This past summer people in Charleston were able to see a variety of new events.

For the next three years the Charleston Convention and Visitors Bureau is rolling jet skiing, extreme volleyball, and the Firefighter's Combat Challenge into one for SportsFEST.

"Our goal is to bring people into the community to spend the night shop eat here." says the Bureau's president and CEO, Patty Pitrolo

All three events helped bring in a little more than two million dollars to Charleston this past summer.

"It was the first year so we have high hopes for the future," says Pitrolo.

People involved with the various sports say Magic Island, Haddad River Front Park, and Kanawha Boulevard are perfect venues.

"The seating looking down on river where the track is, is just a great view for spectators." says jet ski managing director, AJ Handler.

"The Athletes can get here easy. And the way the city has treated us... The athletes felt welcome." says Ross Balling with the EVP Beach Volleyball Tour.

Some participants in the firefighter challenge say they had a great audience and firefighters from all over the nation wanted to come back.

Charleston firefighter, Myron Boggess says, "All the competitors said this was the best venue and they'd come back."

And Boggess says it's a great way to show off the capital city.

"It's the city we serve and protect. Why not bring them here?" says Boggess' "Charleston's a great town. It's a good place to have an event like this."

SportsFEST will run August 19th through the 22nd.