The Sports Tourism Grant Program is available for athletic events consisting of competitions, exhibitions, tournaments, and other sports-related events taking place in the City of Virginia Beach.
Donor Name: Visit Virginia Beach
State: Virginia
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: (mm/dd/yyyy) 01/15/2025
Grant Opens: (mm/dd/yyyy) 12/01/2024

Details:
The Sports Tourism Grant Program is designed to promote and grow new/beginning sporting events and to encourage events to become self-sustaining. The Sports Tourism Grant Program is not intended to be a long-term funding source for events. The goal of hosting an event in Virginia Beach is to:

Generate year-round overnight visitation
Contribute to the quality of life in Virginia Beach through sport.
Generate regional and/or national media exposure for the City
Increase out-of-area economic impact.

Desired Outcome 
To attract high quality, amateur and professional sporting events, conferences and meetings. In turn, advance and promote yearround tourism, economic impact and quality of life in the City of Virginia Beach through sport.
Funding Information
The maximum amount the grant committee can award is $10,000.
Allowable Expenses

Promotion, Marketing, and Programming
Paid advertising and media buys outside of Hampton Roads
Production and technical expense
Site fees/costs (labor, rentals, insurance, security, maintenance, etc.)
Rights fees, sanction fees and non-monetary awards
Travel for special officials or performers
On-site hospitality (not including alcohol).

For more information, visit Visit Virginia Beach.