Escambia Allocates Tourist Dollars To Tate’s Aggie Classic Tourney

April 10, 2015

Escambia County will provide tourist development funding for the next Aggie Classic hosted by Tate High School Baseball.

Over its 22 year history, the tournament has brought in over 350 teams from California, Georgia, Kentucky, South Carolina, North Carolina, Virginia, Ohio, New York, and the District of Columbia — along with thousands of out of town parents and fans spending money locally and staying nearly a week.

“We are looking to always improve our tournament and to put our best foot forward for our annual guests,” Tate baseball coach Greg Blackmon wrote in his funding request.

Escmabia County placed $250,000 in the 4th Cent Tourist Development Tax reserves. These funds are split $50,000 per commission district for events and other tourist promotion activities. District 5 Commissioner Steven Barry has proposed $5,000 for the 23rd Aggie Classic to be held March 14-17, 2016. The Escambia County Commission approved the proposal at a Thursday meeting.

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One Response to “Escambia Allocates Tourist Dollars To Tate’s Aggie Classic Tourney”

  1. TDoster on April 12th, 2015 12:53 pm

    Great choice! We need to put more emphasis on the kids. We have somehow moved away from that in this town and it needs to make a return!

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