U.S, Dec. 21 -- Wichita, Kansas, USA is positioning itself as a rising Midwestern tourism and sports-event destination, with Wichita State University (WSU) emerging as a key anchor in a large-scale development designed to attract visitors, tournaments, and year-round economic activity.

WSU is partnering in the Ignite at K-96 project, a 35-acre mixed-use sports, entertainment, and hospitality development planned along the K-96 and Greenwich corridor. City officials and developers describe the project as a strategic investment aimed at expanding Wichita's tourism economy beyond traditional leisure travel and into high-yield sports tourism and events.

Sports Tourism as an Economic Engine At the center of WSU's involvement is a national-cal...