BLAINE, Minn. – (Sept. 20, 2018) – The National Sports Center has targeted their next building project.
“National Sports Center would like to build a 120,000 square foot dome structure,” said Barclay Kruse from the National Sports Center.
The domed facility would be a permanent fixture that we be used year round. The facility would include a lobby space, and could also include locker rooms and meeting space. As the National Sports Center looks at the future of its amenities this is something that they believe would help fill a large need.
“The reason we would like to build this is there is a real need and demand for indoor field space,” said Kruse.
The proposed location of the domed facility is on the I fields which are north of 105th Avenue. The National Sports Center is known for setting a new standard with their facilities and this would be no different. The proposed height of the dome is 110 feet tall.
“If we can built it at 110 feet, which is our strong preference, we could baseball and sfoftball games inside the dome,” said Kruse.
A dome that high would again put the NSC at the top of the amateur sports world.
“It would be the tallest dome in North America. The National Sports Center has built its brand over the years on being big,” said Kruse.
The National Sports Center is going through the project review process with the city of Blaine. In a presentation before the planning commission earlier this month city staff recommended a maximum height of 75 feet for the dome. The planning commission has moved the proposal onto the city council who will review the project in October and make a final determination on the height of the dome. If approved construction would start right away.
We would move forward with some site preparation this fall. Actual construction would start in the spring. Goal would be to be up by the first part of July,” said Kruse.
According to the National Sports Center the large majority of users of this new facility would be local. The project would be financed internally by the NSC with the debt repaid by the revenue generated from the new facility.
