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Fage i Small Marl[et Meetings Attracting sports marl[et requires proper facilities and local support CnUMd IMm pale 3 Booking a sporn event is far different from booking a meeting. For one, drere is no meeting planner. Instead. cities mu~t iden~l¥ spore chic fit ~hcir fadlltlcs and then find local people who are involved with the sport to organlz~ the L%Fcnt, "Thc price of'gettin§ a sports event is taking cbe ~me to understand the needs of thc competition and y,,t,r fi'e/frS are area has the fight quality of fac,lty,nda tllel'e lei' tile or~,anlzlng committee,," s0id in many cases, de local aPe#'t ti;ere £mancial bid For an event, d. oJJars for minor competitions to tens oF thousands of dolhrs for nadonal or international events, Bure~u~ ~ finding though that sports events m~ke sen.~ because of' thcir impact. For c~mple, Tolcr ~d he could concci~bly s~nd the ~mc time attracting a ~O-per$on motorcoach tour as h¢ wouJd on a sports tournament that would bring in ]0 times as m~ny room nighu. Some spore cYcnu arc exceedingly Iow-n,~inr~cn~ncc. Regional and national all-star den tour~ments meant ~00 get them." cliffs lmmrt rcmm nights to Cua~tal FairlJcld with few requlremenu beyond ~m ~ ~ ~m~tion. You~ ~m are ~ a~lct~ ~ ~ ~plc c~l wi~h ~m,' mid ~um~. ~ th~ ~m ~p~ly I~ trouble .nd ~vcl wi~h mo~ ~m~y m~. ~n~ s~ ~, like ~a~ and Te~ Hame, hmu~b .m.mditinn.I ~ru ~u ~o~ ma~ng unique ~dliti~. P~o w~l s~n have five crick~ pil~ (Rd~) in o~ puMic pa~ m~thing ddm. ~e a~ home ~c for ~ T~ C~ct ~Jon, whi~ Io~i~ ha~ to win ~e bid ~r ~ intemadon~ mu~en~ Term Haute~ tradition of hover~ft win im ~d. ~e ci~ ~ off~ tbe ~ ~Jce ~r Ju ~nt. a ~m~ ~rip mine wi~ ~e ~0-50 spli~ ofo~n la~ and ~tcr tha~ ~hc com~ti:ion ~ui~. In Sp~ng~d~ UL, a n~ arena lllinob Sma ~i~mun~ hel~ t~ ci~ r~ ~e N~ional High ~h~l Rnals ~m in 2~, 2~I, 2~ ~d 2~7. '1.'he arena 'has made us look ac rome of the more niche-market sporting events.' aid Gina Graham, director Albuquerque is using existing Gcilities in new ways. Thc dty has the largest soccer complc~ west of the M~issippi, which it ~ucc~sfitlly marketed as a coune to the USA Track and Rdd Crma Country National Champior~hips. A video the CVB produced showed what a challenging coum the tiered fid& would be. Like successful sports [~u, CVBs must be always on the ball, consramly wurkl,tg coward d~cir next victory in the sports market. "The evenrs are there for the asking." Dav. cnporc sai~. 'But if you aren't rhere to ask, you aren't going co get chem." Mm'el 2192 Reliaious meetings prove durable in times of trouble was proof.of'the religious conference markct~ durability. Attendance incrc.x~'d 7 pcrcen! m'cr 20OI. Of I..17~ attendce~, ~J 17 were nicetiog idatmcr~. The incrcdsc camc a.,~ im surl,ri~, to Woodring. "Thc religious market is recession.proof.' he said. 'Regardless o£ world afl-alrs, be it war or peace, a poor coon,my, gms! timt.~ ,r Wad. re~igbus cvcms an.. Iht once, that will umtim~c to attract young and old alike.' &.eld,g ~irlt~! ttt~t~rt In fact, "when dmes are thc most bl~." ~gio~ confc~ ~ome ~ more ~nent, hc uid. "~crc ~ ~ddd incenfi~ m ~k spirk~l aou~hm~c ~d support," M~hou~h pboo~, a~' puuin~ mo~ ~mph~is nn ~ ~u~, '~he m~jod~ oF our mem~n arc nm giving iff to W~ng. ~6ng penally ~r~nc~ the d~biliw of religion ~nfem~ ~ he left h~ o~ at I~ia~l~' ~me late one ~nlng in ~rly Jaooa~ j~ ~ ~.~ ~ol~ youth attending a conferee there were dismi~n~. "h ~ quite a chalkngc in fi,d my ~y out.' he ~d, ~th a laugh. He lat~ I~ ~a~ ~nfemnce attenuate ~s up o~r p~io~ y~n. 'H~ ~ ~ a time when you w~ ~ink t~t ~nu. ~rticulady.