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GREAT RIVERS & ROUTES REGION OF SOUTHWESTERN ILLINOIS SPORTS Playbook ALTON l BETHALTO l COLLINSVILLE l EAST ALTON l EDWARDSVILLE ELSAH l GODFREY l JERSEYVILLE l ROXANA l WOOD RIVER SERVING THE ILLINOIS COUNTIES OF MADISON l MACOUPIN JERSEY l CALHOUN From the USTA all-stars to the ASA National Tournament to the LPGA Links qualifier, the Great Rivers & Routes region has played host to some of the top tournaments in the U.S. Our top- rated facilities and athletic fields are ready to accommodate your tournament play. Just minutes from St. Louis and accessible by six interstates, the region is centrally located in the Midwest. The Great Rivers & Routes Tourism Bureau is here to serve you and assist your organization with finding the right facilities, selecting lodging and enjoying your time off the field during your next sporting event. YOUREVENT 1 1-800-258-6645 getting here Galena Chicago, IL 245 mi/394 km Quad Cities All roads lead to the Great Rivers Joliet & Routes region, which is easily Bloomington accessible via I-55, I-70, I-270, Quincy I-44, I-255 and I-64. For those Kansas City traveling by air, we are just 20 258 mi/415 km Alton Indianapolis Grafton Edwardsville 245 mi/394 km Collinsville St. Louis minutes from St. Louis Lambert International Airport. Travel Louisville 278 mi/447 km by train from all over the Branson 274 mi/441 km country and pull into the Memphis 307 mi/494 km Amtrak station located in Alton. RiversandRoutes.com 2 our roster The Great Rivers & Routes region has hosted several high school, collegiate, amateur and professional sporting events. We are prepared to accommodate the following sports: softball, baseball, soccer, tennis, golf, fishing, hockey, figure skating, volleyball, sand volleyball, football, basketball, swimming, track & field, kickball, disc golf and gymnastics. ENTERTAINMENT FOR THE win There’s more to do after tournament choices for team dining and private play with Altitude Trampoline Park, rooms at some of your favorite spots Grafton Zipline Adventures, Splash including 54th Street Bar & Grill, Bella Pads, Raging Rivers, Collinsville Aqua Milano, Bluff City Grill, Castelli’s Park, Willoughby Heritage Farm, a Restaurant at 255, Colton’s Steak House, number of historic sights and much Great Rivers Tap & Grill, and Ravanelli’s. more. You’ll find an abundance of 3 1-800-258-6645 ACCOMMODATINGyour needs The Great Rivers & Routes Tourism Bureau is at your service. We will gladly send out your RFP to applicable venues in our region. Upon selecting a venue to host your sporting event, we will go to work for you finding the necessary lodging, banquet space, dining options and welcome bags for your teams. We have 28 full-service and limited service hotels and motels in the region designed to accommodate every group size and match every budget. ALTON | 62002 Hampton Inn Collinsville 7 Commerce Dr. • (618) 346-4400 Best Western Plus Parkway Hotel 1900 Homer M. Adams Pkwy. • (618) 433-9900 La Quinta Inn & Suites 6 Gateway Dr. • (618) 855-8400 Best Western Premier Alton – St. Louis Area Hotel Super 8 • 2 Gateway Dr. • (618) 345-8008 3559 College Ave. • (618) 462-1220 EDWARDSVILLE | 62025 Comfort Inn • 11 Crossroads Ct. Comfort Inn Edwardsville (618) 465-9999 3080 Rt. 157 • (618) 656-4900 Hampton Inn & Suites by Hilton Country Hearth Inn & Suites 1904 Homer M. Adams Pkwy. • (618) 433-8999 1013 Plummer Dr. • (618) 656-7829 Super 8 • 1800 Homer M. Adams Pkwy. Holiday Inn Express (618) 465-8885 & Suites Edwardsville COLLINSVILLE | 62234 1000 Plummer Dr. • (618) 692-7255 America’s Best Value Inn TownePlace Suites 552 Ramada Blvd. • (618) 345-9500 St. Louis Edwardsville 6101 Center Grove Rd • 618-655-3001 Comfort Inn • 8 Commerce Dr. (480) 725-1637 GLEN CARBON | 62034 Days Inn Collinsville Hampton Inn & Suites 12 Commerce Dr. • (618) 345-2000 St. Louis-Edwardsville DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel Collinsville 5723 Heritage Crossing Dr. • (618) 589-5000 1000 Eastport Plaza Dr. • (618) 345-2800 GRAFTON | 62037 Drury Inn Collinsville Aeries Resort • 14 W. Main St. 602 N. Bluff Rd. • (618) 345-7700 (618) 786-8439 Fairfield Inn Collinsville Pere Marquette Lodge 4 Gateway Dr. • (618) 346-0607 & Conference Center 13653 Lodge Blvd. • (618) 786-2331 For more information: Ruebel Hotel & Restaurant RiversandRoutes.com 217 E. Main St. • (618) 786-2315 RiversandRoutes.com 4 SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY EDWARDSVILLE Southern Illinois University infield and batting cages. The Simmons Edwardsville offers six pristine athletic Baseball Complex has an artificial field, facilities home to 16 NCAA Division I functional scoreboard, and seating for programs. The Vadalabene Center, 1,000, with lawn seating for up to 500 home of Cougars men’s and women’s additional fans. SIUE Tennis Courts is basketball, volleyball and wrestling a six-court outdoor tennis facility with teams, has a hardwood surface, a a seating capacity of 200 and lawn seating capacity of over 4,000, and seating for an additional 1,000 fans. has been