By Alec Harvey World-class pickleball facilities in Opelika. A brand-new multi-purpose Protective Stadium in downtown Birmingham. Sixteen outdoor fields and an indoor facility in Foley. Cross country in Huntsville, and fishing tournaments in the Shoals. Pick a community, big or small, in Alabama, and chances are you’ll find new or refreshed facilities to welcome sporting events […]
The Sports Events and Tourism Association (Sports ETA) has announced that Birmingham, Alabama will host the 2021 Annual Symposium, April 26-29. The Sports ETA Symposium is the annual meeting of the Sports Events & Tourism Association, the non-profit trade association for the sports events and tourism industry since 1992. Throughout the week, sports destinations will meet with hundreds of decision-makers […]
Credit to Tracey Teo, Atlanta Journal-Constitution If you have a bad case of spring fever, there’s just one cure — a road trip! Why not drop by and say hello to our neighbor to the west, Alabama. If it’s been a while, you’ll have some catching up to do because much has changed — for […]
Alabama is a place of boundless creativity and abundant natural resources — with an unfathomably painful past. On a road trip from top to bottom, Kevin West finds the state’s residents reckoning with its legacy and coming up with entirely new definitions of what it means to be Alabaman. All credit is to Travel + […]
Credit to Apryl Chapman Thomas & Southern Hospitality Traveler HUNTSVILLE, ALA., IS ONE OF THOSE DESTINATIONS THAT HAS SOMETHING FOR EVERYONE. WHETHER YOU’RE YOUNG, OLD OR SOMEWHERE IN THE MIDDLE; TRAVELING WITH KIDS, AS A COUPLE OR BY YOURSELF; ENJOY THE ARTS, LIKE THE OUTDOORS OR LOVE HISTORY, THERE IS DEFINITELY SOMETHING (OR SOME THINGS) […]
Several Alabama leaders gathered recently at the introduction of a stamp commemorating the state’s 200th birthday. Among those present at the unveiling of the stamp were Alabama Senate President Pro Tem Del Marsh (R-Anniston), Speaker of the House Mac McCutcheon (R-Monrovia), State Sen. Arthur Orr (R-Decatur), State Rep. Steve Clouse (R-Ozark), Huntsville Mayor Tommy Battle, […]
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