PIGEON FORGE, Tenn. (Nov. 28, 2018) – At the completion of its third year of operation in the Smoky Mountains, The Ripken Experience Pigeon Forge scored yet another homerun with baseball fans and city officials alike. Research recently released by the city determined that The Ripken Experience was responsible for $33.8 million in visitor spending […]
PIGEON FORGE, Tenn. (May 24, 2017) – Marking its first anniversary in the Smoky Mountains, The Ripken Experience Pigeon Forge is batting a thousand with baseball fans and city officials alike. Since opening its doors in March 2016, more than 800 youth baseball teams and 70 high school softball teams have taken the fields at […]
PIGEON FORGE, Tenn. (November 2014) – Construction is underway on the Ripken Experience Pigeon Forge, a $22.5 million youth baseball complex, after Cal Ripken Jr. and Pigeon Forge Mayor David Wear dug trenches with backhoes to launch the project. Ripken, a member of the Baseball Hall of Fame, represented his company, Ripken Baseball, at the […]