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Feasibility Study of a Potential New Youth and Amateur Sports Complex in Mounds View, Minnesota ●Page 26 <br />Basketball Volleyball <br />Year Courts Courts <br />Facility Name City, State Opened Owner Operator (number) (number) <br />1 Best Choice Fieldhouse Fishers, IN 2013 Private Private 6 6 <br />2 Cape Girardeau Sportsplex Cape Girardeau, MO 2017 City of Cape Girardeau City of Cape Girardeau 6 12 <br />3 Finch Creek Fieldhouse Noblesville, IN 2018 Klipsch-Card Athletic Facilities Klipsch-Card Athletic Facilities 5 5 <br />4 Hammond Sportsplex Hammond, IN 2018 City of Hammond City of Hammond 6 10 <br />5 Max McCook McCook, IL 2006 Village of McCook Village of McCook 6 4 <br />6 New Century Fieldhouse New Century, KS 2011 Johnson County Johnson County Parks & Rec 4 8 <br />7 Rocky Top Sports World Gatlinburg, TN 2014 City of Gatlinburg Sports Facilities Companies 6 12 <br />8 Salina Fieldhouse Salina, KS 2017 City of Salina City of Salina 6 8 <br />9 Epic Center Fort Wayne, IN 2000 Private Private 8 8 <br />10 The Arena Sioux City, IA 2019 Private Private 5 5 <br />11 West River Community Center Dickinson, ND 2004 City of Dickinson City of Dickinson 4 4 <br />12 Bob Keefer Center Springfield, OR 2010 Willamalane Parks & Rec Willamalane Parks & Rec 6 11 <br />AVERAGE 6 8 <br />MEDIAN 6 8 <br />COMPARABLE FACILITIES3 <br />Overview <br />A benchmarking analysis of selected comparable <br />indoor amateur sports facilities located throughout <br />the country was conducted.This section provides <br />information on the various physical and operational <br />characteristics of comparable facilities.The data <br />helps place a potential new Youth and Amateur <br />Sports Complex in Mounds View within a <br />comparable context with respect to facility <br />offerings,demographics and other related host <br />market features. <br />The comparable facilities reviewed were selected <br />based on their characteristics,space offerings and <br />the size and location of the markets in which they <br />are located.The exhibit below presents a summary <br />of the 12 selected comparable indoor sports <br />facilities and markets analyzed. <br />Source: CSL research, interviews with facility management, facility websites, 2022. <br />2 7 <br />1, 3 <br />11 <br />4, 5 <br />12 <br />68 <br />9 <br />Summary of Characteristics of Selected Comparable Facilities <br />10 <br />Demographic Comparison <br />The level of population from which sports facilities will draw participants,both short-term and long-term,impacts the utilization of <br />the facilities.As shown in the exhibits on the following page,Mounds View’s population ranks just below the midpoint of <br />comparable facility markets for most demographic measurements. <br />As previously mentioned,household income is another important socioeconomic characteristic of host markets that typically <br />impacts amateur sports facility performance.Income levels can serve as an indication of area households’ability to support <br />sports and recreation participation by paying league and registration fees and other costs associated with participation.The <br />affluence of area households can also impact the types of programming that will be most successful at a new sports facility.