Richmond, VA Sports Facilities for Events
Top-flight sports venues, scenic Virginian landscape and great fun await teams in RichmondIntroduction
RICHMOND, VIRGINIA
Richmond is aptly named, rich in American history as the site of significant events, including Patrick Henry’s “Give me liberty or give me death” speech. Unforgettable adventures await at Kings Dominion, featuring over 60 rides, shows, attractions, a kids’ area, and the waterpark Soak City, which offers thrilling water slides, splash pads, a wave pool, and a lazy river.
Located just 30 minutes from Richmond, the Keystone Antique Truck and Tractor Museum showcases a century of agricultural heritage, featuring fully restored antique farm tractors, classic cars, and vintage memorabilia.
Pocahontas State Park, 20 miles from downtown, offers boating, picnicking, camping, and hiking, with rentals available at Swift Creek Lake. The park boasts over 58 miles of trails for hiking, biking, and horseback riding. While there, visitors can also explore the unique Civilian Conservation Corps Museum. Additionally, Taylor Farm Park is Varina’s first new large community park since 1982, spanning over 99 acres and providing recreational opportunities for everyone.
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“We’ve hosted events in Richmond since 2019 and have had wonderful experiences every time. The venues are great, the staff is even greater. We look forward to events in Richmond because we always feel so accommodated and taken care of.”
— Joelle Nguyen, Spikeball Roundnet Association
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Richmond, VA Sports Facilities Spotlight
SwimRVA
Sports Covered: Swimming
Works out of a state-of-the-art, 54,000 square-foot facility features the 50-meter competition pool used in the 2008 U.S. Olympic Trials where 21 American records and 9 World records were set. The 50-meter, 8-lane Myrtha competition pool has movable bulkheads that convert to 22-short course lanes. In addition to the competition pool, the facility is home to a 25-yard, 6-lane multipurpose pool that allows for warm-up/cool-down to run concurrently with meets taking place in the competition pool. There is grandstand seating in the competition pool area for 700 spectators with completely unobstructed viewing of the full facility making this a very spectator-friendly pool.
GREATER RICHMOND CONVENTION CENTER
Sports Covered: Multisport
The 700,000-square-foot facility has enough room to swallow four football fields. The largest interior accommodations include 178,159 square feet of contiguous exhibit space accessible by an adjacent loading dock with 16 truck bays. The 30,550-square-foot Grand Ballroom is a showpiece featuring cherry wood accents, stained glass doors and adjustable lighting. The GRCC consists of 36 meeting rooms, including a 258 fixed-seat amphitheater with built-in hardwood stage and AV equipment.
Glover Park
Sports Covered: Baseball, volleyball, soccer,
This facility next fall, will feature 6 multipurpose Turf Fields with Lights, 8 Sand volleyball courts, 6 full-size turf baseball fields, a 1.75-acre turf dog park, a 5k trail, two playgrounds, and a restroom complex, shade shelters and a lot more parking,
Pole Green Park
Sports Covered: Cross country, softball, soccer, football
A 232-acre park that include multiple cross country course designs that are some of the most iconic cross-country courses in Virgina. This cross-country facility has hosted many USATF National Championships and College Conference Championships. The site also has softball fields, soccer fields/football fields, a skate park, tot-lots and playgrounds, a concession building with restrooms, picnic shelter, community center, a horse ring with stable area, sand volleyball courts and horseshoe pits.