I bumped into this Business Journal report on Sporting News' list of Best Sports Cities. Minneapolis-St. Paul ranks No. 18 this year, which is a drop from our No. 10 ranking last year. Still, Sporting News called the Twin Cities' "a sports hotbed" and gave a nod to the Twins, Vikings and Wild, saying there's a little something for everyone here. The list includes 400 U.S. and Canadian cities evaluated by number of sports teams, the teams' won-lost records, game attendance and stadium quality, among other factors. 
--Marni Ginther
Assistant Editor
Marni,
just read your little article in the Fall 2008 issue of MEETINGS - MN HOSPITALITY JOURNAL. Just a reminder.. please don't assume that your reader is familiar with acronyms. I've been in the industry for 17 years and I had never heard of ISES. Your article mentions it repeatedly - in fact is all about ISES - and there is no reference to what it stands for. I had to look for it on the web.
just fyi.
Posted by: Dave Strom | October 16, 2008 at 08:58 AM
Thanks, Dave. I'll keep that in mind. We also print an index of these association acronyms in every magazine (in the fall issue it's on p. 59).
Posted by: Marni | October 16, 2008 at 02:59 PM