The American Legion Baseball World Series will be coming to Spokane in August of 2010.

Avista Stadium will host the eight qualifying high school age baseball teams from across the country for five-days Aug. 13-17, 2010.

A bid committee comprised of representatives from Spokane American Legion baseball and the Washington State American Legion, Avista Stadium and the Spokane Regional Sports Commissioned traveled the American Legion headquarters in Indianapolis on May 4 to present the bid.

Yakima is the only other city in Washington to host the American Legion World Series in 1954, 1978, and 2001.

Also in 2010 will be the U.S. Figure Skating Nationals in January and the NCAA men’s basketball subregionals in March.