Ground is Broken on City of Hoover Sports and Events Center

HOOVER, Ala. – The city of Hoover recently broke ground on the Hoover Sports and Events Center. The facility will be built adjacent to the Hoover Metropolitan Stadium on 120 acres and is estimated to cost $76 million. Features of the facility include an indoor events center, outdoor sports fields, tennis complex and RV park expansion.

The indoor events center will be 155,000 square feet in size and includes walking track, performance center, food court, convenience store, locker rooms, flexible meeting space and clip ‘n climb attraction. The events center will be multi-use in nature and capable of hosting a variety of functions and sporting activities. The facility will have sufficient clear-span space for 11 regulation-size basketball courts or 17 regulation-size volleyball courts or trade shows for 300 booths or 2,400 seat banquets and theater-style seating for 5,000. Drop-down netting will provide the option to divide spacing within the center allowing multiple activities to take place at the same time.

The outdoor portion of the facility will include  five NCAA regulation-size soccer/football/lacrosse fields, five NCAA regulation-size baseball/softball fields, 16 tennis courts with pro shop, two-mile walking track, playground, splash pad and a large event lawn. The existing RV park will expand from 149 to 172 spaces with full hook-ups. Additional parking will provide approximately 5,000 spaces onsite.

Goodwyn, Mills and Cawood have provided the architectural and engineering services for the project. Brasfield & Gorrie is providing construction management. The indoor events center and RV expansion will be completed by May, 2017 and the remaining outdoor fields are schedule to open in February 2018.

The Greater Birmingham Convention and Visitors Bureau have estimated an economic impact for the City of Hoover between $27-33 million per year.