Awarded money

Visit Bentonville has allotted $130,000 to help support events that show promise of bringing tourism to the city in 2018. Here’s what’s been awarded so far:

■ $7,500: Ultimate Arm-Wrestling League Arkansas State Championship, Jan. 16-17

■ $3,500: UAM Softball Challenge, Feb. 9-11

■ $15,500: NCAA Nine-State Softball Classic, Feb. 16-19

■ $4,000: American Cornhole Organization’s Bentonville major tournament, March 8-10

■ $7,000: International Mountain Bicycling Association’s Uprising (women’s summit), March 22-25

■ $7,500: American Junior Golf Association Junior at Lost Springs, March 29 - April 1

■ $4,000: The Warm Up basketball event, April 6-8

■ $3,500: Great American Conference Tennis Championship, April 19-21

■ $4,000: Arkansas Athletic Association annual symposium, April 27-29

■ $13,500: Great American Conference Softball Championship, May 2-5

■ $7,500: Public Land Solution’s Prosperous Communities Conference, May 9-11

■ $3,000: Trade with Africa Business Summit, May 11

■ $7,500: Adams Golf Pro Tour Series, June 4-9

■ $5,000: Walton Art Center’s Artosphere, June 10-23

■ $7,500: National Interscholastic Cycling Association’s National Conference, June 13-18

■ $5,000: Northwest Arkansas Shakespeare Festival, July 7-14

■ $2,500: NWA Aquatics Long Course State Championships, July 26-29

■ $10,000: Bentonville High School Marching Band Invitational, Oct. 6

■ $6,400: JUCO Fall Softball Showcase, Oct. 12-14