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Premier League football club stadium tours, museums and experiences
10Sep By Sports Tourism NewsNo Comments
Stadiums & Venues

Premier League football club stadium tours, museums and experiences

The 2023-2024 English Premier League season is nearing its conclusion, with teams battling for the title and European spots or trying to avoid relegation. Once again, Manchester City came into a campaign as the reigning champions, while Burnley, Sheffield United and Luton Town were promoted up from the Championship.   In this guide we highlight the fan experiences, stadium tours, museums and days out that football supporters can enjoy at Premier League clubs across England. At the end of the article we also look at stadium helicopter tours across the UK, plus what to see and do at the "home of English football", Wembley Stadium in London.  Editor’s note: Sports Tourism News works with a number of affiliate partners, including Red Letter Days, Buy A Gift, and Headout. Products a...
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Football hospitality ticket packages with Travelzoo
30Apr By Sports Tourism NewsNo Comments
England, Events, Sports Travel

Football hospitality ticket packages with Travelzoo

Travelzoo UK has released its hospitality packages for English Premier League and Uefa Champions League football matches in May 2023. The packages, which are offered by Travel Connection, may include a premium seat and lounge access, food, complimentary drinks, and a match program. See the fixtures below for details and prices or Travelzoo’s Premier League hospitality page at travelzoo.com Manchester City vs. West Ham What: English Premier League When: Wednesday 3 May 2023Where: Etihad Stadium, Manchester Price: from £67How to book: travelzoo.com Liverpool vs. Fulham What: English Premier LeagueWhen: Wednesday 3 May 2023Where: Anfield, LiverpoolPrice: from £200How to book: travelzoo.com Tottenham Hotspur vs. Crystal Palace What: English Premier LeagueWhen: Satu...
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Premier League and EFL confirm 2022-2023 schedule to accommodate World Cup
15Nov By Sports Tourism NewsNo Comments
Events, Sports Business

Premier League and EFL confirm 2022-2023 schedule to accommodate World Cup

The English Premier League (EPL) has announced the dates for its 2022-2023 season to accommodate the Fifa World Cup in Qatar which takes place in the middle of the domestic calendar. According to a news release, the EPL confirmed that the 2022-2023 season will start on 6 August 2022 and the final round of matches will be played on 28 May 2023, when all games will kick off simultaneously as usual. With the World Cup being held for the first time in the northern hemisphere’s winter months this means domestic leagues will take a break while the tournament is on.  Match round 16 of the EPL (12-13 November) will be the last set of fixtures played ahead of the call-up period for the tournament beginning on Monday 14 November. The EPL will then resume on Boxing Day (26 December) fo...
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Football tourism: a £1.4bn economic impact for the UK
29Oct By Sports Tourism NewsNo Comments
Sports Business, Sports Travel

Football tourism: a £1.4bn economic impact for the UK

VisitBritain research has revealed the importance of football in driving inbound tourism to the UK and in boosting visitor spending. The tourism body’s Football Tourism in the UK report published on 20 October found that overseas visitors who went to a football match spent £1.4bn across the UK in total during their trip in 2019, up 84% on the £742m spent in 2011 when the research was last conducted. There were 1.5 million visits to the UK in 2019 that included watching a live football match, up 66% compared to 2011 when there were 909,000 visits. Visitors who attended a football match also spent more and stayed longer, spending £909 per visit on average, 31% more than the global visitor average of £696 in 2019, and staying ten nights compared to seven. It is not just leisure visi...
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Sports events news – 1 May: Premier League ‘should be finished abroad’ says Gary Neville
1May By Sports Tourism NewsNo Comments
Sports Business

Sports events news – 1 May: Premier League ‘should be finished abroad’ says Gary Neville

Neville: complete EPL abroad Former Manchester United and England star Gary Neville suggests that the remaining Premier League fixtures should be played abroad in order to complete the 2019-20 season.  Sky Sports pundit Neville said: “If the Premier League are really serious about delivering the matches that remain in a safe environment they would move it to the two or three spots that are within three or four hours of this country that are coronavirus free. “They would take the Premier League players, broadcasters and media over, quarantine for a week or two and then deliver it in an environment that has proven it can handle this virus. There are a couple of hotspots in Europe that haven’t got coronavirus which could handle the Premier League finishing.” Newsletter: sign up for updates...
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European football season would ‘probably be lost’ if not restarted by end of June, says Uefa president Ceferin
29Mar By Sports Tourism NewsNo Comments
Sports Business

