Prince Albert awarded pair of major Men’s Softball World Cup events
Prince Albert will be a hot destination for softball fans around the world in the coming years.
During a press conference at the Art Hauser Centre on Tuesday morning, it was announced that the World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC) has awarded a 2024 WBSC Men’s Softball World Cup Group Stage and the 2025 World Cup Final to the City of Prince Albert.
Members of the local bidding committee, Ian Litzenberger and Derek Smith, were on hand to make the announcement where Smith said these events were eight years in the making.
“It’s huge for the City, the committee, and for the softball community,” he said. “To be able to put on another world-class event in both 2024 and 2025, we’re going to get the fans out and it’s going be exciting around the ballpark. It’s been a long go in the making, we started the whole process about eight years ago when we bid to get (the 2018 U19 Men’s World Cup) here and pulled off a very successful tournament.”