Multiple quality facilities, planning assistance and a wide variety of pre and post game options—everybody wins when you play in Cape! Cape Girardeau is the largest community between St. Louis and Memphis. Interstate 55 runs through the city while the Bill Emerson Memorial Bridge provides easy access for guests from Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky and Tennessee—making Cape Girardeau an easy trip from almost anywhere.

Destination Facts 

Downtown Hotel Rooms 78
Surrounding Area Hotel Rooms 1,060
Sports Venues 23
Largest Indoor Venue Cape Sports Plex
Largest Outdoor Venue Shawnee Park Sports Complex
Closest Airport Cape Girardeau Regional Airport

Recently Hosted

>2019 SEMO Chemo Pickleball Smash Tournament
>2018 MSHSAA Volleyball Championships
>2018USSSA Girls Fastpitch

What’s New

>Downtown Courtyard by Marriott
>Cape Catfish Prespect League inaugural season opener is in June 2019
>Daily flights to and from Chicago and Paducah, >Kentucky, at Cape Regional Airport

Key Indoor Venues

Show Me Center
Cape Sports Plex
Osage Center

Key Outdoor Venues

Shawnee Park Sports Complex
Arena Sports Complex
Capaha Field

Contact

Alyssa Phares, Senior Director of Sales & Strategy
aphares@visitcape.com
573-335-1631
visitcape.com

Cape Girardeau Sports Plex

The Cape Girardeau Sports Plex is a 121,000-sq.-ft. premier municipal indoor sports space dedicated to providing for the engagement and grow of sporting events in the southeast Missouri region.

Quick Facts
Total Space 121,000 Square feet
Largest Contiguous Space 57,600 square feet
Meeting Rooms On-Site Yes
Union Facility No
Permanent Seating No
Ceiling Height 35 ft
Column-Free No
Hotel rooms within a 10-minute drive 1,060

Contact
Heather Davis, Facility Supervisor
hdavis@cityofcape.org
573-339-6731
capesportsplex.org

Shawnee Park Sports Complex

Shawnee Park Sports Complex is a regional outdoor adult and youth sports complex that offers 8 softball/baseball fields, 14 soccer fields and two regulation football fields. The sports complex is the largest outdoor sports venue between St. Louis, Western Kentucky, Western Tennessee and Northern Mississippi. The facility is utilized for competitive and recreational tournaments, leagues, and travel club games for adult softball, boys baseball, girls fast-pitch, youth and adult soccer, youth tackle football, and youth flag football. The venue offers lighted fields, concession/restroom facilities and convenient parking. Shawnee Parks Sports Complex has played host for numerous state, regional and national tournaments, as well as serving locally as a youth and adult sports hub for leagues and tournaments.

Quick Facts
Distance From Downtown 2.1 Miles
Total Space 120 acres; 6 lighted regulation size softball fields; 2 lighted regulation size baseball fields; 6 lighted soccer fields; 8 unlighted soccer fields of various dimensions
Meeting Rooms On-Site Yes
Parking On-Site Yes
Permanent Lighting Yes
Permanent Restrooms Yes
Hotel Rooms Within a 10-Minute Drive 1,060

Contact
Kaed Horrell, Facility Supervisor
khorrell@cityofcape.org
573-339-6340
cityofcapegirardeau.org