The Ballparks Experience.
Custom jerseys, pro-style lockers, opening ceremonies, skills competitions, Home Run Derby, Family Feast, Ballparks After Dark, championship under the lights. The reason teams come back.
GREAT BASEBALL
The baseball is the part teams remember first.
Five MLB Replica fields. Nearly a thousand teams a season from across the country and around the world. Skills Competition Sunday, Home Run Derby Wednesday night, championship Friday under the lights. The baseball stands on its own — the rest of the week is what makes it unforgettable.
Teams From Everywhere
Nearly 1,000 teams a season — from California to Connecticut, Canada to Puerto Rico. The competition is the real thing, every week.
Skills Competition
Hardest throw. Fastest around the bases. Accuracy. Sunday morning, before pool play starts — every player gets their turn under the lights.
Home Run Derby
Wednesday night. Each team's slugger steps up. Lights on. Family in the stands. Every kid takes a swing at the wall.
PRO FOR A WEEK
Players walk in on Saturday and feel like big-leaguers by Saturday night.
The whole week is built around it — custom jerseys hanging in their locker, their face on a trading card, their team's name on the big board at Opening Ceremonies. By Sunday morning they're not at a tournament. They're at their tournament.
Custom Jerseys & Hats
Every team designs their own uniform — color, logo, lettering. Jerseys and hats are waiting in the suite Saturday afternoon. Players keep them.
Pro-Style Lockers & Nameplates
Each player has their own pro-style locker with a souvenir nameplate above it — same setup as an MLB clubhouse. Players take the nameplate home.
SATURDAY AFTERNOON
The Suite Reveal
Teams check in and walk into their suite for the first time — jerseys hanging in lockers, names on the wall, beds made up. The moment most parents pull out their phone for.
Player Trading Cards
Custom trading cards printed for every player — photo on the front, stats on the back. Teams trade them with other teams all week. (Optional add-on through Registered Teams.)
Media Day
Professional photography for every player and team — action shots, headshots, posed team photos. Same setup an MLB rookie gets at spring training.
SATURDAY NIGHT
Opening Ceremonies
Every team walks onto the big field. Lights on. National anthem. Team introductions. The week officially starts when the captain takes the mound.
Three meals a day are included for residential teams — breakfast, lunch, and dinner in the campus Clubhouse, with a rotating weekly menu built for ballplayers.
TOURNAMENT SCHEDULE
Two formats. One unforgettable week.
Most summer tournaments run the weeklong (Saturday → Friday, 6-game guarantee). Memorial Day, Father's Day, and Labor Day tournaments run the 4-day (Friday → Monday, 5-game guarantee).
WEEKLONG · SATURDAY → FRIDAY · 6 GAMES
The full Ballparks week
Saturday: Check-in, Suite Reveal, Opening Ceremonies under the lights
Sunday: Skills Competition, pool play begins, pin trading opens
Mon–Tues: Pool play — two games per day, 1h 40m time limit
Wednesday: Final pool-play game, Home Run Derby, Family Feast
Thursday: Off-Day in Branson — White Water, Silver Dollar City, Table Rock Lake
Friday: Single-elimination bracket, Championship under the lights
4-DAY · FRIDAY → MONDAY · 5 GAMES
Memorial Day, Father's Day, Labor Day
Friday: Check-in, Suite Reveal, Home Run Derby, Opening Ceremonies
Saturday: Pool play Day 1 — two games, cages and laser tag open into After Dark
Sunday: Pool play Day 2 — two games, optional Branson afternoon
Monday: Single-elimination bracket, Championship under the lights
CAMPUS MAP
One walkable campus.
The MLB Replica fields, the residential clubhouse with team suites, the campus eateries, and the entertainment block (Upper Deck, escape rooms, laser tag, arcade, Grand Slam Glow Mini Golf) — all under a five-minute walk from any suite.
THE BACKYARD WATER PARK
White Water is in our backyard. Every player gets a 5-day pass.
White Water is a 13-acre tropical-themed water park right next door to the campus — wave pool, lazy river, slides, kid zones. Through our partnership with Silver Dollar City, every registered player on a summer weeklong gets a 5-day pass included with the tournament package. Families get exclusive pricing on the gate and on Silver Dollar City — Memorial Day through Labor Day.
