Grand Park (Indiana)
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| Location | 19000 Grand Park Blvd Westfield, Indiana, United States |
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| Coordinates | 40°03′29″N 86°08′56″W / 40.0580029°N 86.1489468°W |
| Owner | City of Westfield |
| Operator | City of Westfield, Indiana |
| Acreage | 400 acres |
| Surface | Various |
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| Broke ground | 2012 |
| Built | 2012–2014 |
| Opened | June 21, 2014 |
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Grand Park Sports Campus is a sports complex located in Westfield, Indiana about 30 miles north of Indianapolis, Indiana. The 400-acre (160 ha) park features 26 baseball and softball diamonds, 31 multipurpose fields for soccer, football, and lacrosse. The Grand Park Events Center is now open, featuring three full-sized indoor soccer fields, a restaurant and administrative offices. The Pacers Athletic Center indoor basketball/volleyball facility opened in January 2016. Grand Park also features an abundance of green space and more than 10 miles (16 km) of pedestrian/bicycle trails, including the largest trailhead on the Monon Corridor. The site hosted the 2016 Big Ten Conference Men's Soccer Tournament and the 2017 Big Ten Conference Women's Soccer Tournament. Grand Park has also hosted notable appearances such as Machine Gun Kelly and the 45th President Donald Trump during his campaign in the main Grand Park events center. The Indianapolis Colts also uses this site for training camp.[1]
The sports complex was conceived by mayor Andy Cook, who campaigned on the issue and won over critics of the plan.[2][3]
Facilities
[edit]Pacers Athletic Center
[edit]The Pacers Athletic Center is an indoor sporting facility on the complex. It hosts five basketball courts, and two multipurpose indoor courts for various sports.[citation needed] The Center is privately owned by the Indiana Pacers NBA team.[4] It was purchased from Johnathan Byrd in 2017.[5]
Grand Park Events Center
[edit]The Grand Park Events Center, which opened in the summer of 2016, is a centerpiece of the 400-acre (160 ha) Grand Park Sports Campus, one of the largest sporting complexes in the world. The facility features three full-sized professional turf fields, a spectator lounge, retail space, locker facilities, office and meeting space, and administrative offices. It also includes multi-use space for trade shows, live entertainment, conventions and special event programming, including large indoor field sports events in the massive 370,000-square-foot (34,000 m2) facility. The architect of record is Eric Weflen, AIA; RQAW Corporation
Starting in 2018, Grand Park has been the home field of the Indianapolis AlleyCats, a team in the Central Division of the Ultimate Frisbee Association.
Grand Park Baseball Complex
[edit]The baseball complex features 26 baseball diamonds[6][7] (8 synthetic, all lighted)
Grand Park Soccer Complex
[edit]The soccer complex features 31 soccer fields[7] (7 synthetic turf, 8 lighted). It is the training ground of Indy Eleven. Starting in 2022, it is the home field of the Indy Eleven USL W League team.[8]
References
[edit]- ^ Horner, Scott. "Colts training camp 2024 location, tickets, parking, roster, Colts City". The Indianapolis Star. Retrieved 2024-08-20.
- ^ Sikich, Chris (August 5, 2018). "How Westfield's big bet on sports is paying off with Colts training camp and more". Indianapolis Star. Retrieved October 28, 2018.
- ^ Carloni, Brittany. "6 things Westfield Mayor Andy Cook will be remembered for". The Indianapolis Star. Retrieved 2024-09-17.
- ^ Holmes, Elena (2017-12-22). "Pacers Sports & Entertainment gets naming rights to youth athletic complex". SportsPro. Retrieved 2024-08-22.
- ^ "Pacers Sports & Entertainment Acquires Naming Rights to Fieldhouse at Grand Park". Indiana Pacers. Retrieved 21 January 2020.
- ^ "Grand Park projects completed in first half of 2024 • Current Publishing". 2024-08-14. Retrieved 2024-08-20.
- ^ a b Bradley, Daniel (9 May 2024). "Westfield leaders keeping eye on Indy Eleven situation". Inside Indiana Business. Retrieved 2024-08-27.
- ^ Haenchen, Brian. "USL W League debuts with Indy Eleven victory: 'It was so much more than I expected.'". The Indianapolis Star. Retrieved 2022-05-14.
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