Cooperstown Dreams Park

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Parents: Please refer to this page to help organize your stay at Cooperstown Dreams Park. Please check this page periodically for updated information.
  • The 2008 PARENT/CAMPER KIT is now available (2/20/08)
  • If you need information and/or assistance on obtaining travel planning and/or room accommodations in the Cooperstown area you should click on our LINKS page or FAMILY GUIDE page.
  • If you have any questions please contact your team contact .

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Click below to obtain information that is available to
help you in your stay at Cooperstown Dreams Park.

Dreams Park Experience
Directions
Free & Inexpensives Things to Do
Leatherstocking Railroad
Maps
Pin Trading Information
Tournament Services
Weather


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TOURNAMENT SERVICES


  • 24-Hour medical and first aid staff.
  • 24-Hour security.
  • Free admission to all games.
  • Free family and guest parking.
  • On-site nightly movies and arcade for teams, located in Baseball Village.
  • Cooperstown Dreams Park Clothing and Souvenir Shop.
  • Group and family photos are available at the CDP Photo Center.
  • Food is available at all Cooperstown Dreams Park concession stands.
  • Chicken barbecues on Saturdays and Thursdays.
  • Train ride on the Scenic & Historic Cooperstown & Charlotte Valley Railroad provided by the Leatherstocking Railway Historical Society (tickets are available (for a nominal cost) in the Clothing and Souvenir Shop).
  • Free shuttle bus from Dreams Park to downtown Cooperstown.
  • Uniform Laundry service is provided for teams and umpires (sign-up required).







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Find out more about the Scenic & Historic Cooperstown & Charlotte Valley Railroad

For more information & a free brochure you can write the Leatherstocking Railway Historical Society, PO Box 681, Oneonta, NY 13820-0681 or call 607-432-2429

Parents and Guests can ride the train from Cooperstown Dreams Park to Cooperstown and return. Weekly Passes are available at the Dreams Park Clothing & Souvenir Shop for only $9.00 per week!

Click here and visit the LRHS Web Site



PARENTS

If you or someone in your family would like to sing or play "The Star Spangled Banner" or "Take Me Out To The Ball Game" at the Opening or Closing Ceremonies please have your Head Coach or Manager sign the person up upon arrival for your Team's Registration. Cooperstown Dreams Park reserves the right to audition individuals and groups and will make every effort to accommodate the requests.






IMPORTANT PIN TRADING INFORMATION

Pin Trading has become a tradition for teams, umpires and parents at Cooperstown Dreams Park. Many teams have custom-made lapel pins, while others utilize pins from their communities that are provided by sponsors. The trading of pins provides all campers an extra opportunity to interact. Enjoy the fun of pin trading!

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If you have any questions please call us at 704-630-0050. We will be glad to assist you.

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FREE or INEXPENSIVE THINGS TO DO IN COOPERSTOWN

  • Relax by Lake Otsego, the source of the Susquehanna River. (Free) Enjoy a picnic lunch in Lake Front Park at the foot of Pioneer St. Takeout lunches/snacks/dinners are available at most local restaurants.
  • Watch a baseball game at historic Doubleday Field. (Free) Games are scheduled all day long.
  • Ride the trolley. ($3.00 adults, $1.00 kids under 12 - fare is honored all day)
  • Visit local Art Galleries: Smithy-Pioneer Gallery (Pioneer St.) and Cooperstown Art Association (Main Street in the Village Library building.) (Free)
  • Visit the Farmers' Market in Pioneer Alley behind Key Bank, Saturdays during the summer & early fall. (Free)
  • Attend the Wednesday Night Cooperstown Community Band Concert at the Otesaga Hotel, Lake Street, 8:30 p.m.-9:30 p.m. (July/August) (Free)
  • Tour Goodyear Swamp Sanctuary (Behind the Opera House on Rte 80). (Free)
  • Visit the breweries: Brewery Ommegang on River Road and Cooperstown Brewing Company ($3.00), East Main Street, Milford.
  • Visit the Bear Pond Wines (Rte 28 South) (Free)
  • Take self-guided walking tour of Cooperstown and see area landmarks and historic homes. Maps available at Information kiosk & Chamber Office. (Maps - $0.50 each
  • Swim at Three Mile Point (St. Hwy 80 - West Lake Road)-$5.00 per person; Fairy Springs (Rte 31, East Lake Rd.)-$5.00 per person; Glimmerglass State Park (Rte 31, East Lake Road)-$6.00 per car.
  • Rent a fishing pole for $10.00 or a kayak or canoe for $20.00 at Sam Smiths Boatyard 607-547-2543.
  • Visit Fly Creek Cider Mill (Route 28N to flashing light in Fly Creek, turn right, follow signs). Open May-December. 9:00 a.m.-6:00 p.m. daily. (Free)
  • Attend an Oneonta Tigers minor league game.
  • Buy a day pass for the Clark Sports Center. Olympic swimming pool, running track, racquet ball and basketball courts, climbing walls, bowling alleys. Children under 18 must have waiver slip signed by a parent. Adults $8.00, Children under 18, $4.00.
  • See the fallow deer on Susquehanna Avenue just before the Clark Sports Center.
  • Free concerts in the park in Sharon Springs on Wednesdays during July and August.
  • Ride the Scenic & Historic Cooperstown & Charlotte Valley Railroad. Full week passes are available (at the Cooperstown Dreams Park Clothing and Souvenir Shop) for parents and family members of the Dreams Park for only $9.00 - Cooperstown Dreams Park to Cooperstown and return. You can also enjoy the relaxing, full 10-mile round trip, one and a half hour ride up the beautiful Upper Susquehanna River Valley from Milford to Cooperstown Dreams Park to Cooperstown and return. Leatherstocking Railway Historical Society 607-432-2429 or check out their website at www.lrhs.com.

    This list is provided by the Cooperstown Chamber of Commerce and is subject to change without notice.

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THE DREAMS PARK EXPERIENCE

While promoting a high caliber of play, our goal is to have young players experience the purity of baseball as it was meant to be.

  • By stepping up to the plate, regardless of outcome, all players leave with a sense of pride, dignity and accomplishment.

 

 

THE MISSION OF COOPERSTOWN DREAMS PARK ...

...is to provide a cultural and life enriching experience for young boys and girls who love the game.

  • By visiting the Village of Cooperstown and playing in the legendary home of baseball.
  • By meeting and playing against their peers from around the country and the world.
  • By reaching within themselves to fulfill their ultimate dream.




 

 Just Imagine ...

Being a part of History! Each player and coach will be immortalized by being inducted into the prestigious American Youth Baseball Hall of Fame where they will be enshrined. As a part of the Cooperstown Dreams Park experience, your team members will be awarded the coveted American Youth Baseball Hall of Fame ring - like the champions before them - and granted membership into this distinguished baseball club. All Cooperstown Dreams Park participants share this great honor.


 


 

 Just Imagine ...

In the town where baseball began ... your place in history with baseball's greats. At no other time in the history of youth baseball has there ever been an invitational tournament quite like Cooperstown Dreams Park, with its unique baseball atmosphere ... where baseball present meets the traditional values of baseball past. Take a step back in time ... with barnstormers of baseball past. Fields cut from the same pastures that have given life to the magical myth of Abner Doubleday. Teams travel far and wide to play on these sacred fields.


 Dreams Really Do Come True

Cooperstown Dreams Park offers today's youth a chance to fulfill childhood dreams. We trust you will agree this is an opportunity of a lifetime. If you love baseball and kids, Cooperstown Dreams Park is the place to be. It is a must for America's Youth.






Parents: If you need additional information please contact your Team Contact.


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