DESTINATIONS<\/p>\n
Vail \u00bb Lake Placid\u00a0\u00bb Hawaii<\/strong><\/p>\n Young and old compete, reconnect and celebrate all things lacrosse before some of the most breathtaking backdrops. The 37th Lake Placid Summit Classic that features elementary school players to octogenarians opens in late July. \u201cLake Placid lacrosse has evolved into a community of lacrosse families doing what they love to do in a place they love to be,\u201d founder George Leveille said.<\/p>\n JMA Wireless Dome<\/strong><\/p>\n Coined the Carrier Dome for 42 years, Syracuse\u2019s home is college lacrosse\u2019s mecca. Generations of legends have heard cheers reverberating for them inside the indoor atmosphere. There\u2019s no place like Dome, where 11,268 fans witnessed a Notre Dame-Syracuse men\u2019s lacrosse game this year.<\/p>\n Homewood Field<\/strong><\/p>\n As big, loud and fervent as the cavernous indoor Dome environment is, Johns Hopkins\u2019 home turf counters with intimate, tangible history and crowds that often exceed its capacity of 8,500. \u201cTo sit in the stands at Homewood Field is to feel the magic of lacrosse at its very core,\u201d said Janine Tucker, who coached the Johns Hopkins women\u2019s lacrosse for 29 years. \u201cIt\u2019s where passion meets tradition and where every fan becomes part of the story.\u201d<\/p>\n Shove Park and Sherwood Forest<\/strong><\/p>\n Legendary pick-up spots, Shove Park in Central New York and Sherwood Forest in Maryland are where thousands of youth have honed BTB shots, split dodges and can openers in fun, informal games.<\/p>\n EXPERIENCES<\/p>\n Haudenosaunee Nation<\/strong><\/p>\n Check when sites are open to visit the heart of the sport\u2019s start, but events like the Haudenosaunee Wooden Stick Festival held annually in Onondaga, N.Y., connect to the game at its spiritual and cultural roots, celebrate the origins, feature wooden stick makers and can even offer a chance to witness a stickball game. \u201cAn event like this gives everyone an opportunity to see and hear of lacrosse as it was intended to be, as more than a sport,\u201d wooden stick craftsman Travis Gabriel said. \u201cA true medicine of the soul.\u201d<\/p>\n National Lacrosse Hall of Fame & Museum<\/strong><\/p>\n Housed at USA Lacrosse headquarters in Sparks, Md., trace the history of lacrosse from its Indigenous roots to its rise as a global sport and recognize the best of the game.\u00a0 \u201cIf you want to know the game,\u201d said USA Lacrosse archivist Joe Finn, \u201cknow its history.\u201d<\/p>\n First Time a Child Picks Up a Stick<\/strong><\/p>\n Feed the curiosity and watch the joy as your child takes up the game. Searching for that opportunity? Look for Pick Up & Play clinics during National Celebrate Lacrosse Week Nov. 1-9.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"DESTINATIONS Vail \u00bb Lake Placid\u00a0\u00bb Hawaii Young and old compete, reconnect and celebrate all things lacrosse before some…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":591279,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5311],"tags":[49,978,659],"class_list":{"0":"post-591278","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-united-states","8":"tag-united-states","9":"tag-us","10":"tag-usa"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115606141238328871","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/591278","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=591278"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/591278\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/591279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=591278"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=591278"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=591278"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}