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Maryland Sports Commission pitches sports tourism study; commissioners agree to develop RFP for feasibility work
Summary
The Maryland Sports Commission outlined potential sports-tourism benefits and offered program support; commissioners asked staff to develop an RFP to seek feasibility study bids using $75,000 previously approved but not spent.
Terry Hasseltine, executive director of the Maryland Sports Commission, presented to Queen Anne's County commissioners on Feb. 25 about sports tourism as an economic-development strategy and outlined technical assistance, grant programs and a pro forma for a sports-complex feasibility analysis.
Hasseltine said Maryland’s sports-commission youth-and-amateur grant program provided about $1.5 million in grants in 2024 and that program activity generated roughly $175 million in direct spending — a return he characterized as about 1:16 for…
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