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January 2016 40 www.sportseventsmagazine.com Softball Complex boasts fve felds, each designed to accommodate every type of adult softball competition. Westgate Tennis Center features 20 Har-Tru courts. Civic center: The Dothan Civic Center can seat approximately 2,500 and offers more than 10,000 square feet of space. Contact: Dothan Area CVB, www.dothanalcvb.com. Florence Situated in the northwest corner of Alabama along the banks of the Tennessee River, Florence is the largest city in an area known as "The Shoals." The city offers scenic views and a num- ber of opportunities for sports including fshing, baseball and softball. Hotel rooms: 1,200 Hotel tax rate: 11 percent Major facilities: Florence Sportsplex has fve baseball felds, eight softball felds and six soccer felds (one of which can be converted to a football feld). Cox Creek Complex has 12 lighted tennis courts and a skate park. North Florence Soccer Complex houses two soccer felds. Royal Avenue Recreation Center has four lighted tennis courts and a swimming pool. Veteran's Memorial Park features six lighted tennis courts, an 18-hole disc golf course, three soft- ball felds and three baseball felds. Blackberry Trail Golf Course is an 18-hole golf course. Braly Stadium is a college football facility. Florence Coliseum is a multi-use facility. Contact: Florence/Lauderdale Tourism, www.VisitFlorenceAL.com. Foley Foley is a coastal community with an array of attractions, accommodations and restaurants. The city is also just nine miles from the sugar white beaches of Alabama's Gulf Coast. Hotels: 700+ Hotel tax rate: 11 percent Major facility: The Foley Sports Tourism Complex features 16 multi-pur- pose felds designed for soccer, lacrosse, football and other sports. The felds are scheduled to open Memorial Day Weekend 2016. Contact: Foley Sports Tourism, www.visitfoley.org. Gulf Shores/Orange Beach Gulf Shores and Orange Beach are fam- ily-friendly towns and sporting event destinations located along 32 miles of the white sandy beaches of the Gulf of Mexico with lodging, dining options and a number of venues for sporting events. Hotel rooms: 17,000 Hotel tax rate: 11 percent Major facilities: David L. Bodenhamer Center offers one gym and one indoor pool. The 5,000-square-foot George C. Meyer Tennis Center consists of 12 hard surface courts and six Rubeco courts. Gulf Shores Sportsplex & Softball Complex features a multi-use feld house, one football feld, one baseball feld, one soc- cer feld, one track and six softball felds. Johnnie Sims Park houses two youth baseball felds, one softball feld, one high school base- ball feld, two outdoor basketball courts and a skate park. The Orange Beach Aquatic Center has one Junior Olympic pool. Orange Beach Sportsplex con- sists of fve softball felds, fve baseball felds, two soccer/football felds and one multi-purpose feld. The Orange Beach Tennis Center has eight courts. Contact: Gulf Shores & Orange Beach Tourism, www.GulfShores.com, www.OrangeBeach.com. Huntsville Huntsville is located in the center of north Alabama. In addition to some of the top tourist attractions in the state, the city has a number of facilities to suit most any sport or budget. Hotel rooms: 6,776 Hotel tax rate: 13 percent plus $1 per room, per night Major facilities: Fern Bell Park houses four felds. Huntsville Metro Kiwanis Sportsplex has six ball felds. Joe Davis Stadium is a professional baseball stadi- um. Phillips Park offers seven baseball felds. Challenger Gymnasium accom- modates basketball and volleyball. Fern A L A B A M A t Huntsville/Madison County CVB Von Braun Center in Huntsville Get On Board The WWII-era battleship USS Alabama is permanently docked at Battleship Memorial Park, a military history park and museum located on Mobile Bay. Visitors can board and explore the battleship on self-guided tours. n Mobile Sports Authority