BEAUMONT, Texas — If you're out and about this weekend, you might notice a little more traffic than normal. That's because another big youth baseball tournament is heading to Southeast Texas.
Nearly 200 teams will be in town for the Perfect Game Fall Super NIT.
It's the largest fall tournament to ever come to the area and the second largest tournament all-time hosted by the Southeast Texas Baseball Academy.
This weekend's field features ages six to thirteen with teams representing Texas, Louisiana, Arkansas, California and Missouri.
Tournament Director Morgan Walker says tournament's like this a great for the local economy.
"This weekend you're probably going to run into kids from 6U to 13U and they'll be all over. And they are. It's going to be almost impossible to get a hotel. We're struggling to get hotels for our umpires, you know coming in. So the hotels will be full this week. The restaurants, y'all should be real excited."
While the tournament is centered in Beaumont's Ford Park, you can expect to players across the area.
"You know we're playing all over Southeast Texas. So there's gams in Port Neches and West Orange-Stark and Bridge City, obviously here at Ford Park. So it's not just going to be the Beaumont area it's going to be all of Jefferson County. And like I said these people are going to be spending their money here. And that's unbelievable what it does for our economy. When they're spending money in our restaurants, buying our gas and staying in our hotels. We're real excited about it."