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Congratulations to our team at The Ripken Experience® Aberdeen and our partners at&nbsp;<a href="https://www.linkedin.com/company/visit-harford-inc/">Visit Harford</a>! Exceeding $47 million in economic impact during the 2022 summer season is truly impressive and this recognition by&nbsp;<a href="https://www.linkedin.com/company/sports-destination-management/">Sports Destination Management&nbsp;</a>is well deserved. Our partners at Visit Harford said it best:



“The Ripken Experience® Aberdeen hit it out of the park in 2022 with two new fields and bringing in visitors to the county to play baseball,” said&nbsp;<a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/ACoAAAVqFP8BXe89Yk9kmnFPyjZouUG9fgYa0tg">Matthew Scales</a>, Executive Director of Visit Harford, the official destination marketing organization for Harford County.



Read more <a href="https://ripkenbaseball.com/aberdeen/ripken-baseball-wins-economic-impact-award-following-2022-season-that-brought-47-million-to-marylands-harford-county/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">here</a>.



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Ripken Baseball®, the leader in youth sports events, announced it has been named 2022 Champions of Economic Impact in Sports Tourism by Sports Destination Management.

RIPKEN BASEBALL WINS ECONOMIC IMPACT AWARD FOLLOWING 2022 SEASON THAT BROUGHT $47 MILLION TO MARYLAND’S HARFORD COUNTY