INDIANAPOLIS (May 8, 2008) – Avista Stadium in Spokane, Wash., will be the site of the 2010 World Series of American Legion Baseball, the nation’s oldest high school aged baseball program for 15- to 19-year-olds.

The National Executive Committee, the formal name of The American Legion’s board of directors, announced today at its annual spring meeting here that Spokane American Legion Baseball Inc., will host the series. The American Legion World Series will feature the nation’s eight regional champions in a double-elimination tournament.  The five-day event will be held Aug. 13-17, 2010.

"Spokane will be an outstanding site for the series, based on its strong community support and excellent organizing committee,” American Legion National Americanism Commission Chairman Joseph E. Caouette Jr. said.  “The city of Spokane will be an outstanding host.”  This is the first time Spokane has hosted The American Legion World Series.  Yakima, Wash., hosted The American Legion World Series in 1954, 1978, and 2001. 

Washington American Legion teams have had excellent success playing American Legion Baseball. There are no host teams at an American Legion World Series. To participate in an American Legion World Series teams must earn the right to participate.  Thirteen Washington American Legion Teams have earned that right to participate. Those cities were Bellingham (07); Bellevue (81 & 95), Kennewick (99 & 04); Pasco (05); Vancouver (87 & 96); and Yakima, Washington (53, 75, 76, 79 & 88) have participated by winning the Northwest Regional Tournament.