In a span of just under 13 months, the Round Rock Sports Center project has gone from breaking ground to opening for business…

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Society has changed and kids can’t just go play in the street anymore. Parents have chosen organized sporting events and training, [hoping for] a college scholarship.

A partnership between Bo Jackson’s Elite Sports and The Sports Facility Advisory has been cemented to build the second Bo Jackson’s Elite Sports complex in the country and the first in Ohio.

Dev Pathik, CEO Sports Facilities Advisory in Clearwater Fla., told The City Wire that spending on sports travel has steadily risen during the past few years and is largely fueled by youth sports.

The Sports Facilities Advisory partners with Bo Jackson in expanding his indoor training facilities. ​

The Sports Facilities Advisory partners with Bo Jackson in expanding his indoor training facilities.

Sports travel is a $7 billion-a-year industry and growing despite the sluggish economy, according to experts who track the movement. That statistic, cited by Sports Facilities Advisory, includes money spent on hotels, restaurants, gasoline, airfare and other travel-related costs. Nationwide, about 53 million young athletes travel to youth sporting events.

The Myrtle Beach Sports Center is scheduled to open its doors in early 2015. The facility is being developed, with the help of the Sports Facility Advisory (SFA), to attract new visitors and support the local economy. Under SFA’s management, the facility is expected to have a $30 million economic impact for Myrtle Beach within the first five years of its opening.

The Sports Facilities Advisory announces several new professional hires and long-term veterans of the Disney family entertainment industry which the company notes are an effort to enhance the thriving industry of sports travel and tourism—an industry that is predicted to eventually rival that of Disney.

One of the reasons for the increase in travel for children still competing is the specialization in one sport at an earlier age, Lisa Delpy Neirotti, an associate professor of sport management at George Washington University, told CNBC. Neirotti also estimated upwards of $10 billion is spent annually on youth sports travel.

​SFA and SFM addressed Davidson County Commissioners about potential sports complex.