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SPORTS IN A MINUTE: MCGILLIVRAY HAS RACES AT GILLETTE, FENWAY

THE EAGLE-TRIBUNE

DMSE Sports, which has managed and produced more than 1,400 mass-participatory events over the past 40 years, will be back at Gillette Stadium and Patriot Place to manage the Harvard Pilgrim Finish at the 50 5K and at Fenway Park for the Run to Home Base.

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AFTER LEADING THE OPERATIONS FOR MASSACHUSETTS MASS-VACCINATION EFFORTS, DMSE SPORTS WILL RETURN TO GILLETTE STADIUM AND FENWAY PARK TO DIRECT ROAD RACES

RUNNING USA

Boston — DMSE Sports, which has managed and produced more than 1,400 mass-participatory events over the past 40 years, will be back at Gillette Stadium and Patriot Place to manage the Harvard Pilgrim Finish at the 50 5K and at Fenway Park for the Run to Home Base. This is a change of mission at these sites for the event management team—they spent the first six months of 2021 at these facilities, leading the operations and logistics for administering 1.3 million vaccination shots.

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HBO'S 'REAL SPORTS WITH BRYANT BUMBEL' FEATURES BOSTON, BARKLEY MARATHONS

CANADIAN RUNNING

The latest episode of Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel, HBO’s hit investigative sports series, featured a pair of running stories, diving into the vastly different worlds of the Boston and Barkley marathons. Real Sports correspondents interviewed Dave McGillivray and Laz Lake, the longtime race directors of the two events, to find out more about their roles and how they operate. This episode offers an inside look at the lives of the two men behind these famous races, and it is available to stream now on HBO Max.

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FROM VENUE TO VACCINATION SITE: 'IT'S THE MOST IMPORTANT EVENT WE COULD EVER HOST'

BIZBASH

Like many event pros, in March 2020 Dave McGillivray was facing a career crisis. Because of the abrupt shutdown of events due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the owner of Boston-based, 40-year-old event management company DMSE Sports—which has managed more than 1,400 events including the Boston Marathon, the Goodwill Games, the U.S. Women’s Olympic Marathon Trials, and many more race-related events—was forced to pivot.

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INSIDE BOSTON'S MAJOR LEAGUE VACCINE ROLLOUT

BLOOMBERG

In the past week, the U.S. reached an average of 2 million Covid-19 vaccine doses administered daily. That’s about 25 doses per 100 people since the beginning of the vaccination campaign mid-December, according to Bloomberg estimates.

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FENWAY PARK VACCINATION SITE TO BE MOVED TO HYNES CONVENTION CENTER AHEAD OF RED SOX OPENING DAY

BOSTON.COM

Gov. Charlie Baker announced Thursday that the mass COVID-19 vaccination site at Fenway Park will be moved to the Hynes Convention Center later this month, ahead of plans to allow fans back at the ballpark for Red Sox opening day April 1.

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DMSE SPORTS TAPPED BY CIC HEALTH TO OVERSEE LOGISTICS AT MASS VACCINATION SITES GILLETTE STADIUM AND FENWAY PARK

RUNNING USA

DMSE Sports, the event management team that has managed and produced more than 1,400 mass participatory events over the past 40 years announced they have been recruited by CIC Health, a Cambridge-based health tech company, to oversee the on-site vaccine operations and logistics management at two of the state’s mass vaccination sites: Gillette Stadium and Fenway Park.

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FROM BASEBALL TO VOTING TO VACCINATIONS: FENWAY PARK OFFERS IT ALL

MISSION HILL GAZETTE

When people think of Fenway Park, certain things may come to mind: watching the game with friends and family, Fenway Franks, and Wally the Green Monster. Now, people are depending on the historic ballpark to receive the COVID-19 vaccine.

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HE'S PLANNED HUNDREDS OF RUNS. NOW DAVE MCGILLIVRAY IS ORCHESTRATING THE RACE TO DELIVER THE COVID-19 VACCINE

BOSTON.COM | MAINLY NEWS.GR

Dave McGillivray has done a lot of things most people haven’t. His website lists an absurd collection of running achievements: 158 total marathons, 120 miles in 24 hours, even an 80-day-long journey from Medford, Ore. to Medford, Mass., all while raising millions for charity.

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BOSTON MARATHON RACE DIRECTOR RECRUITED TO HELP WITH COVID-19 VACCINE ROLLOUT

CANADIAN RUNNING

Boston Marathon race director Dave McGillivray has been recruited by the state of Massachusetts to facilitate the COVID-19 vaccine rollout in Boston. McGillivray, who has been the Boston RD for 20 years and working with the storied event for more than 30, is one of many event organizers across the U.S. who have been enlisted to help with vaccine plans.

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VIDEO: VACCINATIONS AT FENWAY AND GILLETTE PROMISE RAMPED-UP OPERATIONS IN COMING WEEKS

GBH

Massachusetts opened its third mass vaccination site today at Fenway Park, in addition to ones already up and running at Gillette Stadium in Foxborough and the Eastfield Mall in Springfield. The operations at the two sports centers are being run by Cambridge tech company CIC Health, which aims to offer 1,250 shots per day at Fenway and 5,000 per day at Gillette in the coming weeks. Rodrigo Martinez, the chief marketing officer of CIC Health, discussed how it all came together and what people should expect if they visit either site.

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AS PHASE 2 BEGINS, FENWAY PARK AND REGGIE LEWIS CENTER ON THE FRONT LINES AGAINST COVID-19

THE BOSTON GLOBE

Two Boston institutions — Fenway Park and the Reggie Lewis Track and Athletic Center — will be on the front lines of the fight against the coronavirus as they are transformed into vaccination centers in the coming days, while the state launches the second phase of its vaccination effort and makes vital doses available to residents 75 and older.

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