The first section, “The Legacy of NASC,” will run in the March issue of SportsTravel and will coincide with the NASC’s 25th annual Sports Event Symposium in Sacramento, California, March 27–30. The section will feature a story on the organization’s history and include an exclusive interview with Don Schumacher, who will retire in March after serving as the NASC’s only executive director. Also included in the section is a timeline of important events in NASC’s history and stories on its CSEE certification program and the Sports Legacy Fund, which helps raise money for sports organizations in the symposium’s host city. The section will also feature a directory of NASC’s members.

The second section, “NASC: 25 Years and Beyond,” will be published in the May/June issue and will feature an exclusive interview with the new president and chief executive officer of the organization, Alan Kidd. The section will also include coverage of the inaugural class of the NASC Hall of Fame, which will be unveiled at the symposium, and information about award winners and the newly named members of the NASC Board of Directors.

“In this milestone anniversary year of SportsTravel, we are proud to mark the 25th anniversary of the NASC with these special sections,” said Timothy Schneider, publisher of SportsTravel. “We have been a proud sponsor of NASC since before the magazine was launched and look forward to many more years of collaboration with the NASC to help grow the sports-event industry.”

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About SportsTravel
SportsTravel, the sports world’s event magazine, is published by Los Angeles-based Schneider Publishing Company, which also publishes Association News. Founded in 1997, SportsTravel was the first magazine to identify and serve the sports-related travel and event industry. Schneider Publishing organizes the TEAMS Conference & Expo, the world’s largest gathering of sports-event organizers. TEAMS ’17 will be held October 30–November 2, 2017, in Orlando, Florida. TEAMS ’18 will be held October 1–4, 2018, in Louisville, Kentucky. Schneider Publishing also organizes the Meetings Quest trade-show series for corporate and association meeting planners. The next Meetings Quest will be held March 14–15, 2017, in Atlantic City, New Jersey. The group travel markets served by Schneider Publishing generate 156 million hotel room nights annually.

About the National Association of Sports Commissions
As the only non-profit 501(c)3 trade association for the sport tourism industry, the National Association of Sports Commissions (NASC) is the most trusted resource for sports commissions, destination marketing organizations (DMOs), vendors and sports event owners. The NASC is committed to the success of nearly 800 member organizations and 2,500 serious-minded, sport tourism professionals. Since 1992, our promise has been to deliver quality education, ample networking opportunities and exceptional event management and marketing know-how to our members—sports destinations, sports event owners, and vendors to the industry—and to protect the integrity of the sport tourism industry.

For further press information, please contact Ann Shepphird: Ann.Shepphird@SchneiderPublishing.com or 310-577-3700.
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