GAME 7 BASEBALL INC

What GAME 7 BASEBALL INC does

Game 7 Baseball Inc is a privately held youth baseball tournament management company headquartered in Maryland Heights, Missouri, founded in 2010. The company operates a web-based tournament management platform that enables youth baseball teams (ages 6U through 14U, with high-school extensions to 18U) to register for tournaments, manage rosters, view schedules and brackets, and compete within a National Point System and team rankings structure. Its core product is the self-serve registration and event-management platform, which supports an event-driven, direct-to-consumer go-to-market across Illinois, Missouri, and Tennessee, with select Kentucky activity. Game 7 also operates a separate Game 7 Fastpitch sub-brand covering softball tournaments.

The company generates revenue through three primary streams: (1) per-team tournament registration fees that range from free (for promotional events such as the Summer Championships) or $150 for Coach Pitch divisions up to $475-$525 for 13U-14U standard events; (2) $10 daily spectator gate fees (cashless) with children under 12 admitted free; and (3) a $50 annual team sanctioning fee. Layered on this are affiliate-style partnerships including a St. Louis Cardinals discounted-ticket program (with hotel partners providing per-player reimbursement up to $17) and a Chappell Insurance sports insurance program for registered teams. Tournaments are run at venue partnerships with municipal parks and sports complexes, including dedicated turf facilities in Warrenton/O'Fallon, MO and Cookeville/Gallatin/Murfreesboro, TN, plus additional sites in Branson and Springfield, MO.

The organization operates with a lean team of 11 employees and runs 26+ tournaments per season, culminating in dual-state World Series events in Tennessee and Missouri marketed under a bundled 'play 2 for the price of 1' promotion. Customer segments are SMB youth baseball teams, team managers/coaches, and players/families. Marketing is primarily website-driven with email communications and sponsor cross-promotion through partners such as Academy Sports, DICK'S Sporting Goods, Big League Uniforms, and Prime Sports. The company has no disclosed funding, no public market listing, and no identified parent company or institutional investors in the source data.

Name

GAME 7 BASEBALL INC

Legal name

Game 7 Baseball Inc

Website

https://game7baseball.com

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Game 7 Baseball Inc operates a web-based youth baseball tournament management platform across Illinois, Missouri, and Tennessee, serving SMB travel teams (6U-14U+) with online registration, National Point System rankings, and dual-state World Series events.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Youth Sports Tournament Management

NAICS

Sports Teams and Clubs (711211), Other Spectator Sports (711219)

SIC

Services-Membership Organizations (8600), Services-Amusement & Recreation Services (7900)

akta.pro primary industry

Youth & Junior Tournament Organizers (MPAKADAL)

akta.pro secondary industries

Youth & Scholastic Sports Organizations (K–12, AAU, Club Leagues) (MPAKACAF), Sport-Specific Amateur Leagues & Circuits (Non-Professional) (MPAKACAJ)

Keywords

• Youth baseball tournaments
• Tournament management platform
• Youth sports events
• Team registration services
• Baseball competition organization

Headquarters

HQ city

Cookeville

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices7 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Tournament Registration Fees: Teams pay registration fees to participate in tournaments. Fees vary by age division: Coach Pitch events range from FREE to $150, 9U-12U divisions typically $200-$385, 13U-14U divisions $475-$525. 2-day tournament format with 3-game guarantee.
2. Gate Fees: Daily admission fees charged to spectators attending tournaments. Standard gate fee is $10 per person daily, with children 12 and under admitted free. All gates are cashless with processing/tax fees.
3. Sanction Fees: Annual team sanctioning fee of $50 required for teams to participate in Game 7 tournaments
4. Cardinals Ticket Partnership: Partnership with St. Louis Cardinals offering discounted tickets to tournament participants, with host hotel partners providing ticket reimbursement up to $17 per player

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Game 7 Baseball Inc organizes and operates competitive youth baseball tournaments across Illinois, Missouri, and Tennessee through a web-based tournament management platform. The company enables team registration, age-verified division placement, scheduling, bracket creation, standings tracking, and a National Point System for team rankings, producing State Championship and World Series qualifier events for ages 6U-14U+.

Product overview

Game 7 Baseball is a tournament management platform for youth baseball organizations operating across Illinois, Missouri, and Tennessee. The core product is a web-based platform that enables team registration, tournament event management, schedule generation, bracket creation, standings tracking, and a National Point System for team rankings. The platform organizes World Series events in both Missouri and Tennessee, and offers supplementary services including a St. Louis Cardinals ticket partnership for tournament participants and team insurance through Chappell Insurance.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Game 7 Fastpitch: A separate fastpitch softball tournament division operated by the same organization.

