About Us

An Overview: Stampede Athletics

We want pickup sports to be fun.

1) We get it… adulting is hard. Between work, life, bills, and everything else, the small time that you do get to yourself shouldn’t be ruined by some jerk that is taking a pickup game too seriously. This is why we created a pickup league that enforces player skill leveling.

2) Leagues are great, but come on, who can reliably make that Thursday at 6 PM league game without owing your spouse some get-out-of-jail-free card (oh yeah, and that jerk that’s taking league games way too serious is there, too). This is why Stampede Athletics offers game-by-game booking – giving you a no long-term commitment to fun sports games.

3) Unorganized pickup games suck. You show up and there’s only enough people for a small game (and one is that jerk we’ve been talking about). Sure, you play the game, which is great, but it’s not exactly what you hoped for. Oh, and that one guy kept fouling. At Stampede Athletics we make sure that every time you play, the game is organized, has a ref, and is played as the sport should be. It’s reliably organized fun!

4) Static workouts are hard to get motivated to go and do. Showing up to sweat it out while having fun playing a game? Heck yeah. This is why we offer regular games for all supported player levels. Skip the gym, catch a Stampede Athletics game!

All of these are reasons why we started Stampede Athletics. Our goal is to make sure that whenever you can step away for some precious “me” time that it’s something memorable, fun, and always consistent. We can’t wait to have you play your next match – regardless of if it’s your first, or your 500th game!

The Basics

Ok, great – you understand the background, but now what? Let’s run through some basics.

You can book any Stampede Athletics games as you’d like. There are no long term commitments – this is not a “league” like that. Each ticket is for one pickup game, the specified date and time only. Commonly we hold the same level game week-over-week at around the same time – so come and try once, and if you love it, book out as far in advanced as you’d like.
Players must have a Stampede Athletics jersey for each sport they’d like to play. You can purchase jerseys in the Stampede Athletics store. While most pickup games don’t require jerseys, we do – for a lot of reasons, including:
- Player safety – if someone is acting up, we can penalize, report, or ban a player with the unique numbering that our jerseys provide.
- Game reservation – With jerseys, we can easily reserve a spot in a way that doesn’t require ID checking, or other time consuming checkin processes. “Number 8? Happy to have you, Alex Ovechkin.”
- Pride – Come on, you know that you look and feel better when you’re doing something with a dress code.
- Team play – That one guy wore gray. Is he home or away? We take the guess out of in-game play… by just having everyone in a Stampede Athletics jersey.
- Don’t worry. Year-over-year we may change the jersey design, but once you have one of our jerseys you’ll always be able to play (Navy = home, White = away).
There’s always a ref. We want the game to be organized, fun and consistent. You just show up to play – the ref makes sure that the game starts, that players are checked in, that teams are well balanced, that players of the appropriate skill level are playing, that fouls get called, that the jerk gets kicked out, and all of the other work that you shouldn’t have to do (especially when it’s your sacred “me” time).

The most important part? That you show up and have fun.

Questions on any of this?

If you have any questions regarding anything about Stampede Athletics, please don’t hesitate reaching out.