Sports tourism can give communities an economic boost
Posted On August 25, 2023
Sports are fun, an entertaining way to spend our weekends. But they can also provide an economic boost to a community through sports tourism. Take Huntsville, for instance. The thriving north Alabama city hosted 59 sporting events last year, bringing in more than $32 million in economic impact and generating more than 52,000 hotel room nights. Our guest in the latest episode of “What’s Working with Cam Marston” is the man whose job it is to attract those events — Joel Lamp, convention sales and sports manager for the Huntsville/Madison County Convention and Visitors Bureau. Lamp, who was featured in… Read More
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