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Proposed BC Legacy Baseball Facility • Penticton, BC

As what happens in many communities, Penticton’s baseball fields gave way to community development 4 years ago.


Fields were recreated in scattered locations throughout the city, but none the less, the baseball community felt the loss of their ‘home’.


A seed of thought never left one individual from that time on, and thanks to the Penticton Indian Band, not only the future of amateur youth baseball in Penticton and the Okanagan Valley, but the province and country has brightened.


A proposal has been presented to the PIB to develop a BC Legacy Baseball Complex that will serve amateur youth baseball for generations to come.


Chief Jonathan Kruger, Clint Gabriel:  Public Works and Recreation Portfolio and Administrator Greg Gabriel, on reviewing the proposal, have expressed interest in bringing the Complex to reality.


“The Penticton Indian Band is very excited about our involvement with this initiative. Bringing a complex of this magnitude to reality would present an enormous opportunity for all children and youth, not only within our community and region, but throughout the whole of Canada and the US. We are pleased to be involved with such a dedicated group.”


The concept is to facilitate a world class amateur youth baseball complex that will serve as a flagship facility in Canada and serve as a legacy facility to BC’s baseball community.


The facility in its totality is designated as a zero tolerance, drug free zone including alcohol, tobacco and drugs.


Features of the facility include:


•  80 - 100 room housing with full size kitchen /dining area  - cafeteria style, common room with recreational/leisure amenities  (tv, pool table etc), administrative offices, laundry facilities, complex transportation.  Housing will accomodate both Academy and visitng teams.  The housing is for players/coach/complementary staff only.

•  6 full capacity diamonds with computerized lighting systems/scoreboards of which 2 fields will be feature diamonds.

  1. • Grandstands on both feature diamonds.

  2. • Media room/announcers booth.

  3. • Clubhouses on both feature diamonds for home and visiting teams.

  4. • Outdoor Pitching Bull pen/ batting cages.

  5. • Full size on site concession kitchens.

  6. • Retail space.

  7. • First aid/physiotherapy room.

  8. • Full size indoor training centre w/ indoor batting  cages/pitching mounds.

  9. • Umpires Clubhouse


User Groups:


  1. • Youth Baseball/Softball Academy – Year round program

  2. • Summer Camps/Tournaments

  3. • NCCP Certification programs

  4. • Umpires regional/provincial/national training conferences

  5. • Select team identification/training camps

  6. • National Championship Tournaments

  7. • IBAF sanctioned international tournaments

  8. • High profile international tournaments

  9. • Coaches training/conferences

  10. • Youth World Baseball Festival


This complex deems to be a stand alone, multi faceted facility in North America.  Nowhere is there a baseball complex that incorporates so many perspectives from the year round Academy to tournaments and clinics for the baseball community as a whole.


Given the Okanagan Valley’s semi arid desert climate, the area is often compared to parts of California and is conducive to year round baseball.

The city of Penticton is surrounded by two lakes, spectacular views, airport serviced and a welcoming and diverse community.


The proposed complex development is slated to break ground in the fall of 2010 and opening February of 2012.


Click here to see drawing of project

For more information contact:   Robyn Harden

Phone:  250-493-0363  Email:  info@playballbc.com

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