ALL-STAR SPORTS VENUES This Fall 2023 edition of TRIPinfo’s Quarterly Digital Magazine is devoted to All-Star Sports Venues. In it you find 93 sports venues across the country ideal for your group. You may cheer a favorite team, enjoy a natural or man-made facility, or recall sports legends that made the venue iconic! Remember you can Sort, Filter, Map, or Call any on TRIPinfo.com! Long-time users of TRIPinfo Online + Weekly Newsletter + Quarterly Digital Issues know we are all about providing reference information across 12 categories of interest to group planners. Sports is one of those. We are pleased to dedicate this issue to All-Star Sports Venues. We deliver fast, easy comparison for 11 segments of group planners that book ~24% of USA travel. But you may be surprised at accessibility of facilities for smaller groups. Whether it’s blocking space at a structure, chartering a boat on a lake, or scheduling a resident historian to address your group, there are a variety of ways to make a special memory. Relative to our nation’s history, these Sports Venues are remarkably new, 40% built in the last 25 years! Average Year Founded: 1986 Average Year Founded adds years together and divides by 93 All-Star Sports Venues. In 1986 the first Martin Luther King, Jr. Day is celebrated, the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame is founded, and Out of Africa wins 7 Academy Awards. Tom Cruise’s Top Gun is the highest grossing film of 1986. The Statue of Liberty is refurbished and Centennial celebrated. President Ronald Reagan signs largest reorganization of U.S. Department of Defense since 1947. Median Year Founded: 1953 Median Year Founded derives from sorting our 93 Sports Venues into date founded order and finding the one in the middle. There are 46 founded prior to 1953, and 46 after. In 1953 US President Harry Truman announced U.S. has developed a hydrogen bomb. An F5 tornado hits Waco, TX and kills 114 downtown. New York Yankees defeat Brooklyn Dodgers to win their 16th Baseball World Series. Mode of Year Founded: 2010 Mode of Year Founded is the date that appears most often in our roster of numbers. In 2010, U.S. President Barack Obama and Vice-President Joe Biden are in office. The 2010 Earthquake in Haiti kills 316,000—one of deadliest death tolls in history. Another of largest earthquakes in recorded history killed 525 in Chile and the Pacific. Job market hits post-recession bottom of 129,855,000 employees. The first iPad was released. Toy Story 3 is the highest grossing film of the year. The first total lunar eclipse occurs on the Northern winter solstice and Southern summer solstice for the first time since 1638. We think you will find this a unique collection of All-Star Sports Venues! This issue is designed for ongoing reference for fun ideas. We hope this Sports Venues collection—here and online at TRIPinfo.com—is helpful in discovering many spots suitable for your group. That’s why we are here...to provide ideas for making your group travel planning a huge success!
Mark Browning, Publisher
