Grand Rapids Area to Host 2022 Junior Gold Championships, Excitement Grows for 2021 Event
The Junior Gold Championships will return to Michigan in July 2022, with competition taking place across eight centers in the Grand Rapids area.
In addition to the Junior Gold Championships, the USA Bowling National Championships and Bowling.com Youth Open Championships also will be conducted in western Michigan in 2022.
Grand Rapids Hosts USA Masters Games June 24-27 as Third Host in History; National Event in Conjunction with the Meijer State Games of Michigan
Good things come to those who wait – like the opportunity to host the rescheduled 2020 USA Masters Games, now June 24-27, 2021 in West Michigan.
The USA Masters Games is a multisport, Olympic-style event for athletes 21 and older, featuring athletes from 35 states competing in 24 events in 20 sports at 20 venues across West Michigan. Only the third edition of the USA Masters Games since it started in 2016, the 2020 Masters Games* was awarded to Grand Rapids initially to host it June 19-28, 2020. It was postponed due to COVID-19 restrictions and safety precautions.
West Michigan Sports Commission Announces Meijer as Official Naming Rights Partner for Rockford Baseball/Softball Complex
Today the West Michigan Sports Commission announced the new naming rights of the baseball/softball complex to be the Meijer Sports Complex.
IBC Coming to Grand Rapids 2021
The pinnacle events of the United States Bowling Congress Collegiate season, the Intercollegiate Team Championships and Intercollegiate Singles Championships, will be heading to the Spectrum Entertainment Complex in Wyoming, Michigan, in 2021.
The 2021 ITC and ISC will be held May 3-8 at the 40-lane venue, with the finals to be aired on CBS Sports Network. The dates and times of the broadcasts will be released at a later time.
WMSC 2020 Sports Economic Impact
The West Michigan Sports Commission (WMSC) released its sports tourism economic impact figures from 2020, revealing how devastating the pandemic proved to be on sporting events in West Michigan and the respective visitor spending, and mirroring national sports industry trends.
Despite that, the WMSC still generated $13 million in direct visitor spending in 2020 through 45 events hosted in West Michigan (many of which were at the WMSC’s baseball/softball complex). The WMSC sees 2021 as a rebuilding year as sports are positioned to be one of the first segments of the tourism industry to return.
Registration for the 2020 USA Masters Games is now open!
Grand Rapids, Mich., January 6, 2021 ─ Athletes 21 and older who want to compete in a multisport, Olympic-style event can now register for the third edition of the USA Masters Games (USAMG). The 2020 USA Masters Games now held June 24 – 27, 2021, is open for all athletes in the United States as well as internationally and there is no qualification necessary to compete in the USAMG.
Meijer State Games of Michigan launches Virtual Games
Meijer State Game of Michigan will be hosting its first Virtual Games starting now through June 30.
USA MASTERS GAMES 2020 IN GRAND RAPIDS, MI, POSTPONED TO 2021
Today the USA Masters Games headquarters and the offices of the State Games of Michigan, Local Organizing Committee for the 2020 USA Masters Games, jointly announced the postponement of the Games to 2021.
NINETY-NINE YOUTH/AMATEUR SPORTING EVENTS GENERATED $54.3 MILLION FOR WEST MICHIGAN IN 2019
The West Michigan Sports Commission (WMSC) hosted the most youth and amateur sporting events in a single year in its history with 99 events in 2019, attracting the most athletes and visitors in one year at 230,382, generating $54.3 million in estimated direct visitor spending and filling a record 50,245 hotel room nights. It also saw its best year yet for the five-year-old Art Van Sports Complex, hosting the most tournaments in a year and generating $6.1 million in estimated direct visitor spending.