Please meet Sports San Diego Events Director, Laura Ozeck👋 Laura is a San Diego native but has moved around a lot. She started out as a Holiday Bowl intern in 2002. After 8 years of working full-time for the bowl game, she moved to Hawaii for her husbands military career and had two children. Since 2019, Laura has been the Holiday Bowl Parade Director, and returned to Sports San Diego in August where she jumped right back into the swing of things with a successful Marsh McLennan Agency Golf Classic! Laura's favorite sports memory/most iconic sports moment ➡️Attending the 2007 Super Bowl in Miami when it was pouring rain Laura's San Diego bucket list🪣✅ ➡️Attending the first ever DIRECTV Holiday Bowl at Snapdragon Stadium!
Sports San Diego
Spectator Sports
SAN DIEGO, CA 2,749 followers
To economically benefit the San Diego region through recruiting, supporting, and hosting world-class sports events.
About us
Sports San Diego is a nonprofit with the purpose of driving visitor demand to economically benefit the San Diego region through producing the DIRECTV Holiday Bowl, Rady Children’s Invitational, and California State Games and serving as San Diego's sports commission. With the support of the San Diego Tourism Authority and Tourism Marketing District, Sports San Diego was launched in strategic alignment with the DIRECTV Holiday Bowl in February 2022 to serve as the primary organization responsible for marketing San Diego as a sports destination and driving visitor demand through recruiting, supporting, and hosting world-class sports events. Our sports commission services are always free of charge to event rights holders as part of the host city selection process. From start to finish, we’ll be on your team to ensure your event hits it out of the park.
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http://www.SportsSanDiego.org
External link for Sports San Diego
- Industry
- Spectator Sports
- Company size
- 2-10 employees
- Headquarters
- SAN DIEGO, CA
- Type
- Nonprofit
- Specialties
- Sports, Sports Tourism, #SportsBiz, Tourism, Hospitality, Events, and Marketing
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Primary
SAN DIEGO, CA, US
Employees at Sports San Diego
Updates
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Last week our Sports San Diego staff that lead our sports commission efforts traveled to Anaheim for the TEAMS Conference Expo where they reconnected with friends from other destinations, met with 40 event owners, and got to hear from some of the Olympians who competed in Paris this summer. Our Sports San Diego staff that run the California State Games met with the National Congress of State Games (NCSG), which includes all the states in the U.S. who also host state games, and got to talk all things sports festivals 🏉⛸️🏒🏈 Thank you Visit Anaheim and Orange County Sports Commission for an insightful TEAMS Conference Expo!
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One more sleep until AVP League | San Diego! This weekend, 8 matches will be played at Viejas Arena by the following teams: Dallas Dream (Deberg/Harward // Benesh/Partain) Miami Mayhem (Ross/Klineman //Brunner/Tr.Crabb) New York Nitro (Cheng/Hughes // Sander/Ta.Crabb) San Diego Smash (Rodriguez/Urango // Budinger/Evans) Get tickets and more info at the link below 🔗 https://lnkd.in/gFGJpGXS #avpleague #beachvolleyball
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Thank you so much to Nancy Rohland-Heinrich, Ed.D. and National University for hosting the Sports San Diego September committee meeting! https://lnkd.in/gTh6785T
Sports San Diego has a talented group of board members. National University hosted 80 Sports San Diego Ambassadors (aka Red Coats) and Redshirts. We are in full swing for planning the 🏀 Rady’s Children’s Invitational, 🏈 Direct TV Holiday Bowl, the California State Games, and many other sporting events in the region. Special thanks to CEO Mark Neville and his fabulous leadership team. Appreciate Board President Jackie Reed and the entire board for your dedication to the organization
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1 YEAR OUT! The World Athletics Road Running Championships San Diego 25 will take place this time next year. Make sure to register today at the link below and secure your spot in this once-in-a-lifetime global running celebration🎉 https://lnkd.in/gKy5rrCp #WRRCSanDiego25 #SportsSanDiego
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Concacaf announces host cities and stadiums for 2025 Gold Cup! The 18th edition of the Confederation's flagship tournament for men's national teams will be played next summer, between June 14 and July 6, and will feature 16 national teams. 14 stadiums in 11 cities will host Gold Cup matches with Snapdragon Stadium being one of them! Group Stage: June 14-24, 2025 Quarterfinals: June 28 & 29, 2025 Semifinals: July 2, 2025 Final: July 6, 2025 Concacaf will conduct the official draw for the 2025 Gold Cup Group on Thursday, April 10, 2025. Further details will be confirmed at a later date. Sign up at GoldCup.org to receive Concacaf Gold Cup updates and ticket information. #Concacaf #GoldCup #SnapdragonStadium #SportsSanDiego #SanDiego
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Curious about the impact of sports tourism on San Diego? Mark your calendars for October 8th at 4PM PT! Sports San Diego's CEO Mark Neville talks all things sports at National University's upcoming Speaker Series, moderated by Sports San Diego's Vice President of External Affairs Marc Sawyer. https://lnkd.in/gUi2zTdW
Join us for a fascinating discussion with Mark Neville, CEO of Sports San Diego, as he reflects on 45 years of producing events like the DIRECTV Holiday Bowl and the transformative impact of sports in the San Diego region. Following the talk will be a Q&A moderated by Marc Sawyer. Don’t miss this opportunity - register today!
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Please meet Sports San Diego Director, California State Games, Lisa Hauck 👋 Lisa is originally from Fallbrook, CA and returned to Southern California after finishing her master's. She has been involved with the California State Games since 2012, and we are excited to now have the California State Games and Lisa as part of Sports San Diego! Lisa's favorite or most memorable Sports San Diego event ➡️State Games of America! Lisa's San Diego bucket list 🪣✅ ➡️Paddle board to a concert at Humphrey's
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Since summer is officially over, let's reminisce! 🌞 This summer, Sports San Diego recruited, supported, hosted, and produced 8 special events, which generated $77.7M in economic impact across the San Diego region. The All Blacks v. Fiji match on July 19th at Snapdragon Stadium was the single most impactful event this summer generating $26M in economic impact and over 19K hotel room nights. A huge thank you to all who made these summer events a success! 📸 courtesy of David Frerker