Birmingham, USA | July 7 - 17, 2022
Birmingham-based Shipt pledges support to international multi-sport event BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – The World Games 2021 Birmingham today announced that Shipt, a membership-based online grocery marketplace, has joined Alabama Power, Protective Life and Regions Bank as a Foundation Partner of the Olympic-style event. Highlighting the new partnership is The World Games ...
Austin Staats is a rising star in both international and professional lacrosse. He is playing his first season of professional lacrosse for the San Diego Seals in the National Lacrosse League (NLL). In his rookie season, Staats is tied for the league lead in goals scored, with 18 goals in ...
In a result which underlines the ever-increasing global profile and popularity of Acrobatic Gymnastics, two-time mixed pair world champions Marina Chernova and Georgii Pataraia have won a tightly contested public vote to become the IWGA’s Athletes of the Year 2018. Russian stars Marina Chernova and Georgii Pataraia have won the ...
Starting in January, WBRC FOX6 will host “The World Games Wednesdays,” a monthly segment updating the Birmingham community on The World Games. Check out this month’s segment:
Cheers to a joyful holiday season and a happy new year, from all of us at The World Games 2021 Birmingham and Mayor Randall Woodfin!
At a press conference celebrating the 1,000-day countdown to The World Games 2021 Birmingham, local organizers today announced the first three corporate partners of the international, Olympic-style event. Birmingham-based Alabama Power, Protective Life and Regions Bank will serve as Foundation Partners of The Games.
By Erin Edgemon – [email protected] Posted Dec 6, 2017 6:10 PM More than half of the funds needed to put on the 2021 World Games in Birmingham will come from corporate sponsors, said the chief executive officer of the games. World Games 2021 CEO DJ Mackovets said the budget for the games is an estimated ...
October 27, 2017 Looking forward to Birmingham, Alabama: DJ Mackovets, CEO of the Local Organising Committee, describes how the upcoming host paves the way for the 11th edition of The World Games in 2021. Read his thoughts about the venues, the budget, the sports and more! “There is no better ...
October 9, 2017 By Ty West – Editor-in-Chief, Birmingham Business Journal DJ Mackovets, an events industry veteran who has experience with Super Bowls, Olympic Games and more, has been hired as CEO of the 2021 World Games. Mackovets, of Atlanta, has nearly 40 years of project management experience. His past projects include the ...
The first Coordination Committee meeting for The World Games 2021 was held last week in Birmingham, Alabama. The agenda covered many items, in particular the budget, the sports programme and the venues for the Games. “The meeting took place in a great atmosphere created by frank and honest discussions and ...
