Posts by Caly Simko
Cooperstown All Star Village and Otsego County Honored as 2023 Champions of Economic Impact by Sports Destination Management
(Cooperstown, N.Y. – Nov. 6, 2023) – Sports Destination Management, the leading publication for sports event planners and tournament directors, announced that Cooperstown All Star Village and Otsego County Tourism have been named 2023 Champions of Economic Impact in Sports Tourism. As a world-class family resort for 12U baseball teams from around the world, Cooperstown…
Read MoreBaseball For All Coming to The Ripken Experience® Elizabethtown
(Elizabethtown, Ky. – Sept. 28, 2023) – Baseball For All, a 501(c)3 national organization that builds gender equity in baseball, announced it will bring Baseball For All Nationals back to The Ripken Experience® Elizabethtown in Kentucky from July 7-12, 2024. The 9th annual tournament is the largest girls’ baseball tournament in the United States and…
Read MoreRipken Baseball® Acquires Sports Force Parks at Cedar Point Sports Center in Ohio
Company’s Sixth Complex Expands Ripken Beyond Diamond Sports for the First Time – Adds Soccer and Lacrosse (CLEVELAND – May 9, 2023) – Ripken Baseball®, the leader in youth sports events and facilities, has acquired Sports Force Parks at Cedar Point Sports Center in Sandusky, Ohio, located between Cleveland and Toledo. Known for creating lifelong…
Read MoreRipken Baseball® teams up with Sheetz to bring youth baseball clinics to PA, MD, VA, OH, NC, and WV from April 10 to June 1
(BALTIMORE – March 23, 2023) Ripken Baseball®, the leader in youth sports events, announced they have partnered with Sheetz to bring 12 free baseball clinics to children ages 7 to 14 in Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia, Ohio, North Carolina, and Pennsylvania. Starting April 10 and continuing through June 1, the “Sheetz Community Clinics presented by…
Read MoreBASEBALL FOR ALL TO HOST THE NATION’S LARGEST GIRLS’ BASEBALL TOURNAMENT AT THE RIPKEN EXPERIENCE® ELIZABETHTOWN JULY 12-16
(Elizabethtown, Ky. – March 9, 2023) – Baseball For All, a 501(c)3 national organization that builds gender equity in baseball, announced it will host the 2023 Baseball For All Nationals at The Ripken Experience® Elizabethtown in Kentucky from July 12-16, 2023. The 8th annual tournament is the largest girls’ baseball tournament in the United States,…
Read MoreRIPKEN BASEBALL TO DEBUT ALL-RIPKEN GAMES IN 2023
(Aberdeen, Md. – Feb. 23, 2023) – Ripken Baseball today announced it will host the inaugural All-Ripken Games, a platform that will attract the top youth players from across the country to compete at The Ripken Experience® world-class facilities. Players must be nominated by their peers and coaches for the opportunity to train the Ripken…
Read MoreRIPKEN BASEBALL PARTNERS WITH MIRACLE LEAGUE TO BRING BIG LEAGUE EXPERIENCES TO ATHLETES WITH SPECIAL NEEDS
Miracle Leagues from across the country plan summer trips to The Ripken Experience® Pigeon Forge and The Ripken Experience® Elizabethtown (Feb. 16, 2023) – Ripken Baseball today announced that Miracle League baseball teams from around the country will participate in games and tournaments this summer at two nationally recognized complexes. The Ripken Experience® Pigeon Forge…
Read MoreJOSH HARRIS AND DAVID BLITZER COMPLETE STRATEGIC INVESTMENT IN RIPKEN BASEBALL® AND COOPERSTOWN ALL STAR VILLAGE
(NEW YORK – Jan. 18, 2023) – Josh Harris and David Blitzer, via their respective family offices, announced today they have completed a strategic investment in Ripken Baseball® and Cooperstown All Star Village, bringing together two of the industry’s leading youth sports brands. The merger increases the strength and reach of the organizations to include…
Read MoreRipken Baseball Wins Economic Impact Award for 2022 Tournament in Panama City Beach That Brought $2.7 Million to the Area
(PANAMA CITY BEACH – Nov. 21, 2022) – Ripken Baseball®, the leader in youth sports events, announced it has been named 2022 Champions of Economic Impact in Sports Tourism by Sports Destination Management. The 2022 Ripken Select Tournament at Publix Sports Park in Panama City Beach, Fla., received the honor from the leading publication in sports…
Read MoreRipken Baseball Wins Economic Impact Award Following 2022 Season That Brought $47 Million to Maryland’s Harford County
(BALTIMORE – Nov. 14, 2022) – Ripken Baseball®, the leader in youth sports events, announced it has been named 2022 Champions of Economic Impact in Sports Tourism by Sports Destination Management. As a result of a record-breaking 2022 summer season, The Ripken Experience® Aberdeen received the honor from the leading publication in sports tourism. The Ripken…
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