European football season would ‘probably be lost’ if not restarted by end of June, says Uefa president Ceferin

Aleksander Ceferin, president of European football’s governing body Uefa, has revealed that a number of plans have been drawn up to try and complete the 2019-20 season.  However, should fixtures not be resumed by the end of June then the season will “probably be lost”. Football across Europe is currently suspended because of the coronavirus pandemic and the May finals of Uefa’s two major men’s competitions - the Champions League and Europa League - have been postponed.  The Uefa European Championship - Euro 2020 - has also been delayed for a year and will now take place in the summer of 2021. In an interview with Italian newspaper La Repubblica, Ceferin said: “Nobody knows when the pandemic will end. We have a plan A, B or C: to restart in mid-May, in June or at the end of June. “If t...
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Man Utd and Marriott Hotels unveil the ‘Seat of Dreams’ at the Theatre of Dreams 
17Oct By Sports Tourism NewsNo Comments
Hotels & Resorts, Sports Business, Sports Travel

Man Utd and Marriott Hotels unveil the ‘Seat of Dreams’ at the Theatre of Dreams 

Manchester United and Marriott Hotels have unveiled the “Seat of Dreams” - a new concept that will be launched at the club’s Old Trafford stadium. United’s Premier League clash against rivals Liverpool on Sunday 20 October will see the Seat of Dreams used for the first time. This unique matchday experience allows supporters to watch the action from a coveted vantage point in the ground while also enjoying special perks such as complimentary food and drinks, early entry to the stadium, and the opportunity to meet Man Utd legends. The new addition at the Theatre of Dreams will be awarded to four fans at random through a complimentary upgrade to their existing match ticket. Official hotel partner The debut of the Seat of Dreams concept also marks the kick-off of a larger relationship be...
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Rwanda tourism industry gets boost from Arsenal FC shirt sponsorship 
28Aug By Sports Tourism NewsNo Comments
Sports Business, Sports Travel

Rwanda tourism industry gets boost from Arsenal FC shirt sponsorship 

The Rwanda Development Board (RDB) has revealed that the Visit Rwanda shirt sponsorship of Arsenal Football Club has been worth £36m in brand value in its first year.  A three-year partnership reportedly worth £30m was agreed in May 2018 for Visit Rwanda to become the Premier League club’s shirt sleeve sponsor and official tourism partner.  SportsProMedia.com reports that the deal has given Rwanda a 5% tourism boost in visitors from the UK and has already recouped the initial £30m investment, according to analytics from Nielsen, Blinkfire Analytics and Hall and Partners.  RDB chief tourism officer Belise Kariza said: “Before the signing of the partnership, 71% of the millions of Arsenal fans globally did not think of Rwanda as a tourist destination, at the end of the first year of the p...
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Premier League Football Forum to feature at Leaders Shanghai summit
21Jun By Sports Tourism NewsNo Comments
Sports Business

Premier League Football Forum to feature at Leaders Shanghai summit

The Premier League Football Forum will be the major highlight of the second day of the Leaders Sport Business Summit in Shanghai. Held at The Kerry Hotel in Pudong from 18-19 July, the Leaders summit in the Chinese city will welcome 300 delegates and focus on innovation in sport, entertainment and media. Leaders has partnered with the Premier League and the UK Department for International Trade to create the forum on 19 July. English football top-flight executives, clubs and partners will take to the stage. Premier League in Asia This year’s Premier League Asia Trophy will see Manchester City, Newcastle United, West Ham United and Wolverhampton Wanderers play in Nanjing and Shanghai from 17-20 July. The Leaders Premier League Football Forum will be held a day before the final of t...
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Premier League creates a buzz for international visitors to Britain
20Jun By Sports Tourism NewsNo Comments
Sports Travel

Premier League creates a buzz for international visitors to Britain

New research from VisitBritain shows the power of the Premier League in driving inbound tourism amongst overseas football fans, with more than three-quarters of those surveyed intending to visit the UK during the next two years. Chinese football fans surveyed showed the greatest intention with 92% intending to visit the UK within the next two years followed by India, 85% and the US, 80%. VisitBritain’s International Football Research also found that the Premier League had a greater pull for tourists than the top leagues in other countries. Two-thirds, 66%, of those who had travelled to watch a football match in the UK saw a Premier League match, making it the most popular. This compared to 39% who had watched a top league match when they had travelled to watch football ...
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