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BaseballYouthFeb 19 – 22, 2027Researched by us

Sunbelt Desert Invitational

Peoria Sports Complex — Peoria, Arizona (US)

GameVoyaGradeD38/100
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Ours, from the published record

Attendee Rating

4.2/5

3 reviews · 67% would return

Theirs, from the teams who went

Organizer page

GameVoyaGrade

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D · Weak on paper38/100

The published terms work against the team: dear per game, refunds that keep your money, a mandatory hotel block, or some combination. This is what the organizer states, not what teams reported.

Grade components

Value for money10 / 41
Terms and transparency17 / 37
Exposure for players11 / 22
How this is calculated

How much of this is published

Fully published4 of 4

This organizer publishes all four terms facts, so the grade rests entirely on stated figures.

The four gradeable facts are the entry fee, the refund policy, the hotel requirement and the guaranteed game count. Anything the organizer leaves out is priced at the middle of its range rather than counted against them — most operators quote on application, and a grade that punished silence would be reporting our own missing data as their failing.

  • Credit only+2
  • Stay-to-play enforced0
  • 5 games guaranteed+7.5
  • Organizer verified by us+7.5
  • Exposure not published+11

Attendee Rating

Positive4.2/5

Reliably good. Reviewers would return, with one or two caveats worth reading.

What attendees rated

Organization4.3
Officiating4.7
Value1.7
Venue5.0

67% of reviewers would bring a team back

Attendee Rating

4.2/5

3 reviews · 67% would return

Coaches, managers, parents, players, officials and scouts who attended. Never the organizer.

Reviewers here averaged 4.4 out of 5. The published figure is 4.2 because a rating from a handful of reviews is pulled toward the directory average until there are enough of them to stand on their own — which is what stops one glowing review putting an event at the top of the table.

Coaches, managers, parents, players, officials and scouts who attended. Never the organizer.

Organizers may answer a review in public, and their responses are labelled and shown. They are excluded from every average, count and return rate here, so an operator cannot move their own rating.

What to expect

Played on the same complex a major-league club uses in spring, which is the draw and the reason for the price. The stay-to-play requirement and credit-only refund policy are the two things to read before entering; both cost this event points here.

What it costs

Team entry fee$2,250USD · $2,250 USD equivalent
Games guaranteed5Pool play (3) + single-elimination bracket
Cost per guaranteed game$450 USD36% above the median for youth baseball
Hotel block$169 / nightMandatory — stay-to-play enforced. About $507 per room for 3 nights.
Refund policyCredit onlyRefunds only via credit toward a future event.
Registration deadlineJan 15, 2027Closes Jan 15, 2027

What a player gets seen doing

Not published

11 / 22 exposure points

The organizer publishes nothing about scouts, streaming, video or stats. That is normal for a house or in-season tournament and is not held against the event.

Not stated by the organizer

  • Scouts and college coaches attend
  • Showcase format
  • Advances to a championship
  • Games streamed
  • Game video for teams
  • Live stats and standings
  • Professional photography

Silence is scored as an unknown, not as a no. Nothing here is deducted for a feature the organizer simply did not mention.

Format and divisions

Age brackets
12U14U16U
Competitive tiers
AAAAA
Field size
64 teams
Diamonds in play
8
Included
  • Spring-training facilities
  • professional groundskeeping
  • umpire crews of three
  • live scoring

3 reviews from teams that went

Attendee Rating 4.2 / 5

  1. Plays like a pro event, priced like one

    Roland Kaminski · Coach · Boise Bandits 14U AA · attended 2026

    4/5

    Three-man umpire crews, groundskeepers between every game, and a schedule that did not move once. My players talked about the clubhouse for a month. Then you add the required hotel at 169 a night for four nights and the real number is nearer five thousand for the trip.

    Organization
    5
    Officiating
    5
    Value
    2
    Venue
    5
    Would return

  2. Read the refund policy twice

    Tamsin Whitlock · Team manager · Reno Aces Youth 12U · attended 2026

    3/5

    We withdrew nine weeks out after losing four players to a school trip and received credit toward next year rather than money back. That is what the policy says, so it is on us, but it is worth stating plainly for anyone budgeting. The event itself was very well run.

    Organization
    4
    Officiating
    4
    Value
    1
    Venue
    5
    Would not return

  3. Best baseball we play, worst value

    Emeka Nwachukwu · Coach · Albuquerque Isotopes Youth 16U · attended 2025

    4/5

    Competition at 16U AA was genuinely strong and the officiating handled it. I cannot pretend it is good value: 450 a game before travel, and the hotel block is not optional. We go every other year.

    Organization
    4
    Officiating
    5
    Value
    2
    Venue
    5
    Would return

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You attended Sunbelt Desert Invitational. Tell the next team what to expect.

This is the Attendee Rating — the half of a listing we cannot work out ourselves. It is filed by people who were at the event: coaches, managers, parents, players, officials and scouts. Organizers cannot file one, and the GameVoyaGrade never reads reviews at all.

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Venue *

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