Polk County Tourism and Sports Marketing

Home to the Lake Myrtle Sports Park, Auburndale has become a sports business cluster unlike any other in Central Florida. Cody McGhee has been there from the beginning.  We talk baseball, the NFL Draft, what recreation programs can do to start the social healing needed due to the Coronavirus and more, all in our third episode. Special thanks to Llamame La Muerte for today's intro and exit music.

Kevin and Jack are joined by Lakeland Flying Tigers GM Zach Burek, where we discuss the history of the Detroit Tigers and Lakeland, how both the Major and Minor league teams are giving back and his love of Sunday morning donuts.  We even throw in some talk about baseball, including the great arms coming through the system, the passing of Al Kaline, and the connection between the Flying Tigers and Roger Clemens.

It isn't often you get two pioneers in a room together. In this first episode of PCTSM's podcast, host Kevin Smith talks with Mark Jackson. Both men have helped define what today is known as sports tourism. Their chat today takes them from the segment's earliest days to its post-Coronavirus future.