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Sports complex in Westfield, Indiana, U.S. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Grand Park Sports Campus is a sports complex located in Westfield, Indiana, about 30 miles (48 km) north of Indianapolis. The 400-acre (160 ha) park features 26 baseball and softball diamonds, as well as 31 multipurpose fields for soccer, football, and lacrosse. The Grand Park Events Center features 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 Trail.
Location | 19000 Grand Park Blvd Westfield, Indiana, United States |
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Coordinates | 40°03′29″N 86°08′56″W |
Owner | City of Westfield |
Operator | City of Westfield, Indiana |
Acreage | 400 acres |
Surface | Various |
Construction | |
Broke ground | 2012 |
Built | 2012–2014 |
Opened | June 21, 2014 |
Website | |
Official site |
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 Donald Trump during his 2016 presidential campaign in the main events center. The Indianapolis Colts also uses this site for training camp.[1]
The sports complex was conceived by Westfield Mayor Andy Cook, who campaigned on the issue and won over critics of the plan.[2][3]
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]
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, conventionsn and special event programming, including large indoor field sports events in the 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.
The baseball complex features 26 baseball diamonds[6][7] (8 synthetic turf, all lighted)
The soccer complex features 31 soccer fields[7] (7 synthetic turf, 8 lighted). It is the training ground of Indy Eleven. Since 2022, it has been the home field of the Indy Eleven USL W League team.[8]
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