US EditionPremier Lacrosse League Hosts First-Ever Lacrosse Match on a River Along Chicago Riverwalk
CHICAGO, JUL 10 – The exhibition featured a 3-on-3 match lasting nearly three hours to promote lacrosse and lower entry barriers for young players, organizers said.
- On July 10, 2025, the Premier Lacrosse League held its inaugural professional lacrosse match aboard a specially modified riverboat cruising the Chicago River in downtown Chicago.
- This event was organized to celebrate the PLL's return to Chicago for the first time since 2019 and to raise awareness while lowering barriers for young players.
- Eleven professional players, including New York Atlas faceoff specialist Trevor Baptiste, competed in a nearly three-hour 3-on-3 exhibition along the Chicago River near the Loop.
- Co-Founder Paul Rabil expressed that this event could have a lasting effect throughout the city, while the Whirlpool brand, a founding partner of lacrosse leagues, has converted the river into a unique floating arena.
- Following the river event, a two-day Premier Lacrosse League series will take place at Martin Stadium, located at Northwestern Medicine Field in Evanston, underscoring the league's continued activity in the Chicago region.
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Herald & ReviewLacrosse...on a boat? Premier Lacrosse players hit the Chicago River
CHICAGO — Along white boundary lines, onlookers watched closely through their sunglasses. Lacrosse sticks in hand, players readied themselves as a remix of Earth, Wind & Fire’s “September” blared over speakers. Skyscrapers crept by slowly. Down below, neon green kayaks…
Premier Lacrosse League hosts first-ever lacrosse match on a river along Chicago Riverwalk
CHICAGO (WGN) — The Premier Lacrosse League (PLL) made a splash Thursday, playing a promotional 3-on-3 match aboard a special venue—a boat traversing the Chicago River. Three-man and three-woman teams made up of professional lacrosse players took to a custom Chicago River boat retrofitted with a smaller-than-normal turf lacrosse field. According to the PLL, it was first-ever lacrosse game played on a river. As play unfolded, the river boat pause…
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Whirlpool Brand and Premier Lacrosse League Announce Chicago River Stunt in Celebration of the League's Highly-Anticipated Return
The event will kick off a two-day game series at Northwestern Medicine Field's Martin Stadium
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