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QMARKET DEMAND &PROGRAM <br />Overview <br />The potential development of a new Youth and Amateur Sports Complex <br />in Mounds View has the opportunity to better accommodate demand <br />among Mounds View area residents and provide a venue capable of <br />attracting sports tourism activity to the destination. Currently, Mounds <br />View and the Mounds View Independent School District offer a variety of <br />indoor amateur sports and recreation facilities; however, there are very <br />few existing facilities that can offer a critical mass of indoor court or <br />activity space capable of accommodating the growing local demand or <br />hosting tournaments, meets or other large competitions. <br />In order to provide guidance to the City and other community <br />stakeholders, CSL's project leader initially participated in a kick-off visit to <br />Mounds View, which included tours and meetings with key client <br />representatives, stakeholders and business leaders. <br />Subsequently, CSL conducted direct outreach to local area user group <br />candidates and national/regional sports team, club, association and <br />tournament organizers that could represent candidates for use of a new <br />Youth and Amateur Sports Complex in Mounds View. Overall, more than <br />80 organizations were targeted and 30 telephone interviews were <br />completed with organizations representing in excess of 100 annual <br />activities. These groups were contacted in order to determine their <br />interest in a new facility and the amenities and elements that would be <br />necessary to host a variety of programming essential to the successful <br />operations of the facility, including practices, camps, clinics, training, <br />recreational programs and other such uses. Specific groups contacted <br />as part of this process and stakeholder meetings include the following: <br />• ACE Athletics <br />• Active Kids Association <br />• Blaine Soccer Club <br />• City of Mounds View <br />• Coon Rapids Cardinal Basketball Club <br />• Fridley Youth Sports Basketball Association <br />• Hype Volleyball <br />• Impact Volleyball <br />• Irondale Baseball League <br />• Irondale Basketball Association <br />• Irondale High School <br />• Kokoro Volleyball <br />• Midwest Gymnastics <br />• Minnesota AAU <br />• Minnesota Fury Basketball <br />• Minnesota Heat Hoops <br />• Minnesota Volleyball Association <br />1 <br />• Minnesota Youth Athletic Services (MYAS) <br />• MKG North Martial Arts <br />• Mounds View Basketball <br />• Mounds View Community Center <br />• Mounds View High School <br />• Mounds View Parks and Recreation <br />• North Country Region Volleyball <br />• North Suburban Soccer Association <br />• Northern Impact Volleyball Club <br />• Northern Lights Volleyball <br />• Prep Network <br />• Spring Lake Park Panthers Basketball Club <br />• Tribe Athletics Sports Events <br />• Triple Crown Sports <br />• Twin Cities Gateway <br />• Willie Brown Taekwondo <br />DRAFT COPY <br />The purpose of the remainder of this section is to provide a summary of the research and analysis of market demand and <br />opportunities to guide the evaluation and planning for a new Youth and Amateur Sports Complex project Mounds View, as <br />summarized on the following pages. <br />CSFeasibility Study of a Potential new Youth and Amateur Sports Complex in Mounds View, Minnesota 9 Page 47 <br />