If you are looking for the major sporting events in the Tyler, Texas area, you have come to the right site! Whether it’s football, basketball, golf, tennis, softball, and soccer, we will make every effort to bring those events to Tyler! 

Cindy Smoak has been in the sports industry dating back to her days as the Lady Lumberjack at Stephen F. Austin State University. She has the Texas Destination Marketing Certification and specializes in securing hotel rooms and sports venues, event coordination, site visits, and more. Contact Cindy for help with your next sporting event in Tyler.

We offer the following services for sporting events in Tyler.

All services are dependent on hotel room nights and/or the number of attendees.

  • Pre- and post-event meetings
  • Bid Presentations
  • Assistance with hotel blocks and rates
  • On-site visits
  • Public relations/media
  • Registration needs
  • Goodie bags
  • VIP gifts
  • Welcome speakers
  • Welcome packets
  • Restaurant discounts for teams
  • Special event planning
  • Materials for name badges

Cindy Smoak, TDM, STS
Executive Director, SPORTyler and The Earl Campbell Tyler Rose Award

Recruits new sporting events and promotes existing area sporting events.

(903) 595-7226

csmoak@tylertexas.com

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The Earl Campbell Tyler Rose Award

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East Texas Kick-Off Luncheon

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Sports Venues

Tour-quality greens and broad fairways wind among the trees, with many holes set alongside scenic lakes on the golf course.
Cascades Country Club

Tour-quality greens and broad fairways wind among the trees, with many holes set alongside scenic lakes on the golf course.

CHRISTUS Trinity Mother Frances Rose Stadium is the official home of Tyler ISD high schools.
CHRISTUS Trinity Mother Frances Rose Stadium

CHRISTUS Trinity Mother Frances Rose Stadium is the official home of Tyler ISD high schools.

Picnic areas, baseball/softball fields, batting cages, playground, tennis facility, fishing pond, sprayground, and nature trails.
Faulkner Park

Picnic areas, baseball/softball fields, batting cages, playground, tennis facility, fishing pond, sprayground, and nature trails.

Picnic areas, baseball/softball fields, soccer field, tennis courts, playground, basketball court, and water sprayground.
Fun Forest Park

Picnic areas, baseball/softball fields, soccer field, tennis courts, playground, basketball court, and water sprayground.

Weight room, fitness classes, basketball, pickleball/volleyball courts, craft room, computer lab, rental areas, sidewalk track.
Glass Recreation Center

Weight room, fitness classes, basketball, pickleball/volleyball courts, craft room, computer lab, rental areas, sidewalk track.

This popular park features picnic areas, playground, pavilion, restrooms, baseball, soccer, and football fields.
Golden Road Park

This popular park features picnic areas, playground, pavilion, restrooms, baseball, soccer, and football fields.

Perfect combination of water, trees, and tiered greens-a challenging and rewarding experience for all handicap levels.
Hollytree Country Club

Perfect combination of water, trees, and tiered greens-a challenging and rewarding experience for all handicap levels.

The 4.5 mile trail is 10 foot wide concrete and runs on the eastern and western sides of Old Jacksonville Highway, running Toll 49 and continuing toward Flint. The trail is situated on the Old Cotton Belt train route which was instrumental in the growth of East Texas.
Legacy Trail

The 4.5 mile trail is 10 foot wide concrete and runs on the eastern and western sides of Old Jacksonville Highway, running Toll 49 and continuing toward Flint. The trail is situated on the Old Cotton Belt train route which was instrumental in the growth of East Texas.

Softball complex, soccer fields, basketball courts, playground, picnic area, pavilions, restrooms, and disc golf course.
Lindsey Park

Softball complex, soccer fields, basketball courts, playground, picnic area, pavilions, restrooms, and disc golf course.

Host facility for high school baseball playoff games and for NJCAA Regional, District, and National Tournaments.
Mike Carter Field

Host facility for high school baseball playoff games and for NJCAA Regional, District, and National Tournaments.

Oak Hurst is a 18 hole golf course and driving range open to the public.
Oak Hurst

Oak Hurst is a 18 hole golf course and driving range open to the public.

