UNITED STATES SQUASH RACQUETS

The operations of the arlen specter us squash center: the arlen specter us squash center opened in 2021 as the new home of the sport in the u.s. The specter center is housed in the historic pennsylvania state armory building on drexel university's campus and philadelphia's burgeoning university city. The facility features 18 singles courts including 2 all glassexhibition courts and 2 north american doubles courts. The specter center houses the u.s. Squash hall of fame, a high performance training center for team usa athletes, the us squash national headquarters, and a learning & innovation center through which squashsmarts will expand its intensive outofschool academic and athletic mentoring program. The specter center will host numerous local, national and international competitions throughout the year, and fields the country's first urban, school district supported public school squash league. The specter center anchors the us squash community affiliate network and joins existing community affiliate partners across the country that share best practices and models to welcome and integrate people of all playing abilities, ages, faiths, and multicultural and socioeconomic backgrounds. The mission of the specter center is to envision people of all ages, abilities and backgrounds enjoying squash, playing the game with a positive spirit, and participating in programs that foster camaraderie, facilitate competition, and encourage healthy lifestyles. Us squash creates and promotes opportunities to become part of an ever broadening squash community, one widely known to value excellence, diversity, fairplay and sportsmanship.

Marketing and promotion:us squash is responsible for marketing and promotion of the sport, and maintains several websites including www.ussquash.com. The association publishes squash magazine several times annually, manages social media platforms, publishes regular news articles, and sends a biweekly enewsletter and direct constituent communications.