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Walking off one of the practice fields and looking down at Hall of Fame Stadium as they waited for their team's turn to play back in , Murphy and Girouard stopped in their tracks. It was like this combination of Christmas day and the 'Wizard of Oz,' all those feelings inside. The attendance for that entire Women's College World Series was 21, It was a record at the time. It was also fewer people than likely would have passed through the gates on opening day alone this year -- a recently completed stadium expansion having added 4, permanent seats and increasing capacity to around 13, for each session of games.

The stadium is several miles from the heart of downtown. Other than a horse track, a science museum and the zoo, there isn't much within even ambitious walking distance of the facility, leaving day-of-game festivities largely confined to parking lot tailgates.

But an influx of more than 80, people in a week -- potentially , with the expansion -- makes its mark even downtown. The Women's College World Series can't take credit for the development of the downtown-adjacent entertainment district over the past two decades -- the NBA's Thunder arriving and Bricktown Ballpark opening as home of the city's Triple-A baseball team are more significant sporting factors.

But it doesn't hurt that for at least one week a year, so much of the softball world takes the same stroll along the district's canal, stays in the same hotels and eats at the same restaurants. The familiarity is part of the experience. People go to the Final Four. They return to the Women's College World Series. Alabama teams have dined at the same restaurant on the shores of Lake Hefner for two decades -- except for the year when it got hit by lightning in one of the ferocious storms that are often also part of the WCWS week.

When able to escape the team training table, Michigan's Hutchins still goes to the same Mexican restaurant whenever she's in town. From the somber power of the Oklahoma City National Memorial, on the site of the bombing, to more idiosyncratic experiences, like the National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum, fans and teams alike follow the same traditions years after year.

I want them to see the memorial. I want them to see everything that Oklahoma City has to offer -- go take a boat ride downtown and all of it.

As Washington suggested with commendable diplomacy, it is not necessarily a city many would have reason to visit without softball. It isn't near the population centers on the East Coast. It isn't right next door to California, still the source of so much softball talent. It isn't in the SEC footprint. The Women's College World Series isn't here because it's especially convenient. It's here because it works. And on either side you see just tons and tons of grass, beautiful trees, beautiful sunsets, which is something if you were driving on the in L.

The Iowa native came to Oklahoma City for a youth tournament more than a decade ago and was able to get tickets for the World Series taking place at the same time. Although locals will assure you it is nothing compared to the blast furnace of July and August, Oklahoma City in early June is not always an especially agreeable climate. Few places more so than the metal bleachers that offer no respite from the sun.

I wanted to be there and I wanted to watch the game. Softball isn't just missing out on a championship this week. It is missing out on Oklahoma City. It is missing out on a chance to visit a place it transformed into home. Skip to main content Skip to navigation. Gender equity report: More spent on male athletes.

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Hays began with ESPN in Hand sanitizer will also be readily available at all host venues. Inclement Weather Policy. While every situation is different based on time of day and which game, the following are standard procedures when inclement weather disrupts a game or games.

No game will be skipped. Meaning each game will continue in the order it is scheduled to play. If weather changes the date, the rescheduled game will still precede any future games. Mobile tickets are good for the game only. If the game date is moved due to weather, the mobile ticket for that game must be used.

Please hold on to that ticket. If a fan is leaving the stadium during a weather delay, they should stop at a ticket gate to have their ticket scanned out by USA Softball Hall of Fame Complex staff. If the game is halted and resumed the same day or continued the following day, fans will need the game ticket from the original game to re-enter the stadium for the continuation of play. In the event of a total game postponement to the following day meaning, the game did not begin at its scheduled time , fans should follow the game number listed on their updated mobile ticket.

Mobile Ticketing. All fans will need a mobile ticket to enter the venue. Fans are encouraged to save their ticket to their mobile wallet prior to arriving for easier access to the venue.

Screenshots or recordings of tickets are not valid for entry.