Descriptive Summary
Access
Publication Rights
Preferred Citation
Acquisition Information
Processing Information
Related Material
Administrative History
Scope and Content of Collection
Indexing Terms
Descriptive Summary
Title: Sacramento (Calif.) Sports Commission records
Dates: 1988-2012
Collection number: CTY0003
Creator:
Sacramento Sports Commission
Collection Size:
13 boxes
(18.8 linear feet)
Repository:
Center for Sacramento History
Sacramento, California 95811-0229
Abstract:
The Sacramento Sports Commission Records document the life of the commission, its non-profit funding, its economic relationship
with the local government, and the sporting events that it sponsored in the Sacramento area. For over twenty years, the Sacramento
Sports Commission was instrumental in bringing approximately twenty-five professional and non-professional sporting events
to the Sacramento area. Due to failure to make payments on their loans to the City and County of Sacramento, the Sacramento
Sports Commission was dismantled in 2012 and its former responsibilities became a part of the Sacramento Convention and Visitors
Bureau. This collection is composed of Sacramento Sports Commission founding and business documents, and materials related
to their numerous sporting events.
Languages:
Languages represented in the collection:
English
Physical location: SP 2:L:3-4, 54:B:3-4, 54:C:MB3:4
Access
Collection is open for research use.
Publication Rights
All requests to publish or quote from private manuscripts held by the Center for Sacramento History (CSH) must be submitted
in writing to csh@cityofsacramento.org. Permission for publication is given on behalf of Center for Sacramento History as
the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also
be obtained by the patron. No permission is necessary to publish or quote from public records.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], CTY0003, Sacramento (Calif.) Sports Commission records, Center for Sacramento History.
Acquisition Information
Transferred from City of Sacramento, Department of Convention, Culture, and Leisure on May 5, 2013 to the Center for Sacramento
History. Accession #2013/006.
Processing Information
Processed and finding aid prepared by Kaitlyn Emma Crain, Kira L. Dodd, Dan King, and Deborah Hebert Lee, 2013.
Related Material
Materials related to those in the Sacramento Sports Commission Records may be found in the following collections at CSH: City
of Sacramento - City Clerk's Office Records (2011/020).
Administrative History
Sacramento Sports Commission (SSC), formed in 1988, was an advisory board that worked in conjunction with the local city and
county governments. Sacramento Region Sports Education Foundation (SRSEF), formed in 1998, was the nonprofit aspect of the
Sacramento Sports Commission. The overall goal of the Sacramento Sports Commission was to bring prominent sporting events,
either professional or amateur, to the Sacramento area. The Sacramento Sports Commission sought to make Sacramento more recognizable
through these events, and hoped to generate revenue for the Sacramento Sports Commission and the community. The Commission
hosted twenty-five events, including: five NCAA Men's Basketball Tournaments, four NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships,
the 1999 U.S. Gymnastic Championships, two U.S. Olympic Team Trials for Track and Field, and four Tour of California events.
According to a 2011 Sacramento City Auditor report, the SRSEF did not meet the loan requirements established by the City and
County of Sacramento, and did not have sufficient financial organization. The organization ran at a loss for several years,
and was unable to pay back loans to the city and county for the 2011 World Masters Athletic Championship (WMA). The Sacramento
Sports Commission and the SRSEF were officially dissolved in early 2013. The Sacramento Convention and Visitors Bureau took
responsibility for sporting events and marketing in the Sacramento area in 2013.
Scope and Content of Collection
This collection documents the operation of the Sacramento Sports Commission (Sacramento Sports Commission), as well as the
numerous sporting events that the Commission attracted to Sacramento. Although the collection does not contain all Sacramento
Sports Commission records and is far from comprehensive, it nevertheless contains information on the Sacramento Sports Commission
and its accomplishments from its establishment in 1988 until its disbandment in early 2013. Such information is contained
within a variety of formats, including textual records such as: meeting minutes and agendas, financial documents, photocopied
newspaper clippings, reports, and ephemera from Sacramento Sports Commission sporting events. The collection also contains
photographs, audiovisual materials, and artifacts such as banners and posters.
A significant portion of the collection originally contained file folders with clearly defined contents, and both the arrangement
within these folders and their assigned labels were retained as much as possible. Those files related to the operation and
business of the Sacramento Sports Commission in particular lent themselves to the retention of original order at the file
level. However, the collection's lack of an overall cohesive original order necessitated a certain amount of rearrangement
in order to better facilitate researchers. As a result, the collection is arranged into two series: (1) records of operations,
finances, and meetings, and (2) records of sporting events.
