Take to the Pitch and Kick It with Indiana’s Team at the Country’s Largest Children’s Museum!
Families visiting The Children’s Museum of Indianapolis can kick it with Indy Eleven thanks to a partnership that helps Indiana’s Team bring the world’s game to the world-renowned museum!
As part of a multi-year long-term partnership beginning in 2022, the Indy Eleven Soccer Experience will be a part of the popular Riley Children’s Health Sports Legends Experience, which features a dozen hands-on and interactive activities in museum’s 7.5-acre outdoor sports activity park. The mini-pitch area features ample practice space and multiple goals of varying sizes where kids can learn soccer fundamentals and work on dribbling, passing, and shooting skills as they get one step closer to becoming the next stars of the Boys and Girls in Blue!
Indy Eleven and The Children’s Museum of Indianapolis will update branding aspects to include the club’s iconic crest and other marks on exhibit signage, the playing surface of the outdoor mini-pitch, and equipment. Once a timeline for these modifications is established, Indy Eleven and The Children’s Museum will announce details on a “re-opening ceremony” for the updated space, expected to take place in early fall. As part of Indy Eleven’s activation of the field, Indiana’s Team will host a minimum of one youth soccer camp on the mini-pitch every summer and numerous player appearances throughout the teams’ United Soccer League (USL) seasons.
The partnership also includes a year-round presence inside the world’s largest children’s museum, including Indy Eleven game-worn and other commemorative memorabilia being displayed in the Sports Experience’s locker room exhibit area, where it will sit proudly alongside items from other popular sports teams from across the Hoosier State. In addition, Indy Eleven merchandise, including items featuring the team’s loveable English Mastiff mascot Zeke, will be made available for purchase inside The Children Museum of Indianapolis Store.
The partnership will also feature cross-promotional opportunities, including exclusive offers for general and special event admission at The Children’s Museum of Indianapolis and Indy Eleven games held at IUPUI Carroll Stadium – and eventually at Eleven Park upon its projected opening in 2025.
The Riley Children’s Health Sports Legends Experience is an immersive learning experience that allows children and families to participate in health and fitness activities through sports as they are inspired by some of the greatest athletes of all time. The Children’s Museum of Indianapolis partnered with experts from Riley Children’s at Indiana University Health, which operates the only nationally ranked children’s hospital in Indiana, to bring this experience to life. For more information about Riley Children’s Sports Legends Experience or The Children’s Museum of Indianapolis, visit www.childrensmuseum.org/sports-experience and www.childrensmuseum.org respectively.
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