Products and services

• Game 7 Baseball Tournament Management Platform A web-based tournament management platform for youth baseball organizations enabling team registration, event management, schedule generation, bracket creation, standings tracking, and team rankings across Illinois, Missouri, and Tennessee.
• World Series Events Premium championship tournaments held annually in Missouri and Tennessee for teams that qualify through State events, with bundled 2-for-1 pricing across both geographic locations and turf-facility venues for weather resilience.
• Game 7 Fastpitch A separate fastpitch softball tournament division operated by Game 7 Baseball, extending the organization's youth tournament management and rankings platform to girls' softball competitions.

Quantifiable outcome

• Teams can qualify for World Series through 4 paid qualifiers and State Championship
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers7 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

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Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Nine partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• St. Louis CardinalscoreGTM or Marketing PartnerGame 7 has teamed up with the St. Louis Cardinals to offer exclusive discounted ticket pricing for Game 7 Tournament participants. Partner host hotels offer stay packages where players receive tickets to Friday night Cardinals games with minimum room-night requirements. Up to $17 per player ticket reimbursement available through hotel partners.
• Chappell InsurancecoreGTM or Marketing PartnerChappell Insurance and Game 7 combined to offer a sports insurance program for teams. This provides team insurance options as an added service to registered teams and tournament participants.
• Academy Sports and OutdoorsminorGTM or Marketing PartnerSponsor partner providing equipment and sporting goods support for tournaments.
• DICK'S Sporting GoodsminorGTM or Marketing PartnerSponsor partner with CRM-based discount offers for tournament participants.
• Big League Uniforms and GearminorGTM or Marketing PartnerSponsor partner providing uniforms and gear for youth baseball.
• Prime SportsminorGTM or Marketing PartnerSponsor partner for sporting goods and equipment.
• Youth Baseball MidwestminorGTM or Marketing PartnerYouTube content partner covering youth baseball in the Midwest region.
• Woke Up RADminorGTM or Marketing PartnerSponsor partner with sports media/content presence.
• STL Youth Sports OutreachminorGTM or Marketing PartnerSponsor partner supporting youth sports outreach in St. Louis region.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Triple Crown Sports: Triple Crown organizes youth and college baseball and softball tournaments nationwide with a similar fee structure and ranking tracks to Game 7. They are a direct competitor in the travel baseball tournament space.
• USSSA (United States Specialty Sports Association): USSSA sanctions youth baseball teams, runs national tournaments, and maintains ranking/point systems across the country. Like Game 7, it operates a sanctioning-plus-events model with annual team fees and tournament registration revenue.
• Perfect Game: Perfect Game is the largest youth baseball showcase and tournament operator in the US, running thousands of events annually and offering national rankings. Game 7 competes directly for travel teams and tournament dollars in the same age divisions (especially 9U-14U) across multiple states.

Broad incumbents

• AAU Baseball: AAU is a large amateur sports sanctioning organization that runs youth baseball national championships through member clubs. Overlaps with Game 7's tournament and sanctioning model but with a much broader multi-sport portfolio.

Emerging players

• Prep Baseball Report: Prep Baseball Report organizes scouting-based tournaments and showcases for high school prospects with regional events across the Midwest and Southeast, overlapping with Game 7's older divisions (13U-14U) and Missouri/Tennessee footprint.
• BPA (Baseball Factory / Breakthrough Baseball): Baseball Factory runs youth development tournaments and showcases; operates somewhat downstream of travel ball but competes for similar families in the older age brackets.
• 5 Tool Baseball: 5 Tool organizes showcase-style tournaments in Texas and expanding regions with team rankings and point systems, similar in concept to Game 7's National Point System.

Others

• Ballparks of America: Ballparks of America is a premier tournament venue partner (and co-host) in Branson, MO that runs its own youth tournaments. It is both a partner and adjacent operator competing for the same family dollars.

Regional players

• Game On Tournaments: Game On is a regional tournament organizer that runs youth baseball events primarily in the Midwest and South, directly comparable in scale and target customer to Game 7 Baseball.
• Legends Baseball League: Legends operates competitive youth baseball tournaments across multiple states with similar age divisions (8U-14U) and ranking systems; comparable in operating model and event format.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/game-7-baseball

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Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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