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TOURNAMENT
SERVICES
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- 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
(Including Bat
Engraving and 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).
- Daily Pin
Trading - Coaches
please ensure all
pins are removed from
their individual
plastic bags before
trading.
- Water by the
case; ice is also
available for team
purchase in the
Baseball
Village.
- Daily Webcast
(Ceremonies, Game
Play on Fields #1-#10
and Championship
Game.
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Cooperstown
Dreams Park Clothing and
Souvenir
Shop
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Your
only source for
authentic
Dreams Park
gear and
officially
licensed
collectible
souvenirs
Featuring
Weekly
Tournament
Roster
T-Shirts
Player and
Roster Engraved
Bats
Souvenir Guide
with Weekly
Tournament
information
CDP Photo
Center - team
and community
photos
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OPEN
Saturday
through
Thursday 9:00
a.m. - 10:00
p.m.
Friday 9:00
a.m.-1:00 p.m.
and 5:30
p.m.-10:00
p.m.
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Cooperstown
Dreams Park Concession
Stands
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Open daily
8:00 a.m. until the end
of the last
game
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Extensive Menu: always
fresh,
always delicious
BREAKFAST-LUNCH-DINNER
Breakfast
Sandwiches-Danish-Muffins
Cereal-Bagels-Fruit-Milk-Juice
Cappuccino-Hot
Chocolate-Pepsi
Beverages-Hot or Cold
Apple Cider
Enjoy our selection of
wraps, subs and
fresh salads prepared to
order
Hot Dogs-Burgers-Hot
Sandwiches
Nachos-Apple Pie-Ice
Cream-Snacks
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*Special
order pizzas for team or
birthday parties
*
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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
$10.00 per week!
Click
here and visit the LRHS Web
Site
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IMPORTANT
PIN TRADING
INFORMATION
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Pin Trading has become a
tradition for teams, umpires,
parents and guests at Cooperstown
Dreams Park. Many teams have
custom-made lapel pins, while
others utilize pins provided by
their communities or sponsors.
The trading of pins provides all
campers an extra opportunity to
interact. Enjoy the fun of pin
trading!
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The Cooperstown Pins
Company can assist you in
designing and producing pins for
trading. As the official pin
supplier of Cooperstown Dreams
Park, Cooperstown Pins offers top
quality pins at a reasonable
price.
1-866-815-7467
info@cooperstownpins.com
www.cooperstownpins.com
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FREE
or INEXPENSIVE THINGS TO DO IN
COOPERSTOWN
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- 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,
$2.00 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)-$7.00 per car.
- Canoe and kayak rentals at Canoe
& Kayak Rentals and Sales
607-286-7349 (Goodyear Lake). Rent a
fishing pole for $10.00 or a kayak or
canoe for $20.00 at Sam Smiths Boatyard
607-547-2543 (Otsego Lake).
- 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)
- 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 $10.00,
Children under 18, $5.00.
- 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 $10.00 -
Cooperstown Dreams Park to Cooperstown
and return. You can also enjoy the
relaxing, full 16-mile round trip, two
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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Hawaiian
teams entertaining at weekly
opening during the Summer of
2011
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Parents: If you need additional
information please contact your Team Contact.
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