Big Play Events

What Big Play Events does

Big Play Events is a private, event-driven youth sports tournament operator founded in 2016, headquartered in Mumbai with operational reach across the United States, Canada, Mexico, Bahamas, South Korea, and Australia. The company runs a tournament calendar spanning age divisions from 6U through 18U, organized around a web-based registration flow that accommodates parents, coaches/admins, athletes aged 18+, athletes under 18, and club administrators under a single role-based account model with age-eligibility verification.

The company's technical stack is entirely provided by Playbook365, a third-party tournament management software platform. Big Play Events does not appear to own or develop proprietary technology; rather, it operates a branded instance of the Playbook365 platform, evidenced by the contact email ([email protected]), the platform footer attribution, and the registration form's underlying Playbook365 login infrastructure. The platform handles tournament discovery (with month and division filters), account creation, athlete profile management, consent capture for minors, and display of past and upcoming event results.

The business model is transaction-based: Big Play Events generates revenue from participant registration fees for its youth sports tournaments. There is no publicly disclosed pricing, no subscription tier, and no enterprise sales motion visible. Distribution is fully self-serve — users register directly through the website — which keeps customer acquisition costs low but limits the company's ability to upsell or build recurring revenue. The company is small (11–50 employees), has no disclosed funding, no named customers, no awards or certifications, and no publicly identified management team.

Name

Big Play Events

Legal name

Big Play Events

Website

https://bigplayevents.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2016

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Big Play Events is a private youth sports tournament operator running age-based events from 6U through 18U across the US, Canada, Mexico, Bahamas, South Korea, and Australia on the Playbook365 platform, serving parents, coaches, athletes, and club admins.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Youth Sports Event Management

NAICS

Promoters of Performing Arts, Sports, and Similar Events (7113)

SIC

Services-Amusement & Recreation Services (7900)

akta.pro industry

PRIMARYMPAKADAL

Youth & Junior Tournament Organizers

Media, Entertainment & Sports/Sports (Leagues, Teams, Events, Venues)/Sports Event & Tournament Organizers (Tours, Championships, Meets)

SECONDARYMPAGAMAF

Youth & Amateur Sports Tournaments

Media, Entertainment & Sports/Live Entertainment & Events (Concerts, Theater, Festivals)/Live Sports Events

SECONDARYMPAKADAH

Amateur & Grassroots Tournament Organizers

Media, Entertainment & Sports/Sports (Leagues, Teams, Events, Venues)/Sports Event & Tournament Organizers (Tours, Championships, Meets)

Keywords

• Youth sports tournaments
• Tournament registration
• Sports event management
• Youth athletics
• Tournament organization

Headquarters

HQ city

Mumbai

HQ country

India

HQ region

Asia

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Operations, Marketing or Sales, Personnel, Technology or R&D

Revenue model

1. Tournament Registration Fees: Revenue generated from participant registration fees for youth sports tournaments across various age divisions.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels1 record

Core offering

Big Play Events organizes and runs youth sports tournaments across age divisions from 6U through 18U, leveraging the Playbook365 tournament management platform for online registration, athlete profile management, age-eligibility verification, and event results tracking. Participants register directly through the company's website, with self-serve account creation and login functionality supporting parents, coaches, athletes, and club administrators across US states, Canada, South Korea, Australia, and the Bahamas.

Product overview

Big Play Events operates as an event organizer powered by the Playbook365 platform — a unified tournament management software solution. The platform serves as the core product for managing youth sports tournaments across multiple age divisions (6U through 18U). The company's offering consists solely of the Playbook365-powered tournament management system, which handles event organization, division management, and event results tracking.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Youth Sports Tournaments (6U-18U)

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature1 record

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Playbook365coreTechnology or IntegrationBig Play Events uses Playbook365 as their tournament management software platform. The platform provides the technical infrastructure for event registration, profile management, eligibility verification, and tournament operations.

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Direct peers

• Triple Crown Sports: National youth and amateur tournament operator across baseball, softball, and other sports. Comparable for its multi-sport, multi-division youth tournament business model.
• Future Stars Series: National youth baseball showcase and tournament operator with online registration and age-based event tiers. Comparable multi-division youth tournament model.
• Prep Baseball Report: Operates showcase and tournament events for high-school-age baseball players with online registration and age/grad-year division filters. Comparable for age-tiered youth tournament operations.
• Perfect Game: Largest US-based amateur baseball/softball youth tournament operator with age-division structure and online registration. Directly comparable as a youth tournament organizer running multi-division events.

Emerging players

• LeagueApps: Youth sports league and tournament management platform powering registration, scheduling, and payments. Comparable as a tech-enabled youth tournament operator/platform play.
• SportsEngine: Youth sports management software used by clubs and tournament organizers for registration and event operations. Comparable adjacent platform for youth sports tournament workflows.
• Crossbar: Youth sports tournament and league management software serving organizers with registration, scheduling, and websites. Comparable as a tournament-management technology peer.

Broad incumbents

• USSSA: Multi-sport amateur sports association running sanctioned youth and adult tournaments nationwide. Comparable as a youth tournament organizer with federation-style structure.
• USA Softball: National governing body that sanctions and runs youth softball tournaments and championships. Comparable for organizing age-division youth tournament events.
• AAU (Amateur Athletic Union): Long-standing national governing body that sanctions and organizes youth amateur tournaments across many sports. Comparable as an established grassroots youth tournament organizer at far larger scale.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks4 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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