The streets around Grant Park will be shut down as NASCAR races next to high-rise buildings and past Buckingham Fountain. But it is the last year of the contract with the city of Chicago, and event organizer Julie Giese is eager to keep the momentum going.

No-one has a crystal ball forecasting the sponsorship’s industry fate. However, we don’t need psychic ability to predict the consequences of the unfolding economic debacle. That doesn’t necessarily spell doom for sports, non-profits, the arts and any other organization reliant on the $67 billion (pre-COVID-19) sponsorship industry. It simply puts...

Summit Motorsports Park owner Bill Bader Jr. says he will reopen his facility despite ongoing shelter-in-place orders.The Ohio venue, which hosts an NHRA round every summer, had been scheduled to open its season last weekend with the 39th Annual Spring Warmup. That, like countless other events across the world, was...

As it prepared to host the Formula 1 United States Grand Prix for the third time this weekend, Circuit of The Americas launched a promotional effort lauding the $897 million in economic impact to the Austin, Texas area generated by the track in 2014. The figures were detailed in a...