Event Fact Sheet

Event Name: Perfect Game Palm Beach Gardens Open

Event Owner: Perfect Game USA, Inc.

Grant Recommendation: $18,000

FSF Funding: N/A

Dates: September 22‐24, 2023

Sport: Baseball

Level of Competition: Youth/Amateur

Age Range: 9U‐12U

Proposed Venues: Gardens Park, Palm Beach Gardens

Estimated Participation & Projecting 50 total teams (20 traveling & 30 from South Florida)

Room Nights: 20 traveling teams * 18 players per team = 360 total youth athletes

20 traveling teams * 20 spectators per team = 400 total adult spectators

760 total traveling participants / 4 people per room = 190 rooms

190 rooms * 3 nights = 570 room nights

Estimated Economic Impact: 360 youth athletes * $120.36 avg. daily spend * 3 days = $129,988

4005 adult spectators * $240.71 avg. daily spend * 3 days = $288,852

Total Visitor Spending = $418,840

Event Description: The Palm Beach County Sports Commission is partnering with Perfect Game USA in organizing the inaugural Palm Beach Gardens Open, which will attract the most talented youth baseball players in the

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9U‐12U age groups. The Perfect Game Palm Beach Gardens Open will take place on September 22‐24, 2023, utilizing Gardens Park in Palm Beach Gardens.

More than 50 teams are expected for this inaugural event, which marks the first youth Perfect Game event taking place in The Palm Beaches. In total, more than 900 athletes and over 1,000 attendees will travel to attend this event. Teams are guaranteed a minimum of 3 games, and players can use metal/composite bats or wood bats.

Event Schedule:

Partnership:

Perfect Game is increasing its presence in The Palm Beaches. The Sports Commission has won bids to host new Perfect Game events for four (4) straight years. Palm Beach County’s summer of Perfect Game events continues to get richer with the 13U & 14U National Showcases. This coming summer of 2023, the Sports Commission will host a total of ten (10) Perfect Game tournaments.

Our Sports Commission is working on additional relocation opportunities for Perfect Game WWBA events during the fall of 2023 and beyond. This effort is creating multiple events of baseball showcases, which generate a significant hotel impact during the greatest need time the county’s hospitality industry.

Marketing & Media:

Perfect Game’s reputation as a baseball scouting service is unsurpassed. Perfect Game events will receive significant media exposure in baseball publications, especially the renowned “Baseball America” and “Baseball Weekly”.

Perfect Game developed its own television platform, known as Perfect Game TV.

About Perfect Game:

Perfect Game USA is the largest amateur baseball scouting service, hosting hundreds of showcases and tournaments each year. Perfect Game events attract the most talented amateur baseball players in the

United States and beyond. Perfect Game is a vital organization to American baseball. A total of 13,892 of Perfect Game’s alumni have been selected in the Major League Baseball (MLB) Draft.

Perfect Game continues to grow as an organization. Perfect Game is the premier provider of amateur baseball events, hosting the highest quality of travel team tournaments and individual showcases throughout the country. Expanding from approximately 2,000 teams in 2013 to more than 12,000 teams participating in tournaments and showcases today. Perfect Game is regarded as one of the largest and most successful amateur sports organizations.