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No matter what your sport, and whether you want to participate or just take in a game, you’ll find it in Pensacola.
The Blue Wahoos—a Double-A affiliate of the Cincinnati Reds—play their home games at a 5,000-plus-seat multi-use waterfront stadium that overlooks Pensacola Bay and the downtown harbor. Visitors can reserve traditional stadium seats or enjoy games from covered and open-air party decks. Fans can also plop down beach blankets in lush grass behind outfield fences.
Sporting fun doesn’t stop in the fall. The Argos, the University of West Florida’s football team, take over Pensacola Bayfront Stadium in September. And just down the road, the Pensacola Ice Flyers—three-time champions of the Southeast Professional Hockey League—take to the ice to play for a raucous, family-friendly crowd at the Pensacola Bay Center.
Hosting soccer and baseball events year-round, the Pensacola area boasts two sprawling sports complexes that total more than 300 acres. More than 3,000 children participate in athletics at the complexes, which have become a destination for families who can enjoy a coastal vacation with their children.
Ashton Brosnaham Athletic Park holds soccer and softball tournaments for athletes of all ages. The 117-acre facility has 10 soccer fields and four softball fields. It has hosted the Gulf South Conference NCAA Division II soccer tournaments and the NCAA Division II National Championship.
The Southwest Escambia Sports Complex is located just a few miles from the pristine beaches of Perdido Key. While the 17-field, 217-acre athletic complex holds youth soccer, baseball, and football, it also includes nature trails, a playground, and numerous pavilions for fans and visitors alike.
Take part in Pensacola’s annual Double Bridge Run in February or the Pensacola Marathon in November. Tee off at one of the area's picturesque, PGA-rated golf courses. Experience a blizzard at Five Flags Speedway, where a mob of professional racecar drivers—some from NASCAR—compete every December on the famous Pensacola racetrack. Pensacola has a full calendar of sporting events to keep your heart pumping year-round.
Five Flags Speedway is home of the Snowball Derby, which was started in 1968 by the late Tom Dawson, the Snowball Derbyª has been the premier short track event each year since it's beginning, bringing drivers such as Mark Martin, Rusty Wallace, Darrell Waltrip, Bobby Allison and more. Each year, all the… Read More...
The Vince J. Whibbs, Sr. Community Maritime Park is a multi-use, public-private park development on Pensacola’s waterfront. Located in Historic Downtown Pensacola, this park features beautiful views of Pensacola Bay, over 38,000 square feet of outdoor event space, an amphitheater, playground, and festival grounds.… Read More...
Exchange Park is a four-field softball complex that hosts both, slow-pitch and fast-pitch tournaments throughout the year. Read More...
Lost Key Golf Club is an 18 hole Arnold Palmer Signature Design Course. The par 71 golf course features the premier grass, Sea Dwarf Paspalum from tee to green for the optimum in quality playing surfaces and green speeds.ÊAll holes includeÊfive sets of tees,Êincluding the Tee it Forward program, allowing for all… Read More...
Named for the explosive way they pull out of the water, Wahoos are a tough hometown fish that mean business. Blue, while part of the fish color, also connects to Pensacola's blue water, blue skies and the Blue Angels. Celebrating the fun of Minor League Baseball, "Wahoo!" is the sound of Pensacola's brand of family… Read More...
The Pensacola Ice Flyers are members of the Southern Professional Hockey League (SPHL) and are three-time President's Cup Champions, bringing the Cup home to Pensacola in 2013, 2014, and 2016. They play 28 regular season home games (October - April) at the Pensacola Bay Center, also known as "The Hangar".… Read More...
Originally incorporated in 1955, the Pensacola Sports Association (PSA) is a private not-for-profit agency and one of the oldest sports commissions in the country. After many years of successfully managing the Pensacola Open (a PGA tournament), PSA expanded to offer free clinics in golf, tennis, baseball and softball,… Read More...
