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Date: 02/15/2022
Sho-Me Baseball Camp will be rebranded and operated by Ballparks of America under the management of Sports Facilities Management.
Date: 02/10/2022
USA Pickleball will hold the second annual National Indoor Championships from June 7–11 at the Hoover Met Complex in Hoover, Alabama.
Date: 02/08/2022
Crown Sports Center welcomes soccer teams and fans from across the country to one of the largest U.S. indoor amateur soccer tournaments.
Date: 02/08/2022
The Bridge Sports Complex is excited to announce the renaming of its indoor facility to The Citynet Center effective February 9, 2022.
Date: 02/02/2022
Cyclone Ballparks in West Texas has signed a partnership agreement with Denver-based PDC Energy that will see the business take over the naming rights of the venue’s championship field.
Date: 01/20/2022
In 2021, the organizations launched a national talent search to find the right fit for the newly named Basin Sports Complex. The search found Texas Native Andy Cedillo, who will now lead the University’s community sports property in Odessa, TX.
Date: 01/11/2022
The new premium recreational sports and events center in the Lakeway region, Morristown Landing, spearheaded by the City of Morristown and Sports Facilities Companies (SFC), has hired SFC employee Steve Eaton as the General Manager to lead the day-to-day operations of the multi-purpose complex.
Date: 08/25/2021
The new baseball/softball-focused sports tourism destination expects to welcome 200,000 to 250,000 visitors annually and drive a $17 million direct economic impact in its first year of operation.
Date: 08/11/2021
Complex in Mississippi scheduled to open summer of 2022
Date: 08/03/2021
In its seventh year of operation, Rocky Top Sports World welcomed more than 135,700 athletes, spectators, families, and friends to Gatlinburg.
Date: 07/15/2021
It’s the peak of summer and for many, football might be a thought for the hazy future – but many aren’t the staff of Rocky Top Sports World in Gatlinburg.
Date: 07/13/2021
The Tennessee venue is operated by Sports Facilities Companies
Date: 07/01/2021
Recently Named 'Legends Event Center' Slated to Open Fall of 2022
Date: 06/30/2021
North Central West Virginia’s newest indoor sports and recreation center, The Bridge Sports Complex, has officially opened its doors with a celebration at the end of June.
Date: 06/26/2021
The fifth football and basketball camp was held at the Highlands Sports Complex in Triadelphia and was headed by Dallas Cowboys Cornerback C.J. Goodwin.
Date: 06/09/2021
Cathy Garcia is appointed as operational leader at the new baseball complex in Pecos, TX
Date: 05/26/2021
Halo LAX Announces DII and DIII Showcases for Summer/Fall 2021
Date: 05/06/2021
Florida company, Halo LAX partners with World Lacrosse to provide in-depth training on the emerging 6V6 lacrosse model
Date: 04/12/2021
Family-owned business outsources facility operations to National firm
Date: 04/06/2021
Three venues in the SFM Network were honored in this year’s awards
Date: 03/31/2021
New management team, staff, and events coming this summer
Date: 03/26/2021
The City of Morristown celebrated the groundbreaking of their newest recreation and events venue, Morristown Landing.
Date: 02/18/2021
Construction has continued despite the pandemic, with several venues coming online
Date: 01/29/2021
Wade Welsh to lead team at the new sports and recreation venue
Date: 01/26/2021
The program will serve Hillsborough and the surrounding communities "as a haven for all athletes looking to develop their skills."
Date: 01/21/2021
Leaders from all organizations hosted a panel at US Lacrosse's annual LaxCon Saturday.
Date: 12/21/2020
Sports Facilities Management (SFM) will manage the new Overland Park, Kansas multisport complex when Bluhawk Sports Park opens in 2022.
Date: 11/24/2020
Kicking off the inaugural season in January of 2021, Hype Nation will launch events at Cedar Point Sports Center.
Date: 09/25/2020
The Bridge in Bridgeport is scheduled to open in 2021
Date: 09/16/2020
Arnold will serve as a liaison between new clients, developments, and the SF Companies.
Date: 09/16/2020
US Lacrosse has announced that events by Halo LAX, LLC, a subsidiary of the Sports Facilities (SF) Companies, will be sanctioned through their authority as the lacrosse National Governing Body.
Date: 08/28/2020
SFM plans to roll out the EventConnect platform to new projects in their 16-state SFM Network including Future Legends, a Northern Colorado-based premium multi-sport complex that is slated to open in 2021.
Date: 08/28/2020
The launch of Halo LAX will see an inaugural season in fall 2020 with three styles of the sport: 6onLAX, D3 Showcase and Club Challenges.
