Sports Town

The Springfield Metro area is a sports town with state-of-the-art facilities and dozens of sports events year-round including AA baseball, amateur, collegiate, and high school events. Proximity to the largest cities in Missouri—Kansas City and St. Louis, provides opportunity to attend professional games and events like Kansas City Chiefs football, St. Louis Cardinals baseball and NASCAR.

Springfield offers 120 sports venues which include flat fields, diamonds, pools, golf courses, indoor universities and colleges, indoor multipurpose, tennis and pickleball courts, racquetball and handball courts, outdoor track, ice rinks, BMX and skateboard parks, beach volleyball, outdoor biking trails and greenways, bowling and billiards, esports, and secondary school sports facilities. The recent addition of Betty & Bobby Allison Sports Town brings an indoor/outdoor venue spanning 82 acres. This premier sports complex offers 12 outdoor professionally maintained sports fields, including 4 turf fields that allow for all weather play, and 94,000sq.ft. indoor facility with four high school regulation basketball courts that can be converted to 8 volleyball courts as well as two indoor soccer fields.

Another sports venue is the Betty and Bobby Allison Miracle League Ball Field | 📍 which provides opportunities for individuals with disabilities to be part of a team and play Miracle League Ball. The facility is a custom-designed barrier-free ball field where players of all ages and abilities can hit, run, catch and play ball. The field is specially equipped with a cushioned synthetic surface that allows players utilizing wheelchairs and walkers to move unrestricted and without fear of injury.

Springfield is also home to the Missouri Sports Hall of Fame | 📍 with 32,000sq.ft. showcasing over 4,000 items of sports memorabilia, displays and interactive exhibits that include racing in a NASCAR simulator, stepping into the batters box against a Major League Baseball pitcher, throw football passes, and more. The Hall of Fame celebrates the accomplishments made by athletes of our past, while inspiring future athletes to succeed. Adjacent to the Hall of Fame is the Legends Walk of Fame featuring busts and statues of notable Show Me State sports figures honored with the yearly Legends Award.

Amateur Sports

Immerse yourself in the local sports scene even if you’re not a seasoned professional:

  • Betty & Bobby Allison Sports Town
    209 Airport Blvd, Springfield 📍 | 417-530-1600 — Springfield’s newest state-of-the-art sports facility accommodates youth and adult tournaments, camps and leagues, and is a great location for birthday parties and meetings.

  • Community Sports Development Program
    Aspiring Olympic athletes can start training in archery, hockey, tennis and volleyball, and receive rigorous training, pushing them to be the most competitive version of themselves.

  • Lake Country Soccer
    2334 E Pythian St, Springfield 📍 | 417-862-3211 — Competitive indoor and outdoor leagues for children and adults. Also hosts yearly soccer camps for athletes wanting to improve their skills.

  • Park Board Sports
    Every nearby community in Greater Springfield helps coordinate park board sports. Springfield’s local Park Board is no exception and helps coordinate a variety of sports teams, including classics like volleyball and soccer as well as less traditional sports like BMX and pickleball. Anyone can get involved, with teams across all ages and skill levels.

  • Sporting Springfield
    3105 E Elm St, Springfield 📍 | 417-832-1552 — An official Academy Affiliate of Sporting KC, Sporting Springfield seeks to develop elite competitors on and off the soccer field. Players that participate and compete through Sporting Springfield are directly connected to Sporting Kansas City’s Academy and youth development initiatives and will have the opportunity to gain valuable experience while receiving heightened levels of training and development.

  • Springfield Rugby Club
    4035 E Sawyer Rd, Republic 📍 | 417-838-5789 — No matter your experience the Springfield Rugby Club will help you understand the rules of the game and get you scrumming on the field. For friendship and fun, anyone can play.

  • Springfield Softball Association
    Softball has been played in Springfield since the 1930s. The Association includes divisions for men and women’s slow and fastpitch, along with youth fastpitch. To date, Springfield has hosted more than 35 national championships.

  • The Fieldhouse Sportscenter
    2235 W Kingsley St, Springfield 📍 | 417-874-2500 — The Park Board's premier indoor court-sports facility, with four full-size basketball courts which can be configured as eight volleyball courts. Youth basketball and volleyball leagues are offered year-round. The Fieldhouse offers full-service concessions and facility and court rentals.

  • Volleyball Beach Ozark
    1198 State Hwy NN, Ozark 📍 | 417-771-9330 — Biggest indoor beach volleyball facility in the U.S.A. The 40,000sq.ft. facility has 10 white sand volleyball courts designed for all levels of play from recreational and collegiate to professional. Volleyball Beach Ozark offers co-ed leagues of doubles, quads, and 6’s. A Junior Volleyball program is offered for athletes looking to train for beach volleyball, join a club, play beach in college, join a league, or improve their indoor game through the benefits of sand.

Organized Sports

  • Collegiate Sports — Many sports fans enjoy college sports including the Missouri State University’s Bears at Great Southern Bank Arena and Hammons Student Center, the Evangel Valor, Drury Panthers, and other collegiate teams. Area universities and colleges bring hometown pride to Springfield with a number of Division I teams in sports like basketball, football, hockey, volleyball, cross country, golf and more. For those less interested in the usual sports scene, Drury University’s Panthers are also involved in non-NCAA sports like bass fishing, bowling, esports and shotgun sports. Private Christian college Evangel University’s Valor fields a variety of NAIA teams including tennis, baseball and football.

  • High School Sports — Nearly a dozen high schools in Springfield are active in the local sports scene across traditional sports like baseball and football, and a number of sports including blockbusting tournaments like the Bass Pro Tournament of Champions, Blue and Gold Basketball Tournament and Homeschool Basketball Championships.

Professional Sports

  • Kansas City Chiefs
    1 Arrowhead Dr, Kansas City 📍 | 816-920-9300 — Springfield is home to a large and passionate Kansas City Chiefs fanbase, and is a short 2 hours, 30 minutes by car to GEHA Field at Arrow Head Stadium in Kansas City.

  • Kansas City Royals
    1 Royal Way, Kansas City 📍 | 816-921-8000 — Kansas City Royals fans can be found in the area and enjoy close proximity to Kaufmann Stadium in Kansas City for MLB games, ballpark food and fun.

  • Kansas Motor Speedway
    400 Speedway Blvd, Kansas City, KS 📍 | 866-460-7223 — Owned and operated by NASCAR, this 1.500 mile tri-oval race track near Kansas City, Kansas currently hosts two annual NASCAR race weekends. Springfield NASCAR fans can race—keeping the speed limit—to the track in about 2 hours, 50 minutes.

  • KC Mavericks
    19100 E Valley View Pkwy, Independence 📍 | 816-252-7825 — Professional hockey team in the Eastern Conference Hockey League (ECHL).

  • Springfield Cardinals
    955 E Trafficway St, Springfield 📍 | 417-863-0395 — Double-A affiliate of the St. Louis Cardinals, the Springfield Redbirds have a direct connection to Major League Baseball. During their season they play Minor League Baseball teams from across the region like the Tulsa Drillers, Arkansas Travelers, Northwest Naturals, and more. From spring to late summer, Hammons Field is the place to take the family for fun, fireworks and a great game of America’s pastime.

  • St. Louis Cardinals
    700 Clark Ave, St. Louis 📍 | 314-345-9600 — Springfield is largely a St. Louis Cardinals baseball town, and is a close 3 hours, 14 minutes to Busch Stadium in St. Louis.

  • St. Louis Blues
    1401 Clark Ave, St. Louis 📍 | 314-622-2500 — Professional hockey team in the National Hockey League (NHL).

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