Fort Wayne has a rich heritage of individual and team athletics in recreational and competitive sports. A typical child in Fort Wayne grew up spending summers swimming in a watering hole or playing Wildcat baseball in the mornings and shooting hoops with their friends in one of Fort Wayne's many parks in the afternoon. For many, these informal games were the basis for a lifelong love of sports. Local athletes from every level have achieved success. Fort Wayne is the home of city, conference, state, national, and even Olympic champions. Our home can claim many "firsts," from the early days of organized sports to more recent history.
Today, Fort Wayne has three professional, minor-league teams. These include the Fort Wayne Komets of the ECHL, the Fort Wayne Mad Ants of the NBA Development League, and the Fort Wayne TinCaps of baseball's Midwest League.
From childhood games to the excitement of professional sports, there is something for everyone in Fort Wayne. Residents can enjoy the challenge and excitement of competition, be part of a team, improve skills, get exercise and simply have fun. Whether you watch from the sidelines or take to the field your-self, you won't be disappointed in Fort Wayne's outstanding sports scene, past and present.
Be sure to visit our virtual exhibit page again in October to view the next installment of 200@200.
What is 200@200?
As Indiana embarked on its bicentennial anniversary and reflected on past challenges, successes, and opportunities, we too reflected on 200 years of our part of Indiana. How had Fort Wayne changed? What had we discovered? What would we take with us into the next century?
The 200@200 project was a celebration of Fort Wayne's legacy of progress throughout Indiana's 200 years of history. Using artifacts from the museum's collection of 28,000 objects, the History Center told 200 unique stories of Fort Wayne's role in the 200 years of Indiana's statehood throughout the 2016 bicentennial year. Each month highlighted a different historical theme and presented a collective mosaic of the community's shared past and present, commemorating the progress, growth, and creativity of the "Summit City." Each month's theme was featured in a virtual exhibit and in person at the History Center.
The History Center was honored to share that 200@200 had been endorsed by the Indiana Bicentennial Commission as an official Legacy Project. WANE served as the project's media sponsor.
