Sports are recession process.

This month's speaker was Jason Aughey, Senior Director of the Tampa Bay Sports Commission.

Jason is responsible for coordinating the commission’s direct sales and marketing strategies and leads the effort in attracting, as well as organizing amateur events of all sizes on behalf of the community.

Sports enhance Tampa Bay residents with a sense of pride and community and are financial influx for the Bay area!

Sports creates dreams and provide hope especially with when it comes to scholarship exposure for kids, Para-Sports even games centered around veterans

The Tampa Bay Sports Commission creates opportunity and blurs the line between sports and hobby for the Bay. For instance12k hotel room sell-out to accommodate a bridge competition ( yes playing cards bridge competition)

Locals are well aware of the Bay's cyclical tourist season based on the traffic pattern. Businesses will tell by their bottom line. The TBSC will help fill-in the alternate tourist need periods.

Think you have a great sporting event ideas? Why not audition for the Event Development Institute its the Tampa Bay Sports Commission ideas of the Shark Tank.