Date: 08/25/2020
Plenitude Holdings LLC, a real estate investment partnership between Blanchard Entities and Shopoff Realty Investments affiliated entities, announced today that the company has secured a management agreement for The Creek at Dominguez Hills development, with Sports Facilities Management, a national manager of public and privately owned sports centers.
Date: 08/17/2020
After a competitive RFP process, the City of Morristown, TN has selected the Sports Facilities Management (SFM) as the outsourced operator for their $36 million Community Fitness and Aquatics Center. The 115,000 square-foot facility, designed by Lose Design, is slated to include 4 hardwood courts, 25-yard swimming pool, and state-of-the-art fitness center among other amenities. The facility is scheduled to open to the public in 2022 with membership sales beginning in 2021.
Date: 08/12/2020
International sports ministry brand has hired Ryan Betscher following national talent search.
Date: 08/11/2020
Located just minutes from Chicagoland’s Midway Airport, the Village of Bedford Park celebrated the groundbreaking of their newest sports and recreation venue, Midway Central Station. The ceremony took place on July 11 on the plotted site where the event center will be located. Construction has begun on the 116,000 square-foot indoor sports, events and recreation venue and is scheduled to be completed by summer 2021.
Date: 03/18/2020
COVID 19 is having dramatic impacts across society. Youth and amateur sports facilities are closed in many states and tournaments are canceling or postponing.
Date: 03/01/2020
On Tuesday, Sports Facilities Management announced that Jamie Cox, a former Alabama resident, will take over as the Panama City Beach Sports Complex’s general manager.
Date: 02/28/2020
Massive tournament-ready facilities and public-private partnerships have turned the youth sports into a multi-billion-dollar real estate development boom.
Date: 02/24/2020
The Ballparks of America complex in Branson, Missouri, which features several two-third replicas of Major League Ballparks from years past and present, will be managed by Sports Facilities Management under a new agreement that was reached recently.
Date: 02/14/2020
Friday marks the start of college baseball season, and eight teams from around the country open play this weekend at the Hoover Met Complex, starting Friday at 1 p.m.
Date: 02/13/2020
The multi-million dollar complex will house soccer fields, basketball courts, locker rooms and much more.
Date: 02/12/2020
Panama City Beach youth can hit the turf running this spring with a football league, a lacrosse league, and even a soccer league.
Date: 02/10/2020
The Panama City Beach Sports Complex has been busy since they opened with big tournaments and events, but now the complex is trying to get the local community involved.
Date: 01/12/2020
About 300 people attended an unveiling and tip-off ceremony at the newly minted Cedar Point Sports Center on Cleveland Road.
Date: 12/23/2019
Industry-leading firms forecast facility trends in 2020 and beyond.
Date: 11/26/2019
After six years of planning and development, the much-anticipated grand opening ribbon-cutting ceremony of the new Community First Champion Center took place on November 20 in Appleton, Wisconsin.
Date: 11/15/2019
Students enrolled in area middle schools — the districts of Sandusky, Huron and Perkins — can practice sanctioned sports, like basketball and volleyball, at the Cedar Point Sports Center, on Cleveland Road (U.S. 6) in Sandusky, once the facility opens in January.
Date: 11/05/2019
A new partnership for Elizabethtown Sports Park became official when a deal was signed Friday between the Sports Facilities Management and Athletx Sports Group.
Date: 10/31/2019
The indoor Cedar Point Sports Center is a sports event planner’s dream.
Date: 10/15/2019
The outdoor sports venue opened with sports demonstrations, a festival atmosphere, and a full calendar of events booked for the coming year.
Date: 08/29/2019
The 'Game-Changing' FRPA Recreation and Parks Impact Calculator Revealed at Annual Conference
Date: 08/27/2019
Event booking is a key element – no, the key element in sports tourism.
Date: 08/22/2019
In its fifth year of operation, Rocky Top Sports World delivered a $42.3 million economic impact to the city and other parts of Sevier County.
Date: 08/15/2019
ACA Hoops gets a new look online and partners with industry leader partner, Sports Facilities Management.
Date: 08/14/2019
Sports Facilities Management LLC, of Clearwater, Florida will be responsible for operations and management of the facility, County Administrator Greg Stewart told OCDA members at their meeting Monday. The company also will be responsible for organizing and scheduling travel tournaments at the complex.
Date: 08/12/2019
Buffalo Rock will be the exclusive supplier of non-alcoholic beverages at the Panama City Beach Sports Complex.
Date: 08/06/2019
Civic Park, opening in Eugene, OR in 2020, partners with community recreation and sports tourism powerhouse, Sports Facilities Management.
