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Feasibility Study of a Potential New Youth and Amateur Sports Complex in Mounds View, Minnesota ●Page 31 <br />CITY, STATE:Hammond, IN <br />OWNER:City of Hammond <br />OPERATOR:City of Hammond <br />YEAR OPENED:2018 <br />FACILITY SIZE (SF):135,000 <br />COST (original, in millions):$17.0 <br />COST (current, in millions):$19.9 <br />COURTS (basketball):6 <br />COURTS (volleyball):10 <br />COMPARABLE FACILITIES3 <br />The Hammond Sportsplex officially opened in September 2018.The <br />135,000-square foot facility includes two regulation-size indoor turf soccer <br />fields that can be utilized as a baseball/softball field,six basketball courts <br />that can be converted into ten volleyball courts,six batting cages,an upper <br />level quarter-mile track open free to the community,a community room, <br />concessions,and restrooms and changing rooms. <br />The $17 million facility was constructed by Madison Construction in <br />partnership with the City of Hammond.The Sportsplex sits on the old site of <br />the Woodmar Mall on Indianapolis Boulevard;centrally located in Hammond, <br />yet easily accessible for traveling teams and non-local guests. <br />The facility was funded by a $9 million loan from the U.S.Department of <br />Housing and Urban Development in conjunction with a tax-increment <br />financing district (TIF)that covered the additional $8 million needed. <br />Major tenants include Kennedy Avenue Chiropractic,Velocity 219 Volleyball <br />Club and various youth volleyball and basketball leagues/camps. <br />Full-day facility rental (eight hours)for the six basketball and volleyball <br />courts is $3,000 per day and $1,600 for two turf soccer fields.Courts and <br />fields rent individually for $50 per hour during peak for basketball and $65 <br />per hour for volleyball.Non-peak rentals are $25 per hour for basketball and <br />$35 for volleyball.Soccer is $100 per hour for a full-field and $60 per hour for <br />a half-field. <br />Hammond <br />Sportsplex <br />4