the host to ESPN broadcasts and numerous events, including the SIUE Cross Country Course was IHSA playoffs. Ralph Korte Stadium designed to challenge all levels of and Bob Guelker Field is a 3,000-seat competition. The course includes a 5K, facility home to the SIUE men’s and 6K, 8K and 10K course. It is used for women’s soccer team and men’s and prep and collegiate meets and is fan- women’s track and field teams. Korte friendly with multiple points where fans Stadium has an eight-lane track, a fully can watch the runners. A new state- functional scoreboard, and new turf of- the-art finish line was added to the which was installed in summer 2018. course in 2018. Cougar Field, home of Cougars The SIUE campus is also home to the softball, has a dirt infield, grass outfield, Outdoor Recreation Sports Complex warning track, functional scoreboard, consisting of a variety of synthetic turf and seating for 800. The Fulginiti and grass playing fields, concession Indoor training facility next to Cougar area, and picnic pavilion. The Club Field has pitching rubbers, a turfed Sports Field is a natural grass soccer or 5 1-800-258-6645 Southern Illinois University Edwardsville 6 Hairpin Dr. • Edwardsville • www.siue.edu football field (rotates seasonally) with The Student Fitness Center has operational scoreboard. The South five maple hardwood floor sports Recreation Field has a natural grass courts ready for basketball, volleyball, field. The Multipurpose Field (lighted) badminton or pickleball. The Center has a synthetic turf, NCAA regulation also has a multi-purpose court with soccer field, two flag football fields rubberized floor and inset goals for and two intramural soccer fields. The soccer, futsal, roller hockey, tennis, lighted Softball Field has synthetic turf basketball, volleyball or cricket, as well infield and natural grass outfield with as three racquetball courts. These same courts can accommodate many unique pitching rubbers, covered dugouts and activities, including arena paintball, operational scoreboard. dodgeball, bags/corn hole, Quidditch and more. SPORT FIELD/ LIT SEATING PARKING COURTS FIELDS Baseball 2 1 500 bleachers 100 300 lawn Softball 2 2 500 bleachers 838 300 lawn Tennis 6 0 200 bleachers 500 500 lawn Soccer 6 2 3,000 bleachers 838 1,000 lawn Basketball/ 11 11 4,000 1,800 Volleyball RiversandRoutes.com 6 PRINCIPIA COLLEGE Principia College’s pristine athletic tennis play all year round. There are an facilities include the 100,000 square additional six outdoor tennis courts. foot Coach Crafton Athletic Center Clark Field is the competition football/ which holds a 200m indoor track, pole rugby field with a 400 meter track vaulting, a sandpit for the long jump surrounding it, with stadium seating and triple jump, collegiate basketball for 800 people. The track is a 6 lane 400 courts and collegiate volleyball courts. meter track with a long jump /triple The Natatorium is an NCAA compliant jump sand pit, pole vault station and 40 meter stretch pool with an electronic high jump station. timing system and three diving boards The college Soccer Field is equipped — two 1m and 3m diving boards. The with lights, scoreboard, bleacher Hay Field House is a multilevel fitness seats, restrooms, and protected team facility containing four volleyball courts benches. Cheatham Stadium baseball and six basketball hoops. The Hexberg field and the college Softball Field Indoor Tennis Center houses four both feature high powered lights, competition tennis courts, perfect for scoreboards, batting cages and warning 7 1-800-258-6645 Principia College • 1 Maybeck Place • Elsah www.principiacollege.edu tracks. Cheatham Stadium also features a press box with stadium seating. The Cross County Championship Course is a NCAA DIII National Championship Course with multiple distance routes and observation tower. The Sand Box feature four premium white sand competition courts, bleachers, lights, shower and rinsing station. SPORT FIELD/COURTS LIT FIELDS PARKING Basketball 4 4 500 Volleyball 6 6 500 Sand Volleyball 4 0 30-50 Tennis 10 10 100 Basketball 1 1 200 Softball 1 1 100 Soccer 1 1 400 Poll 1 1 400 RiversandRoutes.com 8 LEWIS & CLARK COMMUNITY COLLEGE The Lewis and Clark Community facility, strength and conditioning College campus in Godfrey, IL offers lab, locker rooms and restrooms. athletics facilities for basketball, Tennis facilities offer lighted courts, baseball, softball, soccer, volleyball, grandstand style chair seating and and tennis that can provide spectator restrooms while soccer facilities also seating that can range from 300-600 offer grandstand style chair seating fans at each location. Available with the with nearby restrooms. indoor basketball and volleyball courts are concession areas, athletic training Lewis & Clark Community College 5800 Godfrey Rd • Godfrey. www.LC.edu SPORT FIELD/COURTS LIT FIELDS PARKING Tennis 8 8 300-600 Baseball 1 0 300-600 Softball 1 0 300-600 Soccer 1 0 300-600 Basketball/ 2 2 300-600 Volleyball 9 1-800-258-6645 ALTON PARKS Located on the east side of Alton, the and several collegiate games.