Series 1. Records of Operations, Finances, and Meetings contains materials that document the business and operation of the Sacramento Sports Commission. These records are further
divided into the following sub-series, first arranged by subject and then chronologically within each subject: Founding, Operations,
Associations, Community Activities, Commissioners, Budget and Funding, and Meetings. Although largely comprised of textual
records, this series also contains audio cassette tapes and VHS tapes with recordings of a selection of Sacramento Sports
Commission meetings, as well as other audiovisual material that promotes the Sacramento Sports Commission and the Sacramento
area.
Series 2. Records of Sporting Events focuses on the athletic events that the Sacramento Sports Commission drew to the Sacramento area. The series is arranged
by sport, followed chronologically by event. There are events sponsored by Sacramento Sports Commission, as well as events
the Commission bid on or was interested in following. The events have varying levels of coverage, with five of the Sacramento
Sports Commission's sponsored events having no records. Contents for events can include contracts, official programs, facility
books, contestant biographies, volunteer information, and local media coverage. The media coverage is on a variety of media,
with local coverage in print and on television. The television coverage is on DVD and VHS tapes. Some of the events also include
artifacts such as banners, posters and photographs. Many of the people in photographs are unidentified.
Events sponsored by Sacramento Sports Commission:
2000 U.S. Olympic Team Track & Field Trials
2001 National Junior Olympic Track & Field Championship
2002 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball - First and Second rounds (no records)
2003 NCAA Division I Track & Field Championship
2004 U.S. Olympic Team Track & Field Trials
2005 NCAA Division I Track & Field Championship
2005 AVP Sacramento Open
2006 NCAA Division I Track & Field Championship
2007 NCAA Division I Women's Volleyball Championship
Kaiser Permanente Kid's Duathon (no records)
Eppie's Great Race
2007 NCAA Men's and Women's Outdoor Track & Field Championship
2007 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball - first and second round
2007 Amgen Tour of California
2008 Amgen Tour of California
2009 International Rowing Association
2009 Amgen Tour of California
2009 NCAA Women's Rowing Championship
2010 USATF National Junior Olympic Track & Field Championship (no records)
2010 Amgen Tour of California
2010 Sacramento Grand Prix Bike Race (no records)
2010 USA Masters Outdoor Championship
2010 NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Regional (no records)
2011 WMA Championship
Sacramento Grand Prix (no records)
Events not sponsored by Sacramento Sports Commission but have records within the collection:
1968 Olympics
1968 Track & Field Night of Speed in Sacramento
1998 Men's NCAA Basketball
1998 Volleyball Festival
1999 Masters Track & Field Games
1999 Gymnastics Clinic
1999 U.S. Gymnastics Championship
2000 U.S. Softball
2000 U.S. Volleyball
2003 California International Marathon
2003 Don Lee Martial Arts Tournament
2004 Spanos Golf Tournament
2005 Run to Feed the Hungry
2005 Rugby Festival
2005 Spanos Golf Tournament
2005 World Track & Field Veterans Athletics
2006 Spanos Golf Tournament
2006 LPGA Tournament
2008 U.S. Olympic Swimming Trials
2009 California Relays
2009 State High School Track & Field
2010 Granite Park Cross Country
2010 State High School Track & Field
2011 State High School Track & Field
Indexing Terms
Personal Names
McCasey, John
Corporate Names
Association of Volleyball Professionals
California Interscholastic Federation
City Attorney's Office, Sacramento
City Parking Fund, Sacramento (Fund 6004)
Department of Convention, Culture, and Leisure, Sacramento
Intercollegiate Rowing Association
Ladies Professional Golf Association
National Collegiate Athletic Association
Office of the City Auditor, Sacramento
Sacramento City Council
Sacramento Convention & Visitors Bureau
Sacramento Region Sports Education Foundation
Sacramento Sports Commission
World Masters Athletics Championships
Sacramento Bee
Sacramento Union
USA Gymnastics
USA Volleyball
US Olympic Committee
Subjects
Athletics
Basketball
Cycling
Golf
Gymnastics
Martial Arts
Olympics
Rowing
Rugby
Running
Softball
Sports
Sports and tourism
Swimming
Track and Field
Volleyball
Sacramento (Calif.)