star Game are selected by their respective high school coaches.
Armwood High School will host the next rendition on Saturday, December 16, 2023. Full rosters and matchups will be made available on tampabaysports.org during game week. |
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For #TeamTampaBay Fans! |
| Exclusive ReliaQuest Bowl Presale!Be there when teams from the SEC and Big Ten or ACC square off in the ReliaQuest Bowl on New Year’s Day in an exciting college football showdown in Raymond James Stadium. Don't miss this exclusive presale offer to purchase your seats before the general public! Enter code 'QUEST24' to take advantage of this special limited time offer. Offer Beings 10:00 AM November 16th and ends Sunday, November 19, 2023 at 10:00 PM EST | |
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| RJS Nominated for Pollstar’s Stadium of the YearRaymond James Stadium has been nominated for Pollstar’s Stadium of the Year! Check out RJS’s social platforms and let them know how much you enjoy your event experiences. |
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Partner Spotlight:
Grow Financial Federal Credit Union |
Thank you to Grow Financial Federal Credit Union for their on-going support of the Tampa Bay Sports Commission and our local youth programming! We’re thankful for their tireless efforts to help make our community events exciting and memorable for Team Tampa Bay! |
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TBSC Volunteer Opportunities |
The TBSC is always looking for welcoming and passionate ambassadors to join our team! We work hard to ensure that our events are a tremendous success for the student-athletes, community, and fans. The premier sporting events rely on the help and support of volunteers, without whom, all of our events could not run. |
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