Sports park renovation in nal stretch From the cover
The gist
What’s new
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1 New multi-use eld 2 Lacrosse eld 3 New baseball elds 4 New, expanded eldhouse 5 Splash pad 6 Soccer eld rotated to create two elds 7 City Sports indoor facility (public-private partnership) As of Jan. 20, only four baseball elds and a multipurpose eld have yet to open in the park. Key: New/recon gured elds Existing elds/buildings Keller sports complex Under renovation
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The plans for renovating Keller Sports Park started in 2021 when a task force formed to discuss transforming the three baseball elds that were constructed in the 1970s. The task force recommended signi cant renovations and updates in March 2022. Fields for soccer, football, lacrosse and rugby followed, but Director of Community Services Cody Maberry said the current renovations are the rst major work on the park since 2004. Mayor Armin Mizani said the updates were needed. He said the park was once a “destination” that had been passed over by surrounding communities’ complexes. “In my rst strategic planning session as mayor [in 2021], we set a vision to be Texas’ most family- friendly city and set the renovation of the Keller Sports Park as a priority that would bene t area families for generations to come,” Mizani said. Park changes include converting baseball elds to turf in elds, updating the multipurpose eld into two baseball elds, adding a Miracle League Field for players of all abilities and adding a splash pad.
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Keller sports park amenities
City sports amenities
12 baseball/ softball elds for city 2 multi- use elds
1 baseball/softball eld for Keller Youth Association
6 outdoor futsal courts
6 basketball courts
12 volleyball courts
9 outdoor soccer elds
SOURCE: CITY OF KELLER COMMUNITY IMPACT
The details
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programs o ered at Keller Sports Park, according to previous reporting. ME Development LLC is behind the devel- opment, partnering with brothers Esteban and Manuel Mariel, who operate City Futsal in The Colony and Dallas. City Sports will lease the land from the city of Keller, while the private partners will pay for construction.
Keller Sports Parks is nearly 200 acres, 140 of which feature developed land, according to the city website. The number of developed acres of land will increase by 7.8 acres with the addition of new elds and the City Sports indoor/outdoor complex. It will have indoor basketball and volley- ball courts and six outdoor futsal courts. The facility is meant to complement the
City Sports is a private athletic complex that will lease land by Keller Sports Park from the city.
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