Ride Tyler provides unique local and mobile tour experiences that showcase the beauty of our community on fun-filled guided e-bike tours, e-bike sales, services, and individual rentals.
Ride Tyler

Ride Tyler provides unique local and mobile tour experiences that showcase the beauty of our community on fun-filled guided e-bike tours, e-bike sales, services, and individual rentals.

Beautiful setting for jogging, walking, biking and roller-blading, or picnic under the shade trees with a good book.
Rose Rudman Trail

Beautiful setting for jogging, walking, biking and roller-blading, or picnic under the shade trees with a good book.

1700-acre expanse features a full size lighted indoor aren and six all-weather footing outdoor show arenas.
Texas Rose Horse Park

1700-acre expanse features a full size lighted indoor aren and six all-weather footing outdoor show arenas.

Tyler ISD Aquatic Facility is located just off the 323 loop on Earl Campbell Pkwy, behind the CTC.
TISD Aquatic Center

Tyler ISD Aquatic Facility is located just off the 323 loop on Earl Campbell Pkwy, behind the CTC.

Host facility for high school tennis exhibition and playoff matches, USTA/ITA sanctioned events, and NJCAA tournaments.
TJC- JoAnn Medlock Murphy Tennis Center

Host facility for high school tennis exhibition and playoff matches, USTA/ITA sanctioned events, and NJCAA tournaments.

Public walking track, host facility for high school soccer and NJCAA tournaments.
TJC-Pat Hartley Field

Public walking track, host facility for high school soccer and NJCAA tournaments.

Public walking track, host facility for high school soccer and NJCAA tournaments.
TJC-Wagstaff Gym

Public walking track, host facility for high school soccer and NJCAA tournaments.

Tyler's premier health and racquet club with indoor/outdoor gym, free group fitness classes for members, and more!
Tyler Athletic & Swim Club

Tyler’s premier health and racquet club with indoor/outdoor gym, free group fitness classes for members, and more!

Escape the heat to a local splash pad
Tyler Splash Pads

Escape the heat to a local splash pad

Tyler State Park features a cool, 64-acre spring-fed lake, 100-foot tall trees, and historic structures.
Tyler State Park

Tyler State Park features a cool, 64-acre spring-fed lake, 100-foot tall trees, and historic structures.

Public walking track, host facility for high school soccer and NJCAA tournaments.
UT Tyler Citizen’s 1st Perkins Soccer Complex

Public walking track, host facility for high school soccer and NJCAA tournaments.

Public walking track, host facility for high school soccer and NJCAA tournaments.
UT Tyler Softball Field

Public walking track, host facility for high school soccer and NJCAA tournaments.

Public walking track, host facility for high school soccer and NJCAA tournaments.
UT Tyler Summers Tennis Center

Public walking track, host facility for high school soccer and NJCAA tournaments.

Public walking track, host facility for high school soccer and NJCAA tournaments.
UT Tyler-Irwin Field

Public walking track, host facility for high school soccer and NJCAA tournaments.

Public walking track, host facility for high school soccer and NJCAA tournaments.
UT Tyler-Louise Herrington Patriot Center

Public walking track, host facility for high school soccer and NJCAA tournaments.

UT Tyler Patriot Plaza and Patriot Plaza North.
UT Tyler-Patriot Plaza and Patriot Plaza North

UT Tyler Patriot Plaza and Patriot Plaza North.

Cascades Country Club

Tour-quality greens and broad fairways wind among the trees, with many holes set alongside scenic lakes on the golf course.

CHRISTUS Trinity Mother Frances Rose Stadium

CHRISTUS Trinity Mother Frances Rose Stadium is the official home of Tyler ISD high schools.

Faulkner Park

Picnic areas, baseball/softball fields, batting cages, playground, tennis facility, fishing pond, sprayground, and nature trails.

Fun Forest Park

Picnic areas, baseball/softball fields, soccer field, tennis courts, playground, basketball court, and water sprayground.

Glass Recreation Center

Weight room, fitness classes, basketball, pickleball/volleyball courts, craft room, computer lab, rental areas, sidewalk track.

Golden Road Park

This popular park features picnic areas, playground, pavilion, restrooms, baseball, soccer, and football fields.

Hollytree Country Club

Perfect combination of water, trees, and tiered greens-a challenging and rewarding experience for all handicap levels.

