Plant City-Based Softball Federation Opens Office In Switzerland

By DAVE NICHOLSON | The Tampa Tribune
Published: February 26, 2009

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PLANT CITY The International Softball Federation has gone international in a big way.

The federation, based in Plant City, recently opened its first European office, in Lausanne, Switzerland. The office will form the hub for the development of the sport in Europe and help garner closer contact with the International Olympic Committee and international sport federation colleagues.

The softball federation moved from Oklahoma City to Plant City about 10 years ago after the Cincinnati Reds moved spring training to Sarasota.

Among other issues, the federation is lobbying to restore softball as an Olympic sport.
The federation's leased facilities in Plant City include the 6,700-seat Plant City Stadium, four-field softball complex and an administration building with a 1,500-square foot conference facility.