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Invest in Sports Facilities
Without Operating Them.

Pine Tar Sports Fund structures private sports facility investments for qualified investors — combining real estate, operator experience, preferred return targets, and growing youth sports demand.

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Structured for institutional and accredited investors

By the numbers

A track record built on execution.

Pine Tar Sports Fund has structured over $20M in sports and entertainment capital projects since inception.

$20M+

Capital structured

8-9%

Preferred Return

Active projects

$50K

Minimum investment

Sports is booming. Access is the problem.

Youth sports, tournaments, training facilities, live events, and venue-based entertainment are growing into a serious asset class.

But most private investors only see these opportunities after the best terms are gone, or they see deals that are long on excitement and short on structure.

Pine Tar exists to bridge that gap.

We turn sports opportunities into investor-ready deals.

Pine Tar Sports Fund works with operators, developers, and sponsors to structure private sports and entertainment opportunities with clear deal materials, defined use of funds, preferred return targets, and transparent investor communication.

We do not just chase exciting projects.

We look for assets with demand, operators, revenue paths, and a real plan.

Underwritten like real estate. Operated like sports. Structured for investors.

Every opportunity is reviewed through the lens of:

Location demand

Facility economics

Operator experience

Revenue streams

Capital stack

Investor protections

Exit or refinance potential

How it works

Step 01

Review active opportunities

See current sports facility, sponsorship, and entertainment offerings.

Step 02

Request the investor materials

Get the deck, terms, projections, and supporting documents.

Step 03

Evaluate the fit

Review the risk profile, return target, timeline, and minimum investment.

Step 04

Invest with clarity

Participate in a structured opportunity with defined terms and transparent communication.

Why Pine Tar

Structured deals. Serious returns.

We identify, underwrite, and manage sports capital projects — so investors gain institutional-grade exposure to a high-growth, relationship-driven market.

Institutional Underwriting

Every deal is stress-tested against conservative, base, and upside scenarios before it reaches an investor desk.

Sports & Entertainment Focus

Venues, naming rights, media deals, franchise equity, and stadium financing — asset classes with durable long-term demand.

Operator-Led Structure

Principals have direct operating experience in professional sports, which means our diligence is practitioner-grade, not advisory.

Multi-Source Capital

We work with equity investors, lenders, sponsors, and municipalities — structuring each deal to match the right capital to the right risk profile.

Transparent Offerings

Every active offering has a dedicated page published here with terms, projections, use of funds, team details, and contact information in one place.

Partnership Alignment

Our fee structure is back-end heavy. We win when our investors win. There is no incentive to over-raise or over-promise.

Meet the operator

Tim Truman brings deal discipline to sports capital.

Pine Tar Sports Fund is built around operator judgment, structured underwriting, and long-term alignment. Tim Truman leads the platform with a focus on credible execution over promotional noise.

Founder & Managing Partner

"We structure sports and entertainment deals the same way institutional capital evaluates any serious opportunity: with discipline, alignment, and a clear path to value creation."

Tim Truman

Founder & Managing Partner

Tim Truman brings together operating experience, relationship-driven deal access, and a practical understanding of how capital moves through sports and entertainment markets. His approach centers on sourcing opportunities where underwriting discipline, smart structuring, and long-term partnership matter more than hype. That philosophy shapes how Pine Tar Sports Fund evaluates risk, aligns stakeholders, and builds offerings investors can understand.

Milestones

2019

Dugout Baseball in Kilgore, TX

Started this journey founding Dugout Baseball, a baseball field project in East Texas. The experience revealed a gap in how sports projects are structured and financed — and the opportunity to build a better way.

2023

Exited Dugout Baseball, Launched Pine Tar Sports

Pine Tar Sports is born out of the lessons learned building and exiting Dugout Baseball. It is a baseball tournament business that also serves as a proving ground for the sports capital platform we are building.

Today

Launching New Locations & New Deals

Pine Tar Sports Fund continues to expand its pipeline of sports and entertainment projects, while also launching new Dugout Baseball locations in partnership with local operators.

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