Key Takeaways
- Uber Teen accounts roll out to families at more than 20 US Sports Camps locations across the U.S. and Canada for the summer 2026 season.
- The agreement is Uber’s first North America-wide partnership with a national youth sports organization, covering the camp season from May through August.
- Teen accounts serve athletes ages 13 to 17, with trip tracking, real-time parent notifications, and drivers cleared through motor vehicle and criminal background checks.
- The partnership targets families without a second car, a flexible schedule, or a carpool network, framing transportation as an access barrier.
- USSC, a licensed Nike Sports Camps provider, sits inside Youth Enrichment Brands alongside i9 Sports, School of Rock, and SafeSplash Swim School.
Uber’s First National Step Into Youth Sports
US Sports Camps (USSC), the largest sports camp network in the country, has named Uber its Official Rideshare Partner for the 2026 summer season. According to the company, the deal is the first North America-wide activation pairing Uber with a national youth sports organization.
The activation spans more than 20 locations across the U.S. and Canada, including Atlanta, New York, Los Angeles, Miami, Philadelphia, Portland, Toronto, and Washington, D.C. On-site branding and activations will run alongside camp programming throughout the season. Access opens to all families with registered 2026 campers and stays available from May through August.
How the Teen Accounts Work for Camp Families
The partnership runs on Uber Teen accounts, which let teenagers ages 13 to 17 request their own rides and order food under parental supervision. The accounts include trip tracking and real-time notifications for parents built into the experience.
On the safety side, only highly rated and experienced drivers who have completed a multi-step screening, including a motor vehicle record review and a criminal background check, can receive trip and delivery requests from teen account holders. Families registered for a 2026 camp will also receive offers for Uber Eats and teen accounts during the season.
Positioning Transportation as the Access Barrier
USSC is framing the deal squarely around logistics rather than sponsorship visibility. The stated goal is to remove a transportation gap for households that lack a second car, a flexible work schedule, or a carpool group, the practical reasons a kid can end up sidelined from a program they registered for.
“Too often, a kid’s ability to participate comes down to whether someone can get them there,” said Justin Hoeveler, President of US Sports Camps. “This partnership helps remove a real barrier for families by giving teens a transportation option built with the safety features parents expect.”
Caitlin O’Donovan, Head of Teens & Kids at Uber, tied the program to daily attendance, describing the partnership as a way to make it easier for teen athletes to show up each day.
USSC operates within the Youth Enrichment Brands portfolio, which also includes i9 Sports, School of Rock, and SafeSplash Swim School. The organization has run camps for more than five decades with partners including Nike and college programs.
Rideshare Joins the Camp Drop-Off Equation
The deal places a national rideshare brand inside a part of the youth sports day that brands rarely touch: getting the athlete to the field. For Uber, camp families are a structured, recurring audience to introduce its teen product to during the months teens have the most free time. For USSC, the value is operational, a way to address a daily attendance and access problem without adding fleet or staffing costs. Whether transportation support becomes a standard line in camp and league partnerships will depend on how attendance and registration data hold up across the May to August run.
Source: US Sports Camps Names Uber Official Rideshare Partner for Summer 2026, US Sports Camps, June 9, 2026
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