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NCSG Announces Agenda for Annual Meeting at TEAMS ’16
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The NCSG’s agenda includes final bid presentations and the selection of the host for the 2019 State Games of America. Bidders vying to host the event are Ames, Iowa; Lincoln, Nebraska; and Liberty University in Lynchburg, Virginia. The State Games of America is a biennial multisport event that features 15,000 athletes competing in more than 50 sports.

“The TEAMS Conference & Expo will be a valuable learning opportunity for the members of the National Congress of States Games,” said Dan Duffy, president of the National Congress of State Games. “We look forward to working with TEAMS to help increase the awareness of State Games.”

The NCSG Symposium will begin September 25 with a board meeting, committee meetings, regional meetings and an update on the 2017 State Games of America, which will be staged in Grand Rapids, Michigan. In addition to selecting its 2019 host city, NCSG’s agenda includes recognition of its Athletes of the Year, which will occur as part of the SportsTravel Awards Gala on the evening of September 27. On September 28, the NCSG will also host a round table exclusively for State Games organizers from around the nation to network with event rights holders who may wish to have their sports added to State Games programs. State Games organizers will also meet with exhibitors from their respective states during the TEAMS Expo, September 27–29.

“We are excited to welcome the NCSG Symposium to TEAMS ’16,” said Timothy Schneider, publisher of SportsTravel, which organizes the TEAMS Conference & Expo. “We are proud to partner with the National Congress of State Games and intend to help advance the State Games movement by working to integrate the NCSG’s agenda into the TEAMS Conference agenda.”

Each year, nearly 500,000 athletes of all ages, backgrounds and skill levels participate in State Games competitions nationwide, and an additional 1.2 million spectators attend State Games events. The National Congress of State Games Symposium will be held in conjunction with the TEAMS Conference through 2018.

For further information or to register for TEAMS ’16, please visit TEAMSconference.com or call 877-577-3700. Click here to watch the TEAMS video overview. For more information on the National Congress of State Games, please visit StateGames.org.

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The TEAMS Conference & Expo is organized by Los Angeles–based Schneider Publishing, which publishes SportsTravel, the sports world’s event magazine, and Association News, America’s most-read magazine for association executives. TEAMS ’16 will be held September 26–29, 2016, in Atlantic City, New Jersey. In addition to TEAMS, Schneider Publishing organizes Meetings Quest, North America’s longest-running series of trade shows for meeting planners. The group travel markets served by Schneider Publishing generate 106 million hotel room nights annually.

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The National Congress of State Games (NCSG) is a membership organization comprising 31 Summer State Games and 10 Winter State Games organizations and is a member of the United States Olympic Committee’s Multi Sport Organizational Council. The mission of the NCSG is to support State Games member organizations in the promotion of health, fitness and character building through multi-sport competitions and physical activities. Visit StateGames.org for more information.