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January 2016 50 www.sportseventsmagazine.com F L O R I D A t show area and permanent seating for 4,000. Pensacola Bay Center is a 10,000-seat arena. Southwest Escambia Sportsplex is a 200-acre complex with 17 felds that hosts baseball, T-ball, softball, soccer and football. Exchange Park offers four lighted softball felds. Contact: Pensacola Sports, www.pensacolasports.com. See Ad On Page 43 Sarasota County Sarasota County is situated in south- west Florida and offers sports venues like Nathan Benderson Park, the only International Rowing Federation- approved course in North America. Hotel rooms: 15,000 Hotel tax rate: 12 percent Major facilities: Nathan Benderson Park has a 2,000-meter regatta course. Ed Smith Stadium & Buck O'Neil Baseball Complex features an 8,000-seat stadium, four additional on-site training felds with one practice half-feld, fve off-site training felds and a clubhouse. Sarasota Polo Grounds covers 130 acres and houses nine meticulously groomed and irrigated polo felds, two stick and ball felds and a regulation-sized arena. The 140-acre Premier Sports Campus consists of 22 felds. Selby Aquatics Center is an outdoor swimming and aquatics facility featuring a 50-meter competition pool. Convention center: Robarts Arena houses 15,000 square feet of foor space with permanent seating for 3,500. Contact: Visit Sarasota County, www.sarasotasports.org. See Ad On Page 51 Seminole County Sports competitions have called Seminole County home for almost a century, from the early spring training games of the New York Giants and Boston Braves to the training grounds for Major League Soccer's Orlando City professional sports team. The county is situated in the Orlando-Kissimmee metro area. Hotel rooms: 5,000+ Major facilities: Historic Sanford Memorial Stadium is a baseball park with seating for more than 100. Sanlando Park features 25 lighted, hard court tennis courts, eight four-wall outdoor racquetball courts, two outdoor basket- ball courts, one beach volleyball court and four wallyball courts. Seminole County Softball Complex offers fve lighted felds. Seminole Youth Soccer Complex houses a soccer feld and seat- ing. Sylvan Lake Park provides felds for soccer, rugby, feld hockey, football and lacrosse. Soldier's Creek Park is a 315- acre facility with soccer/football felds and softball/baseball felds. Coming soon: Seminole County is constructing a 100+ acre sports complex that will become the home of hundreds of top youth and amateur events over the next several years. The premier complex, scheduled to open in May, will provide a total of 15 felds, nine of which are syn- thetic turf. Contact: Seminole County CVB, www.teamseminole.com. St. Petersburg/Clearwater Situated in southwest Florida is St. Petersburg and neighboring Clearwater. The cities offer plenty of venues for indoor sports, but outdoor and water sports thrive here thanks to the area's great weather. Hotels: 400+ properties Major facilities: 31 st Street Complex offers facilities for lacrosse and football. Al Lang Stadium is a waterfront baseball park. Belcher Soccer Complex is a three-feld complex that hosts soccer, lacrosse and fag football. Bright House Field is a 10,000-seat ballpark and the spring training home of the Philadelphia Phillies. Contact: St. Petersburg/Clearwater Sports Commission, www.sportsspc.com. Tallahassee Tallahassee, Florida's state capital, is home to three colleges and venues for numerous sports, including swimming, diving, football, baseball, track and cross country. This year, the north- ern Florida city will host the Capital City Senior Games, ACC Track & Field Championships, ASA Softball National Qualifer Capital City Invite and the AAU National Cross Country Championship. Hotel rooms: 6,000 Hotel tax rate: 12.5 percent Major facilities: Apalachee Regional Park is a 140-acre park with a champi- onship cross country course and four lighted football felds that can also be used for soccer and lacrosse. Forest Meadows Tennis Complex consists of 19 lighted tennis courts. FSU Seminole Rec-SportsPlex accommodates softball, baseball, fag football, soccer, lacrosse, Bass fshing in Kissimmee Experience Kissimmee