St. Louis
Where Brett's 3,000th hit lives on.
A pro for a week. A kid forever.
Great Baseball. The Ballparks Experience. Branson at your fingertips. Great lodging options. Five days they'll talk about forever — and a week the whole family remembers.
Great Baseball, non-stop on-campus action, Branson at your fingertips, and great lodging for the family — four reasons teams come, and four reasons families come back.
MLB Replica fields. Quality competition from across the country. Skills Competitions, Home Run Derby, indoor batting cages for warmup, BPoA-provided umpires, and WIN Technology — all built around the baseball that brings teams here in the first place.
See the Iconic Fields →
Custom hats and team-designed jerseys hanging in pro-style lockers with souvenir nameplates when your team arrives. Team Suites. Player Trading Cards. White Water 5-day passes. And Ballparks After Dark — lights til midnight, Blitzball personalities on campus.
Explore the Experience →
Silver Dollar City. White Water. Table Rock Lake watersports. Trout fishing on Lake Taneycomo. Big Cedar and Thousand Hills golf. The Branson Landing, shows, hiking. A vacation wrapped around a tournament — not the other way around.
Branson According to Ballparks →
Players and coaches in air-conditioned Team Suites on campus. Families next door at the brand-new Element Hotel, or in the full Thousand Hills Vacations catalog — Cabins at Grand Mountain, Links and Fairways on the golf course, Table Rock Resorts, The Majestic with rooftop decks.
All Lodging Options →Swipe or use the arrows to see what makes the week
Lights stay on until midnight every night of tournament week, on every field. Blitzball personalities on campus interacting with players. The campus doesn't close at the final pitch — it gets a second wind.
See What Happens After Dark
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.
Each one a love letter to a moment in baseball history.
Where Brett's 3,000th hit lives on.
Ivy in spirit. Wrigley in soul.
The Green Monster & Fisk's wave.
Built for the Royals.
Robinson's debut, in spirit.
Branson, Table Rock Lake (voted #1 best lake in the U.S. in 2026), and golf — Big Cedar Lodge has some of the best courses in the country, where Dave Portnoy just hosted his internet invitational. Silver Dollar City, White Water (every player has a 5-day pass), trout on Lake Taneycomo, hiking the Ozarks. A vacation wrapped around a tournament.
Explore Branson →
Players stay in team suites on campus — full details on the Experience page. Families have options: hotels (including the brand-new Element Hotel right next door), plus a full catalog of vacation rentals through Thousand Hills Vacations. Stay next to campus, on the golf course, or on Table Rock Lake.
All Lodging Options →
Five spots on the campus: Bullpen Concessions, Double Play Cafe, Grounders Coffee, Sweet Spot Ice Cream, and the Clubhouse — where the team's three included meals a day happen.
Campus DiningOperation Outbreak / Zombie Laser Tag. The Key Escape Rooms. Grand Slam Glow Mini Golf. Upper Deck Batting Cages. On-Deck Arcade. Open late into Ballparks After Dark.
Campus Entertainment
Branded apparel, hats, custom team gear, and the souvenirs families take home. Located behind Chicago Field on the campus quad.
Visit the Pro ShopMemorial Day to The Tradition. Weeklong (6-game) and 4-Day (5-game) formats. 2027 dates open soon — join the interest list now to be first in line when registration opens.
Fathers and sons. The MLB Replica fields. Father's Day on a baseball field.
View & Register →
Ballparks of America is owned by four Springfield, MO businessmen — all baseball dads — who took the helm in 2021 and have been pouring into the campus ever since. The mission: deliver the ultimate family baseball experience for the next generation of players and the families who travel with them.
"A pro for a week. A kid forever." — the line that anchors everything we build.
Meet the Ownership Team
One-pager with format, dates, what's included, packing list, and FAQs. Sent instantly. No spam — just the info.
Send Me the Info Pack