Date: 08/05/2019
As a $17 billion industry, sports tourism is projected to hit $29 billion
Date: 07/23/2019
On Friday, July 19, Sports Facilities Advisory (SFA) founder and CEO, Dev Pathik, appeared on CNBC's 'The Exchange' to discuss the continued 'boom' in youth sports tourism.
Date: 07/20/2019
The youth travel sports industry is worth $17 billion. Dev Pathik, founder and CEO of Sports Facilities Advisory, breaks down how the facilities, hotel and tourism industries benefit from the growth of travel sports.
Date: 07/19/2019
Hundreds of teams and coaches played and stayed in Hoover, AL over the four-day tournament.
Date: 07/15/2019
Hoover's Met Complex was projected to bring in about fourteen-million dollars in economic impact for the first eight months of this year - it more than doubled that, at thirty-one million.
Date: 07/08/2019
Panama City Beach’s new Sports Complex, managed by Sports Facilities Management (SFM), opens today, July 8.
Date: 07/02/2019
The Hoover Met Complex, managed by The Sports Facilities Management (SFM), hosted ‘Kulture Ball’, an annual fundraiser to help raise awareness and funds for children on the autism spectrum.
Date: 06/24/2019
Lemak Health, the central Alabama based group of sports medicine physicians and orthopedic surgeons, has made a powerful investment in Hoover’s youth through their sponsorship with The Hoover Met Complex. The tournament and local recreation facility, operated by The Sports Facilities Management (SFM), will utilize a portion of Lemak Health’s sponsorship dollars to create over 3000 hours of free and reduced play for underprivileged local children through the SFM Access program.
Date: 06/07/2019
The Hoover Met Complex, managed by The Sports Facilities Management (SFM), recently hosted the largest crowd to date at the 2019 SEC Baseball Tournament. More than 160,000 people attended the tournament in Hoover, AL which produced an estimated $15 million in economic impact.
Date: 06/04/2019
In response to industry growth, the leading outsourced management group, the Sports Facilities Management (SFM), has announced the launch of the SFM Network, the largest and fastest growing network of sports tourism facilities in the United States.
Date: 05/16/2019
SFM CEO and Founder Jason Clement will be speaking at the CSEF on May 16th, 2019. This follows the company's recent launch of the SFM Network at the National Association of Sports Commissions annual conference by Clement, featured speaking engagement at the Association of Chief Executives for Sport (ACES) by SFM Co-Founder Dev Pathik, and a best practices session at the US Indoor Sports Association Conference in Milwaukee, WI by SFA & SFM partner, Eric Sullivan.
Date: 05/10/2019
The National Association of Sports Commissions recently announced the appointment of J.D. Wood, General Manager of the Sports Facilities Management (SFM) managed facility, Panama City Beach Sports Complex.
Date: 05/09/2019
SFM Leaders presented at a well-attended session at the National Association of Sports Commissions (NASC) Symposium in Knoxville, Tennessee
Date: 05/09/2019
Sports Facilities Management Partner and US Indoor Advisory Board Member, Eric Sullivan to present at the 19th Annual Conference
Date: 04/21/2019
The project is a partnership between Perfect Game, developer Wolverine Interests, LLC, Sports Facility Advisory and Sports Facilities Management (SFA|SFM) and the City of Hutto, with $800 million planned in private investment. The first phases of the project are expected to open Memorial Day 2021.
Date: 04/11/2019
Jessica Vanco promoted to National Account Executive for Sports Facilities Management
Date: 04/05/2019
General Manager of Rocky Top Sports World, Lori Moore, Promoted to Account Executive of the Industry Leading Professional Facility Management Firm
Date: 03/27/2019
State-of-the-art Indoor Sports Facility managed by industry-leader Sports Facilities Management (SFM) reveals new name and brand
Date: 03/01/2019
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.
Caitlyn is a dynamic human resources professional with experience leading human resource processes for a 1,400-member company. Caitlyn’s ability to guide a workforce of high performers is instrumental to her role as Human Resources Business Partner at Sports Facilities Companies.
At SFC, Caitlyn works one on one with SF Network venues and our home office as a dedicated resource for their recruitment requirements. She manages the applicant tracking system and trainings, ensuring successful candidate pools for each venue.
Caitlyn identifies training needs and creates/procures a professional development curriculum. She also monitors training programs to ensure that training objectives are accomplished. In addition, she ensures regulatory compliance with legal requirements pertinent to employee management are met.
Since joining SFC, Caitlyn has increased candidate engagement with our application process from 65 to over 80 percent.
Notable Projects
Sports Facilities Management assessed all aspects of Elizabethtown’s (KY) existing sports and recreation assets, particularly the E-Town Sports Park and made recommendations of best practices for driving economic impact through events, tournaments, and recreation programming.
