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0 LOCAL & REGIONAL CONDITIONS DRAFT COPY <br />Location & Accessibility <br />Transportation access is vital to the success of any sports or event facility. Ease of access is not only important from the <br />perspective of attracting participants and spectators, but also factors into the site selection process of tournament producers and <br />other sponsoring organizations. The exhibit and map below illustrates the proximity of Mounds View with other nearby markets and <br />the markets/land area captured within 15, 30, 90, and 180 minutes of drive -time of the Mounds View Community Center. These <br />distances will be utilized on the subsequent page and later in the report for purposes of comparing demographic and <br />socioeconomic variables. <br />Proximity and Drive Times of Key Regional Markets to Mounds View <br />. <br />13 <br />.Market <br />0118 <br />Population <br />430,000 <br />Minneapolis, MN <br />Saint Paul, MN <br />14 <br />0:15 <br />312,000 <br />Eden Prairie, MN <br />30 <br />0:33 <br />64,000 <br />Lakeville, MN <br />37 <br />0:41 <br />69,000 <br />Rochester, MN <br />91 <br />1:28 <br />121,000 <br />Mankato, MN <br />93 <br />1:33 <br />44,000 <br />Eau Claire, WI <br />97 <br />1:31 <br />69,000 <br />Brainerd, MN <br />118 <br />1:59 <br />14,000 <br />Duluth, MN <br />145 <br />2:08 <br />87,000 <br />Waterloo, IA <br />203 <br />3:27 <br />67,000 <br />Fargo, ND <br />232 <br />3:30 <br />126,000 <br />Madison, WI <br />273 <br />4:10 <br />270,000 <br />Demographic & Socioeconomic Characteristics <br />The exhibit on the following page presents a summary of key demographic metrics associated within the aforementioned driving <br />distances surrounding the Mounds View Community Center, along with city of Mounds View, Ramsey County, state of Minnesota <br />and United States benchmarking data. <br />As shown in the exhibit, the estimated population within a 30-minute drive of the Mounds View Community Center is <br />approximately 2.3 million and is expected to grow slightly over the next five years. The population within 90 minutes of Mounds <br />View increases significantly to more than 4.4 million, while an estimated 6.5 million people reside within a three -hour's drive of <br />Mounds View. <br />Additionally, household income is another important socioeconomic characteristic of host markets that typically impacts facility <br />performance. Median household income within 30 minutes of Mounds View is lower than that of the Minnesota and US <br />benchmarks. <br />CSL Feasibility Study of a Potential new Youth and Amateur Sports Complex in Mounds View, Minnesota 9 Page 15 <br />