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▲ SITE SELECTION GUIDE Major facilities: Show Me Center is a multipurpose, 32,000-square-foot facility that can seat up to 7,177. The 54,000-square-foot Osage Centre is a community center with two regulation basketball courts, four regulation volleyball courts and an indoor walking/ running track. The 120-acre Shawnee Park Sports Complex boasts 14 fields for soccer and football and 10 baseball/ softball fields. Abe Stuber Track and Field Complex offers an eight-lane, all-weather outdoor track and seating for 2,000 Contact: Cape Girardeau CVB, www.visitcape.com. Maryland Heights A suburb of St. Louis in eastern Missouri, Maryland Heights boasts Creve Coeur Park, a 2,114-acre area that includes the 320-acre Creve Coeur Lake and a sixmile running path. Hotel rooms: 3,500+ Major facilities: Sportsport boasts 14 full-sized grass fields, two practice fields and a stadium field with bleachers. The Lou Fusz Soccer Club and the Scott Gallagher Soccer Club each offer lighted turf fields. Contact: Maryland Heights CVB, www.more2do.org. Springfield Springfield is in southwest Missouri. The city features a picturesque landscape with the rolling hills of the Ozarks. ➤ Independence Independence sits in the western portion of the state and is part of the Kansas City metro area. This summer, the city will break ground on the Stoney Creek Inn and Conference Center. Once the center is completed in early 2015, it will include a 173-room hotel and a conference center with 32,000 square feet of event space. Hotel rooms: 1,665 Major facilities: The Independence Events Center is a 131,972-squarefoot, facility with two sheets of ice, a 75,000-square-foot arena bowl with 5,800 fixed seats, and 2,200 paved parking spaces. The Independence Athletic Complex has eight multipurpose fields that can be used for football, rugby, lacrosse or soccer; three lighted softball fields; two lighted baseball fields; five practice football areas; an amphitheater with seating for 1,000; and more than 1.5 miles of trails. See Ad Contact: Independence on p. 34 Department of Tourism, m. www.visitindependence.com. Joplin Joplin is located on the historic Route 66 in southern Missouri. The city boasts the Joplin Athletic Complex, a complex ideal for baseball, soccer and tennis. Hotel rooms: 2,000+ Major facilities: Cunningham Park and Ewert Park both feature basketball courts and tennis courts. Contact: Joplin Sports Authority, www.joplinsports.com. www.sportseventsmagazine.com June 2013 31