Sports Marketing and Tourism Grant Program (SMAT)
🏛 Pennsylvania Department of Community & Economic Development
✓ Free, no account · Source: Pennsylvania Grants (CODE PA) · Last verified Aug 30, 2026
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This grant is for attracting high-quality sporting and e-sports events to Pennsylvania. Organizations may apply to fund events that advance tourism, economic impact, and quality of life. The program accepts amateur and professional sporting events.
Activities supported include event marketing and promotion that drives year-round tourism. Events must demonstrate potential for significant economic benefit to the state.
The geographic scope is limited to Pennsylvania. Organizations must be able to host or organize qualifying sporting events within the Commonwealth.
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Program description
Section 1721-A.2 of Subarticle C of the Fiscal Code (Act of April 9, 1929, P.L. 343, No 176) establishes the Sports Marketing and Tourism Account (the “Account”) within the Pennsylvania Gaming Economic Development and Tourism Fund as a restricted account. The purpose of the account is to attract high-quality, amateur, and professional sporting and e-sports events to this Commonwealth with the goal of advancing and promoting year-round tourism, economic impact, and quality of life through sport.
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