Twelve weeks. MLB Replica fields. Lights til midnight. The week your team — and your family — remember forever.
The full 2027 BPoA-run lineup — May through August, all organized and operated by Ballparks of America. 2027 dates and registration open dates are being finalized — click any tournament for the dedicated page and to join the interest list. (Looking for 2026? Those tournaments are already registered and underway — see Registered Teams for schedules and team login.)
Open the season under the lights. Friday-night Home Run Derby.
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Six days. The big stages. The week summer actually begins.
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Defense wins championships. Bring yours.
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Fathers and sons. The MLB Replica fields. Father's Day on a baseball field.
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Long days. Long fly balls. The longest week of summer.
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Honor the ones who served. Play for the ones at home.
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Independence Day. Under the lights. Fireworks optional.
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The mid-July classic. Same fields. Bigger bats.
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Five days. One bracket. The whole campus playing.
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Real baseball by day. Blitzball by night.
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Teams from across the country. Some from across the world.
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The father-son weekend that started it all.
View Tournament →The same things come with every BPoA tournament, regardless of which week you pick or which format it runs. Add-ons — photography, Family Feast, extra trading-card packs — attach in EventConnect at registration.
Teams come for the baseball. Families come back for everything around it.
MLB Replica fields — two-thirds-scale tributes to Busch, Wrigley, Fenway, Kauffman, and Ebbets. Synthetic turf. Sunken dugouts. Stadium lighting. Teams come from every region of the country and a handful from overseas. Skills competitions Sunday. Home Run Derby every tournament. Umpires we hire and train ourselves — no surprise crews, no surprise calls.
Custom hats and team-designed jerseys hanging in pro-style lockers when your team arrives. Air-conditioned Team Suites. Player Trading Cards. White Water 5-day passes for every player. And Ballparks After Dark — every field's lights stay on til midnight, Blitzball personalities on campus pitching, hitting, hanging with players. The nights are where the memories happen.
Silver Dollar City. White Water. Table Rock Lake. Trout fishing on Taneycomo. Big Cedar and Thousand Hills golf. The Branson Landing. Hiking the Ozarks. A baseball week with a vacation built into it — not the other way around.
Players and coaches stay in the suites. Families have the brand-new Element Hotel right next door — plus the full Thousand Hills Vacations catalog (Cabins at Grand Mountain, Links and Fairways on the golf course, Table Rock Resorts, The Majestic with lake views and rooftop decks). One booking flow. Everyone close to the campus.
Same campus. Same MLB Replica fields. Same lockers waiting with your name. The difference is how many days you stay and how many games you play.
Sat: Check-in, opening ceremonies, locker reveal. Sun: Skills competitions, pool play begins. Mon–Wed: Pool play, Home Run Derby. Thu: Off-day for Branson. Fri: Single elimination + championship.
Fri: Check-in, Home Run Derby, locker reveal. Sat–Sun: Pool play. Mon: Single elimination + championship.
Max roster 14 players, 4 coaches. Pool games 1h 40m, bracket 1h 45m, championship untimed. MLB official rules with youth modifications.
Several partner organizations host their own tournaments at Ballparks of America — different rules, different sign-up, different cost. You're playing on our campus, but you're registering with them. Babe Ruth League's Cal Ripken Major/70 World Series (hosted here since 2017) lives there too.
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A few quick answers. The full FAQ page covers everything else — packing lists, check-in, refunds, lodging policies.
$1,000 non-refundable deposit at registration. $3,000 due Nov 30, $3,000 due Jan 30, balance due Apr 1 (weeklong). Per-tournament page has exact amounts.
Teams traveling 75+ miles book a minimum number of room nights via HousingConnect (EventConnect's lodging tool). $1,200 lodging-opt-out fee if unmet on weeklong tournaments ($1,000 on 4-day).
Yes — no additional cost. Two umpires per game (four for semis/finals). BPoA manages the umpire relationships so quality and consistency stay high across all games.
Max 14 players, 4 coaches. Suites hold 18 beds / 14 lockers. MLB official rules with youth modifications by age group.
Roughly one week before tournament start. Posted in EventConnect — sign in from Registered Teams.
Yes. Free admission and parking on campus for summer tournaments. Branson is built around family — the off-day Thursday is in the schedule for a reason.
Tell us your age group and we'll send the 2027 Info Pack and let you know the moment registration opens — before public launch.
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