What's included.
Players: 5-day White Water pass. Included free with every weeklong tournament registration. Use it any day during the tournament week — Thursday off-day, before the championship, after the championship.
Families: exclusive pricing. Parents and siblings get partner-only ticket pricing on White Water and Silver Dollar City — well below gate rate, bookable through EventConnect at registration.
Optional 2-park combo upgrade. Players can upgrade to a 5-day combo ticket covering both White Water and Silver Dollar City — Branson's 1880s-style theme park, just up the road.
Partnership runs Memorial Day through Labor Day. Applies to summer weeklong tournaments only.
GRAND SLAM ENTERTAINMENT
Game's over. Fun begins.
Laser tag, themed escape rooms, On-Deck Arcade, Upper Deck batting cages, and the brand-new Glow Mini Golf. Built into the campus, included with the tournament package, open late into Ballparks After Dark.
Upper Deck Batting Cages
Fungoman cages — baseball and softball. Used for warmups and open hitting throughout the week.
Operation Outbreak · Zombie Laser Tag
Two new themed arenas — Operation Outbreak (military) and Zombie Laser Tag. 30-minute sessions. Teams reserve the floor between games.
The Key Escape Rooms
Brand-new escape-room themes from The Key Escape Rooms — solve the room, beat the clock. 60 minutes. Best in 4–8 player teams.
NEW
Grand Slam Glow Mini Golf
Black-light themed mini golf — a brand-new offering on the campus. Open late into Ballparks After Dark every night.
On-Deck Arcade
Reloadable card-based arcade. Cashless. The de facto hangout between Wednesday Home Run Derby innings.
Pin Trading
A Ballparks tradition. Most teams bring their own custom pin — kids swap them with players from every other team on campus all week.
PRO SHOP
The shop behind Chicago Field.
Tournament apparel, custom pins, swag, sporting goods, batting gloves, replacement cleats — everything a player or family forgets at home, plus the gear families come back wanting to wear.
What you'll find inside.
Tournament apparel. Hats, tees, hoodies, jackets — Ballparks-branded and tournament-specific designs that change every week.
Custom pins. The currency of pin trading. Every team gets their own. Spare pins, vintage pins, and seasonal pins all in the case.
Player essentials. Batting gloves, wristbands, sliding shorts, sunflower seeds, sunscreen, replacement cleats — the stuff that breaks or runs out mid-week.
Cashless checkout. Debit, credit, or pre-loaded gift cards. Cash exchanges for gift cards at the counter.
FOOD OUTLETS
Five spots. No driving anywhere.
Three on-campus meals daily for teams, plus food and drink options families can grab between games. Cashless facility — debit, credit, or gift cards.
Bullpen Concessions
Quick-serve food — hot dogs, pretzels, popcorn, drinks. The classic ballpark counter, on the campus quad.
Double Play Cafe
Full-service campus restaurant. Breakfast, lunch, dinner. Where team meals happen during the week.
Grounders Coffee & Smoothies
Coffee bar and smoothies. Where parents find each other at 7am before the first pitch.
Sweet Spot
Candy and ice cream. Walk-up window. The post-game move.
Clubhouse
Team meals for residential teams in the clubhouse. Rotating weekly menu — chicken, pasta, salads, fruit, all-the-water-they-can-drink.
“Ballparks of America is the experience every young player dreams about. They walk in as kids and walk out feeling like big-leaguers. The fields, the lights, the lockers — it's all done right.”
Mike Sweeney · 5× MLB All-Star · KC Royals Hall of Fame
FROM COACHES & PARENTS
The week they're still talking about.
“My son cried when we left. He said it was the best week of his life. We're booked again for next summer.”
Coach Davis · 12U Bombers · Texas
“As a coach, the all-inclusive piece changed everything. No coordinating hotels, restaurants, transportation. We just played baseball.”
Coach Lin · 10U Mavericks · California
“Best week we've ever had as a family. Game in the morning, Silver Dollar City in the afternoon, championship under the lights.”
The Murphy family · 13U · Ohio
Get the Tournament Info Pack.
One-pager with format, dates, what's included, packing list, and FAQs. Sent instantly.