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Spokane, WA - The American Exploration & Mining Association (AEMA) has selected Mark Compton as the Association's new Executive Director, succeeding Laura Skaer who is retiring March 31, 2019, after serving as Executive Director for more than 22 years. Compton is rejoining AEMA after serving six years as the Utah Mining Association's (UMA) President. As Executive Director, he will lead the Association's staff and advocacy efforts for the exploration and mining industry. He will be introduced to the membership next week at AEMA's 124th Annual Meeting and will join the Association on January 28, 2019.

"After a robust national search, we are pleased to announce the appointment of Mark Compton as Executive Director of the American Exploration & Mining Association," said Bob Comer, President of AEMA. "Mark is a stalwart supporter of the mining industry and the Board of Trustees has great confidence in Mark's ability to support the industry and lead AEMA into the future."

"Mark has some big shoes to fill, following Laura's twenty-two-year tenure here, but we are confident he is up to the task," said Steve Alfers, incoming President of AEMA. Both Comer and Alfers expressed their appreciation and gratitude to Laura for building AEMA into a premier national mining association.

With a quarter-century of experience working in government affairs, Compton possesses considerable experience advocating for natural resource industries. Prior to his tenure at UMA, he worked as AEMA's Government Affairs Manager. Mark's knowledge of the West's natural resources extends beyond the minerals industry, however. He has served as a member of Idaho Governor C.L. "Butch" Otter's gubernatorial and congressional staffs, where he handled issues focusing on natural resources and economic development. Mark made his debut into government affairs by representing the timber industry after working as a forester in the Inland Northwest. Throughout his career he has demonstrated a palpable passion for natural resource industries in the West and looks to bring that passion and experience to AEMA.

 "I am humbled and excited to be joining the AEMA team," Compton said. "Having served AEMA's members previously in my career, I'm familiar with the Association. It is a strong and effective organization, and I'm eager to work with the Board of Trustees, the staff and the membership to take AEMA to the next level in terms of advocacy, enhancing the industry's social license to operate, and contributing to our members' success."

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With the College Football Playoff selection committee to release its final Top 25 ranking on Dec. 2 and the North American sports industry expected to pull in nearly $69.3 billion this year, the personal-finance website WalletHub today released its report on 2018’s Best Sports Cities as well as accompanying videos.

To determine the cities where the game is always on regardless of season, WalletHub compared 419 small to large cities across the five largest sports in the U.S.: football, basketball, baseball, hockey and soccer.
 

Best Large Sports Cities

Best Midsize Sports Cities

Best Small Sports Cities

1

Boston, MA

1

Cincinnati, OH

1

Chapel Hill, NC

2

Los Angeles, CA

2

Green Bay, WI

2

East Lansing, MI

3

New York, NY

3

Buffalo, NY

3

West Point, NY

4

Pittsburgh, PA

4

Salt Lake City, UT

4

Princeton, NJ

5

Chicago, IL

5

Glendale, AZ

5

State College, PA

6

Philadelphia, PA

6

Orlando, FL

6

Clemson, SC

7

Washington, DC

7

Durham, NC

7

Tuscaloosa, AL

8

Atlanta, GA

8

Ann Arbor, MI

8

Morgantown, WV

9

Oakland, CA

9

South Bend, IN

9

Cullowhee, NC

10

Dallas, TX

10

New Haven, CT

10

Hanover, NH

 
Best vs. Worst

• Cookeville, Tennessee, has the lowest minimum season-ticket prices for a college football (FBS and FCS) game, $36, which is 31.9 times lower than in South Bend, Indiana, the city with the highest at $1,150.
   
• New Orleans has the lowest average ticket price for an NBA game, $30.20, which is 3.2 times lower than in New York, the city with the highest at $97.77.
   
• NHL fans in Pittsburgh are 28.3 times friendlier and more engaged than their New York counterparts.
   
• Dallas has the highest NFL team popularity-index, whereas Los Angeles has the lowest.
   
• Phoenix has the lowest average MLB ticket price, $19.65, which is 2.9 times lower than in Boston, the city with the highest at $56.97.
   
• Atlanta has the highest attendance rate for MLS games, 113.41 percent, which is 2.8 times higher than in Minneapolis, the city with the lowest at 40.43 percent.

To view the full report and your city’s rank, please visit: 
https://wallethub.com/edu/best-sports-cities/15179/