D-Bat Columbus Northwest Grand Opening and Cage-or-Treat

D-Bat Columbus Northwest is opening its doors on Saturday, October 24, and they're marking the occasion with a "Cage-or-Treat" event. If you've never heard of D-Bat, it's a baseball training facility—the kind of place with batting cages and hitting tunnels—and the name of the event is a play on the "trunk-or-treat" tradition that pops up across the city this time of year.

For those who aren't familiar, trunk-or-treating is when people park their cars in a lot, decorate their trunks, and hand out candy to kids in costume. D-Bat is doing their own version of that inside the facility, swapping the trunks for batting cages. It's a Halloween-themed way to check out the new space, and since it's a grand opening, it's as much about the facility as it is about the candy. If you've got kids who love baseball—or just love Halloween—it's a good excuse to get them out of the house on a Saturday morning.

It's a family-friendly setup, so it's the kind of thing you can roll into with the whole crew. You can see the cages, let the kids wander through, and get some treats along the way. If you're already planning your Halloween weekend around the various trunk-or-treats and community events that hit Columbus in late October, this is one more to add to the list.

The grand opening and Cage-or-Treat run from 10 AM to 2 PM on Saturday, October 24, at D-Bat Columbus Northwest in Columbus, and it's free to attend.