Event Facts
Big South Facts:
- 3-day event, over 900 teams
- An estimated 49,000 participants each day
- 21st year of operation
- Average 8% growth rate
- Largest girls' single-weekend sporting event in North America
- In 2005, moved to Atlanta, GA because it outgrew the city of Tampa Bay
- Teams from 27 states – common thread = girls age 12-18
- Participants occupy nearly 15,000 hotel rooms, drive 2,500 vehicle rentals, purchase 10,000 MARTA transit passes
- 2010 event = close to $32 million in economic impact
- Each team spends about $9,000-$12,000 on their visit
- Free e-newsletter, the Net Gazette reaches out to participants
- Over 85% of the participants at the Big South Qualifier will attend a 4-year college/university
Crossroad Facts:
- 26th year of operation
- 2nd largest girls' volleyball event in North America
- Event held on two consecutive weekends, 3-days each weekend
- Over 1,100 teams with 55,000 participants
- 80% of visitors are female
- 76% of attendees between the ages of 10-30
- The average size of a team's travel party is between 9 and 20 persons (83%)
- 94% of attendees stay in downtown area hotels within walking distance to the venue
- 84% of attendees travel by airline to Denver
- 96% of teams in attendance spend more than $5,000 on their travel budget
- Exhibitor surveys indicate that online promotion through the "Crossroads Connections" FREE event newsletter was their most successful method to attract consumers to exhibit booths during the event
Capitol Hill:
- 3-day event over President's Day
- 5th year of operation for the tournament
- Annual growth averaging an astounding 30%
- More than 400 teams for girls ages 12 to 18
- Over 5,000 athletes, 700 club coaches and approximately 100 college coaches
- Total attendance each day reaching 12,000
- Estimated economic impact for the DC local economy of over $6 million
- Largest girls' volleyball event in the northeast
- Event newsletter available to all participants