Both events are expected to bring in an estimated 45,000 attendees from Ohio, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, Missouri, New York, Tennessee, West Virginia and Wisconsin.
Attendees to the tournaments are expected to reserve 4,500 hotel room nights, according to the bureau.
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Both tournaments are either owned or hosted by the WCCVB. They have increased in size and popularity over the years, said Ben Huffman, director of Sports Marketing for the Warren County Convention & Visitors Bureau.
“When we first dipped our toes into the youth baseball market back in 2010, we hosted just one 53-team tournament. Since then, we’ve welcomed hundreds of tournaments and thousands of athletes, and have very quickly become one of the sport’s most in-demand tournament destinations,” Huffman said.
Warren County plans to host nearly 100 sporting events in 2017, which will bring more than 600,000 visitors to the county.
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Phillip S. Smith, president and CEO of the WCCVB, links the success in the youth sports market to all the county offers to visitors.
“There are baseball diamonds and basketball courts all over the nation, but when athletes and their families travel for sports they’re looking for much more than just a place to play. We can offer our guests an excellent array of attractions, restaurants, shops and hotels in addition to great sporting facilities, and that has played a huge role in our success,” Smith said.
For more details on the upcoming sports events hosted in Warren County, visit here.
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