There are many activities available to Kitsap County residents and visitor at both the renovated
Kitsap Fairgrounds & Event Center and
Kitsap Conference Center at Bremerton Harborside.
To learn more, just click on the the links below!
• Kitsap Fairgrounds & Event Center
• Kitsap Conference Center
•
Kitsap Visitor and
Convention Bureau
Events Calendar
Main entrance of the new Kitsap Conference Center at Bremerton Harborside including public plazas and water fountains.
Please click here for
a Report to the
Community.
Notice:
The
Kitsap PFD is seeking
proposals for:
EventFund Award
Funding
click here for full
details of the
EventFund.
Kitsap
Peninsula
Facility &
Event
Coalition
-
February
2012
The KPFEC is
a
joint effort
by Kitsap
Peninsula
Visitor &
Convention
Bureau, the
Kitsap
Public
Facilities
District, and
Kitsap
County, to
1) inventory
the wide
variety of
meeting
venues and
facilities;
2) jointly
determine,
with the
assistance
of the
facility
owner/operators,
more
effective
ways to
market and
capture
larger
events for
Kitsap
County; and
3) determine
what future
venues and
facilities
might be
built to
increase the
chance of
capturing
major events
in years to
come.
Suggested
timeline for
KPFEC
meetings:
March:
determine
scope of
invitee
list; hold
first
organizational
meeting;
announce
website to
enter/modify
facility/venue
data;
discuss how
to take
advantage of
media and
marketing
opportunities
April:
2nd meeting
of coalition
group -
Flesh out
list of
venues and
owner/operators;
include
suppliers &
wholesalers?; ;
select
sub-group
"captains"
to lead
tourism
segment
discussions;
discuss
tourism
events from
RT2 and
ideas to
promote
them.
May:
Publish
complete list
of venues
and
facilities;
begin
coordination
plan to
maximize
response to
inquiries;
determine
methodology
for
marketing
study; seek
funding to
send out RFP
(County,
PFD?); check
accuracy and
completeness
of database.
June:
Use
Babe Ruth
World Series
as a "case
study";
identify
venues &
opportunities
to entertain
non-playing
teams &
families;
plan to
collect
results of coordinated
effort to
maximize
positive
experience
for visiting
teams,
coaches,
parents,
press, etc.
July:
Begin market
study for
possible new
venues;
measure
results from
event
inquiries to VCB or
others;
determine
hits &
misses and
why.
August:
Survive or
thrive with
Babe Ruth
World
Series; only
10 days,
what else is
going on and
how to
capitalize
and make
work; look
for where we
missed
opportunities
and where we
were right
on.
September:
hits &
misses and lessons
learned from
Babe Ruth
World
Series; look
at
improvements
for next
season;
design a
campaign for
corporate
retreats;
weddings and
events like
writers and
book
readings for
the winter.
October:
Examine
results of
market study
for next
step in what
facilities
are needed
in Kitsap
and what to
do about it.
Please direct questions to:
info@kitsap-pfd.org
Babe Ruth
2012 World Series in
Kitsap was a great
success!
On May 18th 2011, the
contract was signed
between the North Kitsap
Babe Ruth organization
and the Babe Ruth
League, Inc. for the
2012 13-year old World
Series to be held here
in Kitsap County. The
week-long World Series
was played at Loeb Field complex at
the Kitsap Fairgrounds
and Event Center,
ball fields improved over
the years to tournament
level quality facilities
with both PFD and County
funds.
This was the kind of
event and its
corresponding economic
impact, estimated to be
approaching $1
million, that the use of
public funding for
building or improving
recreation and sports
facilities was supposed
to achieve.
The local chambers
cooperated to provide a
packet of special offers
and discounts to
encourage the visitors
to use local
businesses.
We are proud of the
Kitsap County Parks Dept
for keeping Field 1 in
great tournament quality
shape and are proud of
the North Kitsap Babe
Ruth for following
through with their
application and winning
the 2012 World Series
for Kitsap.
More info here.
The event was live
streamed online, the
weather was great and
the field was in great
shape - I hope
Kitsap County was
displayed for all to
see!
