Registration for all 25 sports in the 41st Alabama State Games is officially open.

Scheduled for June 7-9 back in the City of Birmingham and Jefferson County, the Alabama State Games will offer traditional sports alongside new and emerging events. During the 41st Alabama State Games, participants will have an opportunity to be part of the return of flag football and softball or be the first to go for gold in brand-new events like eSports and powerlifting.

Athletes who register for the 41st Alabama State Games and attend the State Farm Athlete Leadership Summit and the Opening Ceremony (both on June 7 inside the Legacy Arena at the BJCC) are eligible for the scholarship drawings totaling $40,000 later that night.

“After 40 years of the Alabama State Games, we strive to find a mixture of exciting, Olympic-styled events in which people want to compete from year to year and new sports that have a growing audience,” said Laura Creel Burt, executive director of the Alabama State Games. “The slate of sports we have for the 41st Alabama State Games will be a lot of fun. There is always an interest in the more traditional sports, baseball, swimming, track and field, and soccer and we are bringing back softball for the first time in several years. By including emerging sports like eSports, flag football and the Atomic Ninja Challenge we have an opportunity to interest and encourage nontraditional athletes. Merging the two types of sports — the high-interest traditional with the up-and-coming — we can reach a broader audience across the state and build a new family of participants to the growing Alabama State Games community.”

The Alabama State Games is a nonprofit organization founded in 1982 at the request of the United States Olympic Committee.

Sport is the vehicle used by the Alabama State Games to promote academic success, healthy lifestyles and good citizenship. The ASF Foundation — the parent organization of the Alabama State Games — began a scholarship initiative that has since awarded $363,000 in academic scholarships to State Games participants.

Registration information can be found at alagames.com as well as on the Alabama State Games’ social media pages (@AlabamaStateGames).