2015 Cal Ripken 10-Year-Old World Series Jonesboro, Arkansas

Serving as an agricultural and industrial leader in the mid-South, Jonesboro, Arkansas, is the fastest growing city in the state of Arkansas. The Jonesboro Baseball Boosters is pleased to host the 2015 Cal Ripken 10-Year-Old World Series. The World Series will be played at beautiful Joe Mack Campbell Park, August 8-15, 2015. Joe Mack Campbell Park is an enclosed 110-acre sports complex that features 14 baseball fields, 14 batting cages, 19 soccer fields, 2 tennis courts, a playground and a 1.5 mile paved walking trail.

Jonesboro has many offerings in the way of shopping. The downtown shopping area is a vibrant, unique shopping experience that has an eclectic mixture of shops and restaurants located in the historic buildings that line Main Street. In addition, the Mall at Turtle Creek is a 750,000 foot shopping mall located in the heart of Jonesboro that features over 100 retailers. There are many “family fun” things to do in Jonesboro and the surrounding areas...museums, indoor roller/inline skating, indoor play centers, nature centers, water parks, golfing, paintball, and much more.

Author John Grisham, screenplay writer David Auburn, Rodger Bumpass (voice of Squidward on SpongeBob SquarePants), actors Wes Bentley, Clint Catalyst, Matt Cavenaugh, and Kyle Dean; Toto blues-rock musician Tony Spinner; and film director Mary Lambert are natives of Jonesboro. Elvis Presley frequently played the high school and college dance circuit.

The heartbeat of Jonesboro is Arkansas State University, home of the Red Wolves and competes the NCAA Division 1 level in all sports. The list of world class manufacturing companies in Jonesboro is impressive; companies like Nestle, Frito-Lay, Unilever, Great Dane, Nice-Pak Products, Hytrol Conveyor Company, Post Foods and many others have chose to invest in Jonesboro. Jonesboro’s Riceland Foods is the world’s largest rice miller and marketer of rice.