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Feasibility Study of a Potential New Youth and Amateur Sports Complex in Mounds View, Minnesota ●Page 15 <br />LOCAL &REGIONAL CONDITIONS2 <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 />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 />Distance to Distance to <br />Mounds View Mounds View Market <br />City, State (miles) (hrs:min) Population <br />Minneapolis, MN 13 0:18 430,000 <br />Saint Paul, MN 14 0:15 312,000 <br />Eden Prairie, MN 30 0:33 64,000 <br />Lakeville, MN 37 0:41 69,000 <br />Rochester, MN 91 1:28 121,000 <br />Mankato, MN 93 1:33 44,000 <br />Eau Claire, WI 97 1:31 69,000 <br />Brainerd, MN 118 1:59 14,000 <br />Duluth, MN 145 2:08 87,000 <br />Waterloo, IA 203 3:27 67,000 <br />Fargo, ND 232 3:30 126,000 <br />Madison, WI 273 4:10 270,000