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Ford Fields
The Southeast Texas Baseball Academy will be hosting 277 teams at the Perfect Game Super Regional NIT at Ford Fields and throughout the community April 23 -24.
Teams from all over the United States will be heading to Beaumont to compete. This will be the largest tournament in the history of Ford Park and the largest overall tournament to take place in Beaumont. The Beaumont Convention and Visitors Bureau and the Southeast Texas Baseball Academy have a strong partnership and have been working together on booking sports business at Beaumont’s local facilities for 15-plus years.
Last year, the Southeast Texas Baseball Academy brought in an estimated economic impact of over $2.8 million in baseball alone, showing sports tournaments are vital to the community.
The Perfect Game Super Regional NIT has an estimated economic impact of $455,000, using hotel rooms citywide, and will bring a large economic boost to area restaurants, retail stores, attractions, and more.
“I’m really excited about this tournament and what is it going to do for the local economy.,” stated President of Southeast Texas Baseball Academy, Morgan Walker. “We have teams coming from all over the United States and the number one ranked team (12-year-olds) in Perfect Game coming in from California.”
With the new partnership with Perfect Game, the Southeast Texas Baseball Academy has seen an uptick in the number of teams and access to international play. With a mission of hosting quality amateur tournaments and providing meaningful opportunities to players, families, MLB organizations, college coaches, and fans, the expansion of Perfect Game to a younger demographic has been ideal for the area.
“We are so happy to have the continued support from our community and these sports planners who use Beaumont to host their tournaments,” said Beaumont CVB Director of Sales, Freddie Willard. “Watching Morgan’s success and growth with the Perfect Game organization has been exciting. It speaks volumes of his efforts to be able to host such a large tournament. This is a huge win for the City of Beaumont.”
The Southeast Texas Baseball Academy is set to host nine more tournaments this year, averaging between 100 – 200 teams.
April 30 – May 1, 2022: Southeast Texas Baseball Academy Spring Fling Tournament
May 14 – 15, 2022: Southeast Texas Baseball Academy Commissioner’s Cup Tournament
May 21 – 22, 2022: Southeast Texas Baseball Academy SETX Showdown
June 11 – 12, 2022: Southeast Texas Baseball Academy Last Chance Qualifier
June 21 – 26, 2022: Southeast Texas Baseball Academy World Series
October 22 – 23, 2022: Southeast Texas Baseball Academy Fall Ball Classic
November 5 – 5, 2022: Southeast Texas Baseball Academy Fall Super NIT
November 12 – 13, 2022: Southeast Texas Baseball Academy Battle of Beaumont
December 3 – 4, 2022: Southeast Texas Baseball Academy: Fall Invitational
Ford Fields are located at 4905 Interstate 10 South in Beaumont.
For more information on the tournament, contact Morgan Walker at walk09@aol.com or (409) 833-4082.