Legacy Trail

The 4.5 mile trail is 10 foot wide concrete and runs on the eastern and western sides of Old Jacksonville Highway, running Toll 49 and continuing toward Flint. The trail is situated on the Old Cotton Belt train route which was instrumental in the growth of East Texas.

Lindsey Park

Softball complex, soccer fields, basketball courts, playground, picnic area, pavilions, restrooms, and disc golf course.

Mike Carter Field

Host facility for high school baseball playoff games and for NJCAA Regional, District, and National Tournaments.

Oak Hurst

Oak Hurst is a 18 hole golf course and driving range open to the public.

Ride Tyler

Ride Tyler provides unique local and mobile tour experiences that showcase the beauty of our community on fun-filled guided e-bike tours, e-bike sales, services, and individual rentals.

Rose Rudman Trail

Beautiful setting for jogging, walking, biking and roller-blading, or picnic under the shade trees with a good book.

Texas Rose Horse Park

1700-acre expanse features a full size lighted indoor aren and six all-weather footing outdoor show arenas.

TISD Aquatic Center

Tyler ISD Aquatic Facility is located just off the 323 loop on Earl Campbell Pkwy, behind the CTC.

TJC- JoAnn Medlock Murphy Tennis Center

Host facility for high school tennis exhibition and playoff matches, USTA/ITA sanctioned events, and NJCAA tournaments.

TJC-Pat Hartley Field

Public walking track, host facility for high school soccer and NJCAA tournaments.

TJC-Wagstaff Gym

Public walking track, host facility for high school soccer and NJCAA tournaments.

Tyler Athletic & Swim Club

Tyler’s premier health and racquet club with indoor/outdoor gym, free group fitness classes for members, and more!

Tyler Splash Pads

Escape the heat to a local splash pad

Tyler State Park

Tyler State Park features a cool, 64-acre spring-fed lake, 100-foot tall trees, and historic structures.

UT Tyler Citizen’s 1st Perkins Soccer Complex

Public walking track, host facility for high school soccer and NJCAA tournaments.

UT Tyler Softball Field

Public walking track, host facility for high school soccer and NJCAA tournaments.

UT Tyler Summers Tennis Center

Public walking track, host facility for high school soccer and NJCAA tournaments.

UT Tyler-Irwin Field

Public walking track, host facility for high school soccer and NJCAA tournaments.

UT Tyler-Louise Herrington Patriot Center

Public walking track, host facility for high school soccer and NJCAA tournaments.

UT Tyler-Patriot Plaza and Patriot Plaza North

UT Tyler Patriot Plaza and Patriot Plaza North.

“Because of the assistance of Visit Tyler, our TSA Annual Meeting was a huge success. The services Shari provided were a huge hit, and the dedication to her job and Tyler was evident in the way we were treated.”

Jim Tidwell
Texas Shrine Association Annual Meeting Event Organizer

“Susan helped make our reunion a success. We couldn’t have had such a good program without her! Tyler is very fortunate to have Susan representing it.”

Etta Rush (Chair) and Joy McAdams (Co-Chair)
Pipeliners

“It is an honor to work with an organization like SPORTyler and with a person like Cindy. Cindy’s goal is to give every visitor a first-class experience to enjoy everything Tyler has to offer.”

Tim Drain
Associate Vice Provost for Student Affairs at Tyler Junior College

“One would expect a person in Susan’s position to be friendly and helpful, but Susan is that and then some!”

Wichita Rose Society

“Our guests were ‘WOWed’ by the generosity and friendliness of the City of Tyler and Visit Tyler. The example of hospitality will long be talked about, and I am very grateful for the help all along the way.”

DeAnna Hargrove
Texas Nonprofit Theaters Association

“Susan is a delight to work with and made certain everything was as it should be. I will be working with her again on our next trip to Tyler.”

Margaret Thomas
First Baptist Church, Corsicana

“Our trip to Tyler was wonderful! Everyone was pleasantly surprised. Thanks goes to Shari for everything she did to make this event a success.”

Patti Ledesma
Texas Municipal League Intergovernmental Risk Pool, Executive Assistant

“Working with Susan has been an absolute joy. She helped make this the easiest trip I’ve ever made to Tyler. She worked out all the little details that really helped me out as a small business owner.”

Dorthy Martin
Running R Travel

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