Tuesday, 9/16/2025 from 2:45 PM - 3:45 PM EST

Room: W109 B

Topic(s):
Community Engagement, Funding, Partnerships, Planning and Design, Sports

Description:
This four-person panel will discuss different aspects of sports tourism development in Gainesville, Florida.

Learning Objectives:

1. Identify the role parks and recreation can play in helping to develop sports tourism initiatives in a community.

2. Identify the role of a sports commission in developing and managing sport tourism in a community.

3. Recognize the role of private-public partnerships in communities to develop facilities to host sports tourism.

Speaker(s):
Richard Blalock
Joleen Cacciatore
Kiki Kaplanidou
Stephen Rodriguez