{"id":1401,"date":"2025-10-29T06:33:29","date_gmt":"2025-10-29T06:33:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/americansportstours.co.nz\/staging\/9297\/?page_id=1401"},"modified":"2026-07-30T09:12:40","modified_gmt":"2026-07-30T09:12:40","slug":"home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/americansportstours.co.nz\/staging\/9297\/","title":{"rendered":"Home"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section>\n        <div class=\"hero-background-new\">\n    \n            <div class=\"hero-content-grid\">\n              <div class=\"hero-content\">\n                <h1 class=\"text-white\" style=\"width: clamp(150px, 100%, 35ch)\">Where Sport and travel to North America unite<\/h1>\n              <p class=\"text-white\">\n                American Sports Tours design holidays your you to experience the\n                thrill of NBA, NHL and NFL magic!\n              <\/p>\n              <a href=\"#tour-search\" class=\"btn\">Find a tour<\/a>\n              <\/div>\n            \n            <div class=\"grid-content\">\n            <img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/americansportstours.co.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/headerimage-only.webp\" alt=\"images of american football, ice hockey and basketball\" class=\"hero-image-sports \">\n            <img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/americansportstours.co.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/headerimage-only-portrait.webp\" alt=\"images of american football, ice hockey and basketball\" class=\"hero-image-sports-portrait\">\n            <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n        \n\n        <\/div>\n      <\/section>\n\n      <section class=\"light-blue-background\">\n        <div class=\"wrapper\">\n          <h2>Kick off your tour with us<\/h2>\n\n          <div class=\"columns-2\">\n            <p>\n              There is nothing quite as exciting as the roar of a 70,000 seat\n              stadium, as glamorous as a drive down Hollywood Boulevard, and as\n              thrilling as a Las Vegas casino. With American Sports Tours, you\n              get to experience all of this in one package, organised by your\n              local travel consultant based in Taranaki.\n            <\/p>\n            <p>\n              Our taster tours are the best way to get the real American sports\n              experience. A unique tour that mixes the best of the NFL, NHL and\n              NBA. Whether you want the sun and excitement of the West Coast, or\n              you&#8217;d prefer to take a trip from the Twin Cities to the Deep\n              South, we have options for you.\n            <\/p>\n          <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n      <\/section>\n\n      <section id=\"tour-search\">\n        <div class=\"wrapper\">\n          <h2>Explore our North America Tours<\/h2>\n   <div class=\"filters\">\n  <button class=\"filter-btn active\" data-filter=\"all\">All<\/button>\n  <button class=\"filter-btn\" data-filter=\"canada\">Canada<\/button>\n  <button class=\"filter-btn\" data-filter=\"usa\">USA<\/button>\n  <button class=\"filter-btn\" data-filter=\"australia\">Australia<\/button>\n<\/div>\n          <div class=\"column-1\">\n          <div id=\"map\"><\/div>\n           <aside id=\"tour-list\"><\/aside>\n        <\/div>\n \n      <\/div><\/section>\n\n      <section class=\"red-background\">\n        <div class=\"wrapper\">\n          <h2 class=\"text-white text-center\">\n            What others are saying about our tours\n          <\/h2>\n          <p class=\"quote\">\n            American Sports Tours design holidays your you to experience the\n            thrill of NBA,&nbsp;NHL&nbsp;and NFL .After looking through the website, and\n            a few chats with Torran, I decided to travel with Torran\u2019s group and\n            partake in a real American experience!&nbsp; The tour was a 10-day West\n            Coast Tour travelling from Los Angeles to Las Vegas.\n          <\/p>\n          <p class=\"quote\">\n            I highly rated this trip and will do it again.&nbsp;The itinerary was\n            well planned out; Torran took great care of us from start to finish.\n            His experience and friendly demeanour ensured we all had a fun and\n            relaxing time. There was plenty of opportunity for our own time to\n            experience the cities when we weren\u2019t at an NFL, NBA or NHL game.&nbsp;\n          <\/p>\n          <p class=\"quote\">\n            I highly recommend Torran and American Sports Tours for either a\n            customised personal tour or an accompanied tour like the West Coast\n            Tour or Twin Cities. It\u2019s a once in a lifetime experience,\n            especially if you\u2019re into American sports!\n          <\/p>\n          <p class=\"quote-attribution\">Grant, New Plymouth<\/p>\n        <\/div>\n      <\/section>\n\n<script src=\"https:\/\/unpkg.com\/leaflet@1.9.4\/dist\/leaflet.js\" crossorigin=\"\"><\/script>\n\n   <script>\n  (() => {\n  \/\/ ---- TOUR DATA ----\n  const tours = [\n    {\n      id: 'canada-01',\n      region: 'canada',\n      title: 'Slap Shot! 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