Editing Virginia Beach, Virginia (section)

==Sports==
[[File:VirginiaBeachSportsplexB.jpg|thumb|[[Virginia Beach Sportsplex]]]]
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Since Norfolk contains the central business district of Hampton Roads, most of the major spectator sports are located there. While the Hampton Roads area has been recently considered as a viable prospect for major-league professional sports, and regional leaders have attempted to obtain [[Major League Baseball]], [[National Basketball Association|NBA]] and [[National Hockey League|NHL]] franchises in the recent past, no team has yet relocated to the area.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://pilotonline.com/news/article_97757ed2-6f7e-5360-846f-7dfee5c9b7a8.html | title = Big-league sports not on the horizon for Norfolk| access-date = June 22, 2019 | date = March 11, 2007 | via = PilotOnline.com | first = Harry | last = Minium | newspaper = [[The Virginian-Pilot]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url= https://www.pilotonline.com/inside-business/article_320b655f-4724-537b-a19b-08e33a87b963.html|title=NBA franchise wouldn't be impossible; but team would cost $1 billion+|date=March 14, 2017|website=[[The Virginian-Pilot]]|access-date=March 14, 2017}}</ref> Hampton Roads is the largest metropolitan area in the United States without a club in a major professional sports league.

The [[Norfolk Admirals (AHL)|Norfolk Admirals]] won the [[American Hockey League|AHL]] [[Calder Cup]] in 2012.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.espn.com/nhl/story/_/id/8031201/norfolk-admirals-sweep-toronto-marlies-first-calder-cup-title|title=Norfolk Admirals win 2012 Calder Cup|date=June 9, 2012|website=[[ESPN]]|publisher=[[Associated Press]]|access-date=March 20, 2022}}</ref>

The [[Virginia Destroyers]], a [[United Football League (2009–2012)|UFL]] franchise, played at the [[Virginia Beach Sportsplex]] until the league's collapse in 2012.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.virginiabeachdestroyers.com/home|title=Official Site Of The Virginia Beach Destroyers|website=Virginia Beach destroyers.com|access-date=April 10, 2023}}</ref> Virginia Beach Professional Baseball, LLC, was awarded an Atlantic League franchise in April 2013. Known as the [[Virginia Beach Neptunes]], they have yet to play a game due to delays in building [[Wheeler Field (Virginia Beach)|Wheeler Field]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.pilotonline.com/sports/photogallery_b7dd6a5c-1f0a-5d83-84cc-171fd6ba0684.html|title=Neptunes chosen as VA Beach baseball team's name|date=April 2, 2014|website=[[The Virginian-Pilot]]|access-date=April 10, 2023}}</ref> Two [[football (soccer)|soccer]] teams, the [[Virginia Beach Piranhas]], a men's team in the [[USL Premier Development League]], and the [[Hampton Roads Piranhas]], a women's team in the [[USL W-League (1995–2015)|W-League]] play at the [[Virginia Beach Sportsplex]]. The [[Virginia Beach Sportsplex]] contains the central training site for the U.S. women's national [[field hockey]] team.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://beachsportsplex.com/|title=Virginia Beach Sportsplex|access-date=November 21, 2021}}</ref>

The city is also home to the [[East Coast Surfing Championships]], an annual contest of more than 100 of the world's top professional surfers and an estimated 400 amateur surfers. This is North America's oldest surfing contest.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://surfecsc.com/about-us/|title=About us – Coastal Edge East Coast Surfing Championships|website=surfecsc.com|access-date=November 21, 2021}}</ref>

There are eleven [[golf courses]] open to the public in the city, as well as four country club layouts and 36 military holes at NAS Oceana's Aeropines course. Among the best-known public courses are Hell's Point Golf Club and Virginia Beach National, the latter of which hosted the [[Virginia Beach Open]], a [[Nationwide Tour]] event from 2000 to 2006.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.thegolfcourses.net/golfcourses/VA/VirginiaBeach.htm | title = Virginia Beach Golf Courses | access-date = March 12, 2008 | publisher = Thegolfcourses.net}}</ref> Also, the [[Kingsmill Resort]] in nearby Williamsburg hosts the [[Kingsmill Championship]], an annual [[LPGA Tour]] tournament.

Virginia Beach is host to a Rock 'n' Roll Half Marathon each year on Labor Day weekend in conjunction with the American Music Festival. It is one of the largest Half Marathons in the world. The final {{convert|3|mi|km}} are on the boardwalk.<ref name="Rock and Roll">{{cite web | url = http://www.rnrvb.com/home.html | title = Rock and Roll Half Marathon | access-date = August 6, 2007 | publisher = Elite Racing | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080409213931/http://www.rnrvb.com/home.html | archive-date = April 9, 2008 |url-status=dead}}</ref> Virginia Beach also hosts the Yuengling Shamrock Marathon, founded in 1973 with over 24,000 participants. It is an annual race over St. Patrick's Day weekend and was recognized by Runner's World as one of the Top 20 marathons in the country in 1992.<ref>{{cite web | title = Shamrock Marathon | url = https://www.shamrockmarathon.com/about-us/ | website = shamrockmarathon.com | access-date = October 8, 2019}}</ref>

In the mid-1980's Virginia Beach achieved notoriety for constructing the first [[Half-pipe|skateboard ramps]] to be funded, maintained, and operated by a municipality.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Townsend |first=Phillip |date=March 16, 2023 |title=Tony Hawk has a long history with Virginia Beach |url=https://www.13newsnow.com/article/news/local/mycity/virginia-beach/tony-hawk-virginia-beach/291-369cc5be-da37-4774-a879-d3b88b8604e7 |work=13News Now |quote=But there was a half pipe that brought in people from all over the country – the Mount Trashmore half pipe, one of the only public skate parks in the U.S. at the time.}}</ref>  As of 2024 the City of Virginia Beach Parks & Recreation Department maintains three skateparks: Mount Trashmore Skatepark, Williams Farm Skatepark, and Woodstock Park Skate Plaza, which is a park constructed above a 5 million gallon underground [[wastewater]] storage facility.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Skate Parks |url=https://parks.virginiabeach.gov/outdoors/skate-parks |access-date=October 21, 2024 |website=City of Virginia Beach Parks & Recreation}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Noonan |first=Jack |date=June 26, 2021 |title=Virginia Beach welcomes new skate park — and it serves a dual purpose |url=https://www.wavy.com/news/local-news/virginia-beach/virginia-beach-welcomes-new-skate-park-and-it-serves-a-dual-purpose/ |work=WAVY}}</ref>