06-07-2021 Council Work Session Packet

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Page 54 of 73 Sport Center Court Complex The analysis of the existing facility as well as facilities in Lino Lakes and the wider area have identified a significant lack of good centralized and flexible court sport facilities; including basketball, volleyball, and pickleball in particular. The local School Districts have a large number of gyms and courts but they are spread throughout the schools and often are limited use joint facilities such as school cafeterias and function spaces that double as courts as needed. There is no facility in the area that can support tournaments and training for these sports as well as provide an engine for sports tourism and economic impact. Most importantly, a court sport center can provide the facility framework for outdoor sport facilities and the addition of critical community fitness facilities at the Rec and Community Center. These elements all combine a strong revenue stream that can actually create a profit center for the overall Recommended features include the following:  Recommend 6 x full size basketball courts o Can accommodate:  10 volleyball courts  Large number of pickleball courts o Sub-dividable to create sport specific area court spaces  Support amenities for training and tournaments o Can expand training areas pending increasing capacity needs in overall facility workout, fitness, and training spaces o Expanded and enhanced meeting and flexible function spaces that can not only support events and use in the Court Center but can provide additional flexible community meeting and function spaces as the community element of the Center continue to expand  Features supporting the Outdoor Sport Center and overall fitness facilities o Indoor walking/running track  One of the most requested fitness features that the existing facility lacks is an indoor walking track  Building a court facility likes this provides the structure for inclusion of a large second level walking track surrounding the courts.  Adding a walking track to the existing building or as a separate new facility is cost prohibitive.  Adding the walking track to a new court addition is very cost effective with the space, height and structure in place as part of the new Court Sport addition o Climbing Wall or Gym  A large climbing wall with appropriate height is very costly to build on its own. Incorporation into a new Court Sport addition provides the height and structural framework to create a much more cost effective climbing wall addition than a standalone structure. Further enhancing the potential for this differentiating element is the potential of a private investment interest in the north suburbs looking to partner with a community to develop such a facility.