The $1B AdventHealth Sports Park in Overland Park, KS, opens Oct. 26. It features volleyball and pickleball courts, an indoor turf field, NHL-sized ice rink, and more. The project is funded through private sources and Kansas STAR bonds. The complex will host various sports leagues and serve as a regional hub.
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VCC is the general contracting and construction management firm. DSP Builders is the design-build lead and Castillo Architects is the Architect of Record.
Price Brothers Management Company-developed AdventHealth Sports Park at Bluhawk in Overland Park, Kan., will open Oct. 26. The multipurpose sports complex will anchor a larger retail, living, dining and entertainment venue. The sports park is envisioned as Kansas City’s premier indoor multisport complex and regional sports hub with modern amenities.
Funding for the billion-dollar project is through both private sources and Kansas STAR bonds state incentive program, which are Kansas sales tax revenue channeled toward projects anticipating major visitor traffic. While the total property area covers 277 acres, the sports complex accounts for 420,000 sq. ft.
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The sports park’s groundbreaking took place in 2022, and construction was completed in two phases. The first phase of the sports complex will include volleyball and pickleball courts, and an indoor turf field for a few different sports such as baseball, football and lacrosse, among others, with a 4,000-seat multipurpose arena.
The venue also boasts one of the area’s only NHL/NCAA regulation-size ice sheets and a 1,500-seat ice rink. The project is made possible through a public-private partnership with the city of Overland Park, state of Kansas and Price Brothers. Florida-based sports facility company SF Network has been hired to manage the facility.
VCC is the general contracting and construction management firm. DSP Builders is the design-build lead and Castillo Architects is the Architect of Record. Superior Bowen handled sitework, with 200,000 sq. ft. of building pad; more than 80,000 yds. of mass grading; and 39,000 sq. yds. of asphalt paving.
Ironhide Construction, a premier pre-engineered metal building contractor in the Midwest, was awarded to supply and erect BluHawk Sports Complex. Landscape architecture, planning and urban design firm Confluence is in-charge of site development and master planning for the mixed-use development.
AdventHealth Sports Park at Bluhawk has been announced as the new home of soccer club Kansas City Surf; League One Volleyball member KC Power Volleyball; and Silver Blades Figure Skating Club of Kansas City. No timeline has been specified for the second phase of construction for the sports complex or estimated completion of the entire development. CEG
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