Live The Life
With three events including Cheer and Dance Extreme at the Virginia Beach Convention Center, Gymstrada Gymnastics Level at
Ocean Lakes High School, and Rush Cup at the Hampton Roads Soccer Complex, the VB Sports team found a way to keep busy this weekend!
What do our very own CVBers Tiffany Russell (Media and Communications), Renee Britt (VBCC Admin) and Sabrina Rinaldo (Distinctive Gourmet) have in common this weekend? They will be joining forces with more than 30,000 other runners who will take to the streets of VB for the Shamrock Sports Festival!
Have you ever wondered what it takes to operate this massive March event? The fun facts below give you a quick look behind the scenes:
290,000 Water Cups throughout the course
220,000 Gatorade Cups throughout the course
25,000 Bottles of water
22,000 bags of delicious salty Potato Chips
22,000 cute sugar Shamrock Cookies
16,500 bananas for race finishers
11,000 Granola Bars
11,000 12-ounce bottles of Gatorade
3500 Rolls of Toilet Paper
500 Port-A-Potties
284 kegs of ice-cold Yuengling Lager
2,000 AWESOME volunteers
The VB Sports Team will be on site and around town supporting our event partner, J&A Racing. May the “Luck of the Irish” be with Tiffany, Renee, Sabrina and all of the participants. According to the 2015 study facilitated by San Diego State University, the Shamrock Weekend brings more than $22 million in impact to Virginia Beach! That is a lot of GREEN.
See you at the finish line!
-VB Sports
Virginia Beach is up to over a half-million followers on Chinese microblogging site, Weibo. With US visitors from China expected to double before the decade is over, this is great news out of an important market. You can read the great Southside Daily article here.
Hi CVBers –
This is a crazy busy weekend for our VB Sports Team. With three events happening simultaneously at multiple venues throughout the City, the VB Sports Team will be playing offense and defense to ensure that all the visiting athletes, coaches, fans and visitors have a great experience. If you are out and enjoying the sunshine, you may want to check out some of the action. Here is your own personal playbook:
Cheer and Dance Extreme
Virginia Beach Convention Center
3,500 participants and lots of glitter, hairspray and hair bows!
Gymstrada Gymnastics Level 8,9,10 State Championship
Ocean Lakes High School
1,000 participants that are more flexible than you are!
Rush Cup
Hampton Roads Soccer Complex
6,500 participants that can dribble, pass, shoot and score!
Cheers to a great weekend of championship events.
-VB Sports
Virginia Beach was featured yesterday in Coastal Living’s blog, “The Daily Catch,” as their view of the day. Check it out!
After a nationwide search, Brad Van Dommelen, current president of the Traverse City CVB in Michigan, has been selected as our next director at the CVB. He has been president of the Traverse City (MI) Convention & Visitors Bureau (Traverse City Tourism) since 2005 and before that, was senior vice president of strategic business development at the Detroit Metro Convention and Visitors Bureau. Under his leadership, the Traverse City Tourism organization received the “Best CVB in Michigan” award by the readers of Michigan Meetings & Events magazine an unprecedented six out of the last seven years.
Please join us in welcoming Mr. Van Dommelen to the team!
Virginia Beach Comes in at number three on foxnews.com’s list “Worthwhile Beaches 20 Minutes from the Tarmac.”
CVB Director Jim Ricketts sat down with USAe News to discuss his accomplished career and future plans. You can read the story here.
Keep Virginia Beach on everyone’s mind by rocking the vote at http://www.10best.com/awards/travel/best-east-coast-beach/. We are currently ranked #7.
The current leaders on 10Best Reader’s Choice contest for Best East Coast Beach poll are:
Voting is open until Monday, March 14th, 2016 at 11:59am EDT. There’s still time to make an impact on our standing!
The winners will be promoted on USA TODAY and 10Best.
Click Here for the pilotonline.com article.