{"id":3133,"date":"2009-03-15T12:44:59","date_gmt":"2009-03-15T19:44:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/fastpitchwest.com\/morningbrief\/?p=3133"},"modified":"2009-03-15T12:47:44","modified_gmt":"2009-03-15T19:47:44","slug":"more-on-the-2010-isc-world-tournament-heading-to-midland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/morningbrief\/?p=3133","title":{"rendered":"More on the 2010 ISC World Tournament heading to Midland"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/ourmidland.com\/articles\/2009\/03\/15\/local_news\/doc49bc6a516ff35316454147.txt\"><img src=\"http:\/\/images.townnews.com\/ourmidland.com\/art\/logo.png\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Editor&#8217;s Note: More coverage from the Midland Daily News on the 2010 ISC World Tournament plans.<\/em><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Tournament to boost local economy<br \/>\nprojected gain from ISC tournament $2.5 million<br \/>\nBy Dan Chalk<br \/>\nof the Daily News<br \/>\nPublished: Sunday, March 15, 2009 3:11 AM EDT<br \/>\nThe 2010 International Softball Congress World Tournament will have a \u00e2\u20ac\u0153tremendous\u00e2\u20ac\u009d impact on the local economy and will hopefully return to Midland again in later years, said Jim Peckrul, executive director of the Midland County Convention and Visitors Bureau.<\/p>\n<p>The Midland Explorers Booster Club is working on finalizing a contract with the ISC to host the World Tournament and two other concurrent ISC men\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s fastpitch softball tournaments over an eight-day period in August of 2010 \u00e2\u20ac\u201d bringing about $2.35 million of projected revenue to the Midland area.<\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u0153This would be one of the larger economic impact events that we\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve had in Midland,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Peckrul said. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153If you take a look at the history of the ISC and the number of cities that have hosted this event, this is a tremendous opportunity for Midland.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n<p>Up to 80 teams will be in town during the tournaments, representing more than 1,000 individuals from around the world. And as many as 20,000 fans are projected to attend the games, which will be played at Currie Stadium and the two other softball fields at Emerson Park, and at Redcoat Softball Complex.<\/p>\n<p>Peckrul said the revenue that comes into the area from the tournament will sustain 29 jobs for the course of a whole year, according to figures from Michigan State University and Travel Michigan.<\/p>\n<p>In the past, Emerson Park and Currie Stadium have been the sites of numerous major fastpitch softball events, including the ASA Men\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Major Nationals, ISF World Championships, USA Men\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s National Team and Women\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s National Team tryouts, and Olympic Softball team exhibition games.<\/p>\n<p>Peckrul noted that not only does Midland offer a great softball venue, but it has a lot of other things to offer to fans who come watch the ISC.<\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u0153We\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re a sports mecca,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d he said.<\/p>\n<p>And if players and fans like what they see in Midland, the likelihood increases that the city could host the event again in the future.<\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u0153If you can get (the ISC) to say, \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcWe want to come back,\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 that\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s what we want to try to do,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Peckrul said.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Editor&#8217;s Note: More coverage from the Midland Daily News on the 2010 ISC World Tournament plans. Tournament to boost local economy projected gain from ISC tournament $2.5 million By Dan Chalk of the Daily News Published: Sunday, March 15, 2009 3:11 AM EDT The 2010 International Softball Congress World Tournament will have a \u00e2\u20ac\u0153tremendous\u00e2\u20ac\u009d impact [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1,3,4],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/morningbrief\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3133"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/morningbrief\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/morningbrief\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/morningbrief\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/morningbrief\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3133"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/morningbrief\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3133\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/morningbrief\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3133"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/morningbrief\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3133"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/morningbrief\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3133"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}