CVBs and sports commissions often get the stiff-arm from local universities when it comes to using campus venues for sports events. By contrast, the Greater Grand Junction Sports Commission in Colorado has been received with open arms by Colorado Mesa University. In fact, the university had a major hand in establishing the sports commission in 2013, and since its launch the commission has generated an estimated $11.8 million in economic impact for Colorado’s Western Slope region. Read full article…
