South Shore Convention & Visitors Authority

Successful Amateur Sports Season Wraps Up in the South Shore

Successful Amateur Sports Season Wraps Up in the South Shore Fields and facilities throughout the South Shore were filled with cheering fans and amateur athletes playing softball, baseball as well as bowling this summer season. Game Day Nationals, a baseball tournament, Ohio Valley Baseball Regionals, National...

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Crown Point, Indiana to Host 2018 Tim Selinske U.S. Masters Disc Golf Championships

Crown Point, Indiana to Host 2018 Tim Selinske U.S. Masters Disc Golf Championships Lemon Lake Disc Golf and Innova Champion Discs are pleased to announce that the 18th annual PDGA Tim Selinske U.S. Masters Championships will be held at the Lemon Lake disc golf complex from May 4-6, 2018. The tournament is sanctioned by the...

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South Shore CVA and Utrip Join Forces to Provide Visitors Personalized Trip Planning Experience

South Shore CVA and Utrip Join Forces to Provide Visitors Personalized Trip Planning Experience South Shore Convention and Visitors Authority and Utrip, the travel personalization platform that combines the best of local expertise, human experience and artificial intelligence, partnered to create highly personalized travel packages on...

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Spring Sports will Bring More than 7,500 Athletes to Northwest Indiana

Spring Sports will Bring More than 7,500 Athletes to Northwest Indiana More than 7,500 athletes, coaches and families will descend on the South Shore for soccer, volleyball, gymnastics, bowling, basketball and swimming through April. Out-of-town visitors will stay at local hotels totaling more than 5,000 room nights....

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4th Annual Savor the South Shore Call for Restaurants to Participate in Culinary Promotion

4th Annual Savor the South Shore Call for Restaurants to Participate in Culinary Promotion Savor the South Shore Restaurant Weeks will again feature 3-course menus for specialty prices from Feb. 19 to March 4. The South Shore Convention and Visitors Authority is seeking restaurants to participate in the free event. More than 30 restaurants...

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South Shore CVA Honors Exceptional Hospitality Businesses and Leaders

South Shore CVA Honors Exceptional Hospitality Businesses and Leaders More than 250 local business leaders, elected officials and hospitality professionals gathered to celebrate the holiday and a year of good cheer at the Indiana Welcome Center in Hammond. Each year, at the holiday reception, the South Shore CVA honors...

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A LEGO® Christmas Story House is Coming to Hammond

A LEGO® Christmas Story House is Coming to Hammond A LEGO Christmas Story House is coming to Hammond Dec. 2 & 3 during “A Christmas Story” Comes Home’s A Major Event and Holiday Market. The creator, Jason Middaugh, and his family will bring his LEGO® prototype of the yellow house on...

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Calling All Ugly Lamps for ‘A Christmas Story’ Comes Home Exhibit

Calling All Ugly Lamps for ‘A Christmas Story’ Comes Home Exhibit Do you own a lamp that your family and friends find hideous or think you have what it takes to create the ugliest lamp? Enter it into the South Shore Convention and Visitors Authority’s Ugly Lamp Contest now until Nov. 17 and have the chance to win...

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John Dillinger Museum Closing

John Dillinger Museum Closing The John Dillinger Museum will be permanently closing its doors at its Crown Point location on August 31, 2017 at 11:00 a.m. The museum was moved to Crown Point from Hammond in the summer of 2015. Since the reopening of the Dillinger Museum in Crown...

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