St. Pete-Clearwater, FL Sports Facilities for Events
Located on Florida’s sunny Gulf coast, St. Pete-Clearwater spotlights several spacious sports facilities and entertaining attractions for your upcoming athletic eventIntroduction
ST. PETE-CLEARWATER, FLORIDA
Home to America’s Best Beaches, St. Pete-Clearwater has 35 miles of sugary white-sand beaches along warm emerald Gulf waters. You can explore over 30 museums along the Arts Coast, including the Dalí Museum, The James Museum of Western & Wildlife Art, the Chihuly Collection and the Imagine Museum.
Enjoy award-winning brews along the Gulp Coast Craft Beer Trail, made up of 35 locally owned breweries across the span of the county. Walk along the St. Pete Pier, where you’ll find 26 beautiful acres of outdoor dining, playgrounds, an open-air market and more, right in the heart of downtown St. Pete.
Take your adventure to the Gulf with water sports, such as kayaking, paddleboarding, kitesurfing, snorkeling and fishing. Paddle through mangrove tunnels or book a charter for an unforgettable day of fishing. Check out downtown St. Pete for world-class art and culture, major league sports, great shopping and more than 1,000 special events a year, including St. Pete Morning Market, where you can find farm-fresh produce, artisanal food products and a wide range of arts & crafts every Saturday.
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“Visit St. Pete-Clearwater’s support and level of commitment to USA Softball year after year is beyond exceptional. Every event we have in Clearwater has been a smooth process from beginning to end. VSPC has one of the best staff to work with, and we will continue to have our events there.”
— Craig Cress, USA Softball
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EDDIE C. MOORE SOFTBALL COMPLEX
Sports Covered: Softball, baseball
Serving as Clearwater’s go-to softball facility, the expansive Eddie C. Moore Softball Complex is the city’s state and national award-winning softball complex. Across three locations you will find nine natural-grass fields, all of which are linked by the East-West Trail. Available for tournaments are five 300-foot fields, two 250-foot fields and two 200-foot fields. The highly-acclaimed facility includes soft toss areas with batting cages for pre-game warm-ups and practices, and two fields feature the latest technology with covered batting tunnels. This complex hosts the prestigious Shriners Children’s Clearwater Invitational Presented by EvoShield.
The North Shore Aquatic Complex
Sports: Swimming, water polo, water sports
Located on the St. Pete waterfront, St. Pete premier pool spotlights a number of facilities that will enhance your swimmers’ taxing days of practices and meets. The complex features a 50-meter competition pool, 25-meter training pool, a play pool equipped with a giant flume slide and zero depth entry, splash pad and six beach volleyball courts.
Long Center Aquatic Complex
Sports: Swimming
This impressive complex features an indoor Olympic-sized 50-meter swimming pool and a 25-yard training and therapeutic pool with a year-round water temperature of 90 degrees.
Innisbrook Golf Resort
Sport: Golf
This beautiful resort has hosted the nationally televised PGA Tour’s Valspar Championship and is a bucket-list golf destination. Home to three outstanding courses, including the top-rated Copperhead Course, Island and South courses, this resort is a favorite among some of the world’s finest golf professionals. It also features a full-service resort with guest suites and rooms, four unique restaurants, 11 tennis courts, a fitness center, six swimming pools, a nature preserve and conference halls.
Vinoy Golf Course, Snell Isle
Sports: Golf
Redesigned by renowned course architect, Ron Garl, and put back into play in 1992, this course features ideal year-round conditions with cool Gulf breezes in the summer and a warm escape for the winter.
St. Petersburg Shuffleboard Club, St. Pete
Sports: Shuffleboard
Featuring 32 lighted courts (65 total) plus an amazing old grandstand, this is the ideal spot to play shuffleboard in Florida.
Joe DiMaggio Sports Complex
Sports: Baseball, soccer
This complex is home to four multipurpose fields and two regulation-size baseball fields. It also annually hosts the Clearwater Soccer Club, Major League Soccer training and Philadelphia Phillies spring training.
St. Pete Country Club
Sports: Golf, tennis
Opened in 1924, this 100-year-old course offers an enjoyable layout for players of all handicaps with a fast-paced design to keep the play moving. Additionally, the club offers 11 Har-Tru clay tennis courts.
Sheraton Sand Key Resort
Sports: Volleyball
With over 30,000 square feet of event space, the Sheraton Sand Key is capable of holding up to 120 volleyball courts and is perfect for beach sports programming.