Daly Seven renews as official hotel provider for 2026 BODYARMOR State Games

Daly Seven Hotel Management has renewed as the Official Hotel Provider for the 2026 BODYARMOR State Games, giving athletes, coaches and organizers hotel blocks near key venues across Greensboro, Winston-Salem, High Point and the Raleigh-Durham area. The partnership supports North Carolina’s largest multi-sport festival, which draws more than 11,000 athletes across 20-plus sports.

Why it matters: - The BODYARMOR State Games draw more than 11,000 athletes across more than 20 sports, making lodging a major part of the event’s logistics. - Daly Seven’s hotel network is positioned to reduce travel time for teams competing at venues across the Triad and Triangle. - The partnership is built around group booking, bus parking, and athlete-focused amenities that matter during tournament travel.

What happened: - Daly Seven Hotel Management renewed its role as the Official Hotel Provider for the 2026 BODYARMOR State Games. - The games will again use Daly Seven properties for team housing near Raleigh, Greensboro, Winston-Salem and High Point venues. - Roxanne Neumann, director of events for North Carolina Amateur Sports, said Daly Seven has helped provide a home away from home for athletes, coaches, volunteers and staff for the past six years.

The details: - Daly Seven said its hotel portfolio is designed for tournament travel with standardized brands and predictable operations. - Featured amenities include double-queen rooms, in-room mini-fridges, complimentary hot breakfast at select properties, catered meals at full-service hotels, fitness centers, guest laundry and indoor or outdoor pools. - The company said it also supports block room reservations and commercial bus parking for traveling teams. - Greensboro, Winston-Salem and High Point host properties include hotels near Greensboro Sportsplex, UNCG, Greensboro Ice House, Guilford College, Carolyn S. Allen Regional Park, Kernersville Recreation and Event Center, Ivey Redmon Sports Complex, Memorial Park, Forsyth Country Day School and Truist Point Stadium. - Raleigh and Triangle-area host properties include hotels near Wake Competition Center and along routes that connect Raleigh and Durham venues. - Specific properties listed include Holiday Inn Express & Suites Greensboro, Hilton Garden Inn Greensboro, Fairfield Inn by Marriott Greensboro Airport, Holiday Inn Express & Suites Greensboro Airport Area, Hilton Garden Inn Greensboro Airport, Fairfield by Marriott Inn & Suites Winston-Salem Hanes Mall, Hampton Inn High Point, Holiday Inn Express & Suites High Point South, Holiday Inn Express Raleigh-Durham Airport, Staybridge Suites Raleigh-Durham Apt-Morrisville, Holiday Inn Express & Suites Raleigh Durham Airport at RTP and Holiday Inn Raleigh-Durham Airport. - The release highlights room counts at several hotels, including 54 double-queen rooms at Hilton Garden Inn Greensboro, 66 double-queen rooms at Hilton Garden Inn Greensboro Airport, 55 double-queen rooms at Holiday Inn Express Raleigh-Durham Airport and 74 double-queen rooms at Holiday Inn Raleigh-Durham Airport. - The release also points to property-specific features such as outdoor pools, indoor heated pools, fitness centers, guest laundry, board rooms, pet-friendly rooms, outdoor gazebo space, on-site restaurants and catering. - The official hotel portal for room blocks, real-time availability and tournament rates is hosted on the North Carolina Amateur Sports website.

Between the lines: - The renewal shows how sports tourism has become a recurring business line for hotel operators with properties near major youth and amateur events. - Daly Seven is using geographic clustering and standardized amenities to compete on convenience, not just room count. - The event’s scale makes coordinated lodging a competitive advantage for organizers trying to keep teams close to venues and schedules.

What's next: - Teams and organizers can secure room blocks and check availability through the North Carolina Amateur Sports hotel portal. - The 2026 BODYARMOR State Games will continue building out venue-specific housing as competition schedules are finalized. - Daly Seven is expected to remain a lodging partner for large-scale sports tourism events across North Carolina and Virginia.

The bottom line: - Daly Seven’s renewed role ties a large regional hotel footprint to one of North Carolina’s biggest sports festivals, giving the State Games a built-in lodging system for thousands of traveling athletes.