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Circus Act: Nitro World Games Returning To Salt Lake City Next Summer

Action sports property Nitro Circus will announce today it is bringing back the Nitro World Games to Rice-Eccles Stadium in Salt Lake City, Utah, on June 24. NBC is returning as broadcaster and is planning to air the event live in primetime, said Nitro Global Head of Business Development & Marketing Partnerships Brett Clarke. The net also will develop 30 hours of “shoulder programming” on NBCSN. In July, Nitro launched the World Games concept as its first competition after years of success as a non-competitive traveling tour and action content producer. The World Games starts with off-air qualifiers, open to anyone in the world, and culminates with the finals FMX, BMX, skateboarding, inline and scooter at the main event.

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