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The former spring training home to two Major League Baseball teams has undergone a rebranding as the Launch Pad Sports Complex, part of having management operations taken over by Sports Facilities Management. The venue in Cocoa, Florida, was formerly known as Coastal Florida Sports Park and originally built in 1964 as the spring training home […]
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The city of Mattoon, Illinois, have announced the proposed development of an indoor and outdoor sports complex to be built on 95 acres in the city that would see construction start in 2022 and a venue open in 2023. The development, which is being called the Lincoln Land of Sports Complex, would cost $60 million. […]
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The newest destination for elite baseball and softball events in West Texas, Cyclone Ballparks in Pecos, officially opened this summer with more than 150 teams already visiting for tournaments. The keys to Cyclone Ballparks, operated by Sports Facilities Management, were gifted to Pecos Mayor David Flores by the facility’s general manager, Cathy Garcia. Flores was […]
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The University of Texas Permian Basin and Sports Facilities Management, a division of the Sports Facilities Companies, have announced a new partnership where SFM will assume the operation of UT-Permian Basin’s community sports property, recently re-named The Basin Sports Complex. University President Sandy Woodley and Todd Dooley, the school’s athletic director, will partner with SFC […]
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The Village of Bedford Park, Illinois, has reached a multi-year naming rights and marketing agreement with Wintrust, with the financial corporation getting the naming rights to the new Wintrust Sports Complex at Bedford Park, which is scheduled to open later this fall. The Wintrust Sports Complex will feature 100,000 square feet of indoor volleyball and […]
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The Sports Facilities Companies has been named the operating partner for the Cornerstone Sports Complex in Starkville, Mississippi, which is scheduled to open in the summer of 2022 as a regional baseball destination. Starkville is home to the 2021 College World Series champions Mississippi State Bulldogs. The venue itself will cost more than $20 million […]
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TNT Sportsplex in Kingsport, Tennessee, has hired Chris Kudera as its general manager. Kudera will lead the complex, which is overseen by Sports Facilities Companies in partnership with the Tincher and Thomas families. Kudera has a master’s degree in sports administration from Arkansas State University and most recently worked as athletic director role in Jonesborough, […]
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Construction has begun on the Legends Event Center in Bryan, Texas, a multisport complex that will be operated by Sports Facilities Companies. Located at Travis Bryan Midtown Park near the main campus of Texas A&M University, the $41 million indoor complex is expected to open in the fall of 2022. The 122,000-square-foot venue will allow […]
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The Bridge Sports Complex in West Virginia has opened, marking one of the largest new sports venues in the state. The opening event featured speakers who had been involved in the six-year effort to open the complex in the city of Bridgeport. That included Mayor Andy Lang and West Virginia Governor Jim Justice, as well […]
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A new Bo Jackson-backed youth and amateur complex is planned for the Houston area, with Sports Facilities Companies announcing the venue that will feature fields and an ice complex. Bo Jackson’s Turf and Ice will serve Houston and surrounding markets for sports training, elite development, team building, leagues, camps and clinics. It will be able […]
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