On Monday and Tuesday, officials with Sports Facilities Advisory held meetings with stakeholders, such as groups involved in baseball, softball, swimming and tennis. Meetings have also been planned with activities’ administrators of area schools, parks and recreation officials from area communities. Sports Facilities Advisory officials have also toured facilities in Gering and Scottsbluff.
“There’s a privatization of sport that has occurred over the last 20 years, where athletes are now able to access the sport of their choice through private enterprise and programming outside of school,” founder and CEO of Sports Facilities Advisory Dev Pathik said. “That’s what we’ve really responded to, was this shift.”
Pasco County residents waiting for that chance to have a voice in tourism can do it now through a new survey offered by The Sports Facilities Advisory.
The city of Gering is one step closer to finding out what type of sporting facility is possible for the area. The city has been working with consulting firm Sports Facilities Advisory to determine what type of sporting facility will work in the area.
The vision for the former Champion Paper plant property is to transform the sprawling manufacturing facility into a $30 million sports complex. The Sports Facilities Advisory of Clearwater, Fla. and Ripken Sports of Baltimore were hired to conduct the study of the property located along the banks of the Great Miami River.
Marion, Illinois’, sports center, the Hub, is scheduled to open in January and will offer local residents, as well as traveling athletes and families, a quality recreation opportunity, while also bolstering the local economy.
After the recession imposed seven years of dwindling construction job opportunities, things are brightening on the construction front, including in the sports and recreation sector, according to Sports Facilities Advisory (SFA), a consulting group that helps finance multimillion-dollar public and private sports complexes throughout the United States and internationally.
Many facility operators are looking for ways to lower utility expenses through the use of new building management technology, construction methods, and new product innovations. One of the most popular and successful strategies is to build or retrofit your existing facility with an LED lighting package.