The National Senior Games is coming to Albuquerque in 2019 and now’s the time to start preparing.

The National Senior Games will be held in Albuquerque in 2019 with all variety of sports played competitively, not just racquetball.

The Games, a 19-sport, biennial competition for men and women 50 and over, is the largest multi-sport event in the world for seniors.

The games started with the “Lifetime Sports” program developed in the mid-1960s by the National Recreation Association, now known as the National Recreation and Parks Association.

Lifetime Sports emphasized individuals becoming involved in sports which they could compete in throughout their life span.

As the concept developed across the country in the mid-1970s, middle aged amateur athletes of the mid-1960s were became mature senior athletes.

In 1970 Warren W. Blaney, a Los Angeles businessman, staged the first “Senior Olympix” in Los Angeles.

The first National Senior Olympic Games was held in 1987 in St. Louis with more than 2,500 competitors in 15 sports.

The second Games also took place in St. Louis in 1989, hosting 3,400 senior athletes. The event received significant national media coverage by the New York Times, ESPN and ABC’s Good Morning America.

The Games now move to a different city every two years to stimulate more awareness and participation around the country.

In 1990, an agreement was reached with the United States Olympic Committee based on its objection to the use of the term Olympic in the organization’s corporate name, and the name was changed to the U.S. National Senior Sports Organization.

The event is now known as the National Senior Games and the organization does business as the National Senior Games Association (NSGA).