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.

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.

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.

As a $17 billion industry, sports tourism is projected to hit $29 billion

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.

The Sports Facilities Management (SFM), operator of many of the nation’s premier sports tourism and community recreation facilities, has promoted Rocky Top Sports World General Manager, Lori Moore to National Account Executive.

SFM has promoted Myrtle Beach Sports Center General Manager, Jessica Vanco, to National Account Executive. Vanco joined SFM prior to the Sports Center opening in 2015, Under Vanco’s leadership, the Myrtle Beach Sports Center has outperformed economic impact and net revenue projections each year.

If a child is interested in playing baseball, the pricier club and travel teams may be one of the few options, said Dev Pathik, founder and chief executive of the Sports Facility Advisory, a sports and entertainment center management consultant company.

Sports Facilities Management Partner and US Indoor Advisory Board Member, Eric Sullivan to present at the 19th Annual Conference

SFM Leaders presented at a well-attended session at the National Association of Sports Commissions (NASC) Symposium in Knoxville, Tennessee