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World’s Largest Event Series is back in Perry Square Saturday, Aug. 10

USAT Sanctioned Event to be held June 8, 2019

The Erie Sports Commission will host and support three sporting events April 12-14, detailed below. The combined estimated impact of the three events is expected to exceed $225,000.

Erie, Pa: Erie is set for a big weekend for sports tourism beginning Saturday, with the 80th Annual PA USBC Open Championships bowling tournament and Champion Cheer Central’s Champions Weekend both kicking off. Together, they are expected to have an economic impact of nearly $5 million over the course of...

The results from the VNEA PA State 8-Ball Tournament are available to download here.

Bayfront Convention Center will be filled March 8-10 for annual championship event

Erie, Pa: The Erie Scratch Classic will take place at Rolling Meadow Lanes for the seventh year March 2-3. More than 120 bowlers from the region and beyond are expected to compete for the $2,500 projected grand prize.

Erie, PA: The Erie Sports Commission presented seven awards when it hosted its fifth annual Event Recognition and Awards Dinner on Thursday, Feb. 21 at the Sheraton Erie Bayfront Hotel.

Two-Day Event will be held Saturday on Misery Bay; Sunday on Marina Bay

Erie, Pa.: The PA Cross-Country Skiers Association (PACCSA) will host the 2019 PA Nordic Championships at Wilderness Lodge in Wattsburg on Sunday, February 3 beginning at 9 a.m. The event has been scheduled annually at Wilderness Lodge since 2011, to take advantage of Erie’s lake effect snow.