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▲ SITE SELECTION GUIDE Hotel rooms: 6,000 Major facilities: Cooper Park and Sports Complex has five lighted baseball fields, 14 outdoor soccer fields, an indoor soccer field, futsal field and tennis courts. Hammons Field is a 6,750-seat baseball stadium. JQH Arena is an 11,000-square-foot, state-of-the-art arena that hosts rodeos, basketball, volleyball, cheerleading, gymnastics, wrestling and martial arts. Killian Sports Complex features six lighted softball fields. Mediacom Ice Park boasts two sheets of ice and fixed seating for over 1,000. The O'Reilly Family Event Center is a 3,100-seat, multisport venue. Contact: d Springfield See Ad CVB, on p. 34 www. dmo org springfieldmo.org. 10,000-seat, multi-purpose facility. The 230,000-square-foot St. Peters Rec-Plex houses three regulation-sized ice rinks and a natatorium with an Olympicsized pool and diving tower. St. Charles Soccer Complex is a 60-acre facility St. Charles On the Missouri River just west of St. Louis is St. Charles. A historic city that dates back to 1769, St. Charles has welcomed events such as the Missouri Valley Conference Women's Basketball Championships, the State Wars United States Roller Hockey Championships and the Dick's Sporting Goods Midwest Cup Lacrosse Championships. Hotel rooms: 2,000 Major facilities: Family Arena is a 32 June 2013 with 16 fields for lacrosse, field hockey and soccer. The 76-acre Ozzie See Ad Smith Sports Complex on p. 31 features seven fields as well as the 5,000-seat T.R. Hughes Ballpark. Contact: Greater St. Charles CVB, www.historicstcharles.com. St. Joseph Northwest Missouri's St. Joseph offers a variety of sporting venues such as Heritage Park Softball Complex, which was named the 2010 ASA Complex of the Year. St. Joseph is also home to Missouri Western State University, which offers additional facilities like the Griffon Indoor Sports Complex and Spring Sports Complex. Hotel rooms: 1,100+ Major facilities: Heritage Park Softball Complex is a five-field, stateof-the-art facility. Opened last year, the St. Joseph REC Center is a 3,000-square-foot venue with three gymnasiums. Built in 1939, Phil Welch Stadium is a baseball facility that has recently been renovated. Bode Sports Complex can host multiple outdoor sports and is attached to the Bode Ice Arena and a Skate Park. Noyes Sports Complex is a 23-acre facility with 12 lighted tennis courts, two bantam football See Ad fields and more. on p. 33 Contact: St. Joseph CVB, www.stjosports.com. ➤ www.sportseventsmagazine.com