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Virginia’s Blue Ridge Sports
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WITH OUR COMBINATION OF AWARD-WINNING SPORTS FACILITIES, CONVENIENT LOCATION IN THE MID-ATLANTIC, AND EXCEPTIONAL SERVICE, YOUR PLAYERS, COACHES, AND FANS WILL HAVE AN OUTSTANDING TIME IN THE HEART OF VIRGINIA’S BLUE RIDGE MOUNTAINS
James I. Moyer Sports Complex
This picturesque area is home to an abundance of wellmaintained, centrally-located fields and facilities that can accommodate all types of sports. With over 1,000 miles of trails, Virginia’s Blue Ridge has established itself as a premier destination for outdoor recreation and adventure. The challenging elevations of its landscape allow for many sports such as mountain biking, triathlons, marathons, and disc golf.
FACILITY SPOTLIGHT
James I. Moyer Sports Complex
Softball, baseball
James I. Moyer Sports Complex hosts events ranging from youth, adult, and high school events to collegiate and national level events. The Moyer Complex boasts four fields. Moyer also has a 50/30 lighting system and electronic scoreboards. Stay tuned for the all new Moyer Complex opening in 2024 with new and improved seating, lighting and turf with additional parking and amenities!.
The Berglund Center is one of Western Virginia’s premier full-service facilities. The multi-purpose facility can accommodate sports events of all sizes, and hosts more than 350 events every year. It features a 10,500 seat Coliseum, 2,148 seat Performing Arts Theatre, 10,000 sq./ft. Exhibit Hall, and a 46,000 square foot Special Events Center.
Roanoke College Cregger Center/ Donald J. Kerr Stadium
The Cregger Center is a 155,000 sq./ft. athletic center that includes a 2,000-seat arena, a field house that has an eight-lane, 200-meter track, event seating space for 1,000, a training room, and enhanced locker rooms. Donald J. Kerr Stadium at Roanoke College adjoins the beautiful Cregger Center. Kerr Stadium has seating for 1,400 fans.
Taliaferro Sports and Entertainment Complex
Basketball, volleyball, gymnastics, wrestling, boxing, pickleball, equine, cheerleading, football, baseball
The Taliaferro Sports and Entertainment Complex offers a diverse group of facilities, including the Salem Civic Center, the Salem Football Stadium and the Salem Memorial Ballpark, all located approximately one mile southeast of downtown Salem. The Salem Civic Center consists of an indoor Virginia’s Blue Ridge Sports arena with a 22,000-square-foot floor, seating for 7,000, an annex of 10,000 square feet and various meeting spaces. The Salem Football Stadium is a 7,157-seat municipal stadium. The stadium proudly hosted the NCAA Division Ill Football Championship for 25 years and the championship plans to return to Salem Stadium in 2023 for its 50th Anniversary Championship. The stadium features dual team coaches’ boxes, suites and broadcast quality lighting. Salem Memorial Ballpark is home to the Single-A Salem Red Sox and can seat 6,300.
Botetourt Sports Complex
Softball, baseball, soccer, cross country, disc golf
The Botetourt Sports Complex is located within the 125-acre Greenfield Recreation Park which features a cross-country course, soccer fields and a hiking trail. The complex features four championship level softball and youth baseball fields, all with beautiful views of the Blue Ridge Mountains.
VISIT VIRGINIA’S BLUE RIDGE SPORTS
John Oney Director of Sales 540-342-6025 joney@visitvbr.com www.VBRsports.com ▶ Welcome yourself to Virginia’s Blue
Ridge by visiting the must-see
Roanoke Star that sits atop Mill
Mountain and offers scenic views of
Roanoke Valley.
▶The vibrant arts and culture scene includes amazing attractions like the Taubman Museum of Art, the renovated Center in the Square, the
Virginia Museum of Transportation and more.
▶Make sure to pay a visit to the Cheers
Trail – a delightful collection of local breweries, wineries, and distilleries that will quench anyone’s thirst.
▶Put on your hiking boots and experience the many incredible footpaths in the Appalachian Trail.
▶Explore your wild side at Treetop
Quest at Explore Park. Zip-lines and aerial obstacles will give you the thrill you crave.
▶Check out the nation’s second largest municipal park, Carvins
Cove Nature Reserve, and go hiking, biking or fishing.
VBR TWENTY24 Women’s Cycling Team
One of the nearly 100 NCAA Championships awarded in Salem
PLANNER PERSPECTIVE
“As the new training ground for VBR TWENTY24, a women’s professional cycling development team, Virginia’s Blue Ridge is a top notch location for our multi-discipline team. It is the perfect place to train with all the natural assets. The team can take advantage of the great road conditions, beautiful climbs, mixed surface terrain, including stellar gravel roads and skill building technical single track.”
