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Feasibility Study of a Potential New Youth and Amateur Sports Complex in Mounds View, Minnesota ●Page 47 <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 />MARKET DEMAND &PROGRAM5 <br />•ACE Athletics•Active Kids Association•Blaine Soccer Club•City of Mounds View•Coon Rapids Cardinal Basketball Club•Fridley Youth Sports Basketball Association•Hype Volleyball•Impact Volleyball•Irondale Baseball League•Irondale Basketball Association•Irondale High School•Kokoro Volleyball•Midwest Gymnastics•Minnesota AAU•Minnesota Fury Basketball•Minnesota Heat Hoops•Minnesota Volleyball Association <br />•Minnesota Youth Athletic Services (MYAS)•MKG North Martial Arts•Mounds View Basketball•Mounds View Community Center•Mounds View High School•Mounds View Parks and Recreation•North Country Region Volleyball•North Suburban Soccer Association•Northern Impact Volleyball Club•Northern Lights Volleyball•Prep Network•Spring Lake Park Panthers Basketball Club•Tribe Athletics Sports Events•Triple Crown Sports•Twin Cities Gateway•Willie Brown Taekwondo <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.