Sports complex coming to reservoir area

Sports complex coming to reservoir area

FOR MORE THAN A DECADE THISFORMER SITE OF RAPIDS OF THERESERVOIR HAS SAT VACANT THEREHAVE BEEN A COUPLE OF OTHERDEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES HERETHAT NEVER CAME TO FRUITION THISNEW DEVELOPMENT NOW ON THE BOOKSPROMISES TO HAVE A DRAMATICIMPACT ON THIS SECTION OF THERESERVOIR AREA RAPIDS ON THERESERVOIR CLOSED IN 2007, ANDSINCE THAT TIME RESERVOIRMANAGERS HAVE TRIED TO FINDREPLACEMENT.IT’S JUST BEEN A SITE THAT WASORIGINALLY SET UP FORCONDOMINIUMS AND THAT FILTHRUINING.THIS HAS BEEN A TIME GETTINGSOMEONE WHO WAS INTERESTED IN ITSOMEONE WHO COULD TAKE IT ONENTER P 360 SPORTS PERFORMANCE.IT IS A MULTI-SPORT TRAININGBUSINESS THAT PLANS TO BUILD AMASSIVE COMPLEX ON THAT 27 ACRESITE OUR NEW INITIAL PHASE WILLBE BASEBALL BASEBALL SOFTBALLAND SOCCER.WE’RE GOING TO BUILD PROBABLYFIVE TO SIX FIELDS JUST AS WEHAVE ROUGHLY 35 TEAMS IN OURSYSTEM SNOWPACK SAYS THECONSTRUCTION PRICE TAG ISBETWEEN FIVE AND EIGHT MILLIONDOLLARS AND WILL BRING A 20 TO30,000 FOOT INDOOR TRAININGFACILITY.AND OTHER SPORTS LEAGUES ANDTOURNAMENTS TO THE AREA DEVELOPSOME SOCCER ARM OPPORTUITIESWHERE THESE RANKIN COUNTY KIDSCAN BE CAN USE.WE’RE RIGHT.WE’RE RIGHT NEXT TO THAT SIDEFOR DEVELOPMENT.AND SO WE’RE JUST GONNA STARTTALKING TO THEM AS WELL ANDMAYBE BRING IN SOME VOLLEYBALLCOUNTY LEADERS ARE EXCITED ABOUTTHE FAMILY SPORTS ANDENTERTAINMENT IMPACT TRAFFIC ISALSO ON THEIR MINDS FOR WHAT ISALREADY A CONGESTED AREA OFSPILLWAY AN OLD FANNIN INTHEY’RE GOING TO BE RESPONSIBLE,YOU KNOW TO GET THAT TRAFFICFLOW THE RIGHT WAY ON THE SAMESIDE FROM THE COUNTY STANDPOINT.WE’LL LOOK A CAN TO BE SURE WEGET THE RIGHT FLOW.YOU KNOW, IT’S GOT WE’VE GOT30,000 PEOPLE THAT LIVE IN THATAREA THAT COME WITH COMINGTHROUGH THAT TRAFFIC EVERYDAYTHE SO THE PLAN FOR THEDEVELOPERS IS TO STARTGROUNDBREAKING AROUND THE FIRSTOF NEXT YEAR AND THEN HAVE THEFIRST BALL GAMES PLAYED OUT HEREBY THE FALL OF 2021