— Nicola Cramner General Manager, VBR TWENTY24 Team
Carilion Clinic IRONMAN 70.3 Virginia’s Blue Ridge
Stafford, VA
DIVERSE SPORTS DESTINATION IN DC’S BACKYARD. TAKE THE NEXT STEP AND BRING YOUR FUTURE SPORTING EVENT TO STAFFORD, VA FOR SPECTACULAR ATTRACTIONS AND STATE-OF-THE-ART ATHLETIC FACILITIES
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Embrey Mill Park
Stafford County, Virginia, is becoming a go-to place for sports tournament rightsholders looking for a location with ample facilities for events, hotels, and other infrastructure to support players on and off the field. One of our goals as an organization is to make it easy and convenient for sports rightsholders to choose Stafford. The Stafford team also has a competitive incentive package for sports operators to take advantage of.
FACILITY SPOTLIGHT
Embrey Mill Park
Soccer, football, field hockey, lacrosse
Situated in the heart of Stafford, the stately Embrey Mill Park is conveniently located near the county’s major thoroughfares, shopping centers, restaurants and hotels, making it the ideal stop for teams and their families. The impressive multi-sport complex houses eight fields — six synthetic, lighted rectangular fields and two lighted grass fields, and a recently added practice field with ample parking. Adjacent to the sports complex is the Jeff Rouse Swim and Sports Center, which houses an Olympic sized competition pool and athletic center.
Jeff Rouse Swim and Sports Center
Swimming, diving, water polo, water sports
This 76,000 square-foot world-class Olympic sized sports complex is equipped with a 50-meter by 25-yard competition pool with seating for more than 800 spectators and movable bulkhead, a 25-yard recreation pool, and a warm-water wellness pool. Additionally,
the Rouse Center features a full-size basketball court, a group exercise studio, a fitness floor, restrooms, a full- service cafe and parking. The athletic facility presents 5,000 square feet of exercise space and workout equipment, strength and conditioning machines and free weights.
Potomac River
Kayak bass fishing, bass fishing, water sports
The water is open for any sports adventure. With creeks and tidal tributaries of the Potomac River, many sports have caught wave to our hidden gems. Kayak fishing, specifically for bass have put Stafford on the map for a hidden “fish town” and we have become the epicenter for snakehead fishing on the east coast.
Curtis Park and John Lee Pratt Park
Disc golf
Stafford boasts two challenging disc golf courses at Curtis Park and John Lee Pratt Park that wind through woods within the parks and feature 18-holes at each, offering year-round recreation and tournament play. Adjacent to Curtis Park is the Gauntlet Golf Club, which frequently partners to host two-round tournaments for unique and exclusive play.
Chichester Park
Baseball and softball
Bring your upcoming outdoor sporting event to the spacious Chichester Park, a county park that offers five lighted baseball/ softball diamonds and a concession stand. The vast park also features walking tracks, hiking and jogging trails with a natural mulch surface, a pavilion, restrooms, picnic areas with BBQ grills and tables and a new playground. Chichester Park promises protected spectator seating to enhance the fans’ experiences while watching nail-biting tournaments. The venue is conveniently near major transportation thoroughfares, making traversing to and from the park and other locations throughout Stafford stress-free.
STAFFORD COUNTY TOURISM
Lisa Logan, Assistant Director, Stafford County Department of Economic Development and Tourism 540-658-4580 tourism@staffordcountyva.gov www.tourstaffordva.com
POPULAR ACTIVITIES
▶Stafford is the home of George
Washington’s Boyhood Home at Ferry Farm; Georgian-style
Chatham Manor; Stafford Civil War
Park, which all played a huge part during the Civil War.
▶Take some time to explore
Government Island, an island which provided Aquia sandstone for the construction of the U.S.
Capitol and the White House.
▶Block off the whole evening for dinner and a show at Riverside
Center for the Performing Arts, stroll the nearby historic downtown, or wander the grounds of a famous artist at Gari Melchers Home and
Studio at Belmont.
▶If you’re hosting an adult competition, consider spending some down time sipping along
Stafford’s breweries and wineries trails or taste local flavors from
Stafford area food trucks and restaurants.
Potomac River
PLANNER PERSPECTIVE
“KBF is excited to continue our partnership and bring tournaments to Stafford County, Virginia for the KBF Trail Series and other Snakehead Fishing tournaments. The hospitality, amenities, water access, host venues, and world class fishing make Stafford County the perfect host for our event series.”
— Chad Hoover, KBF Founder/President
Jeff Rouse Swim and Sports Center
