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title: "Ballparks of America hosts grand opening"
slug: "blog/ballparks-of-america-hosts-grand-opening"
date: "2016-07-08T19:33:41.000Z"
updated: "2026-06-16T21:11:37.629Z"
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The Hollister Tigers and the Springfield Mavericks, youth travel-ball teams, were the first to play a baseball scrimmage game on the replica of Wrigley Field Thursday afternoon at the grand opening of Ballparks of America.

![Ballparks of America - 10U-13U Youth Baseball Tournaments - Branson Missouri Vacation Capital - Babe Ruth League Cal Ripken World Series - boa-post-go](https://www.ballparksofamerica.com/cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,///a.storyblok.com/f/287282975935756/af4fe62543/boa-post-go-1.jpg)