A new development plan is taking shape for the former Uniroyal site on the Detroit riverfront that calls for building a multisports complex and youth sports academy in support of the recent bid to bring a WNBA team back to the city, the Free Press has learned.
The complex and sports academy would include indoor facilities for basketball, volleyball and other community uses, plus athletic fields for sports such as soccer, football and lacrosse, according to a source who is familiar with the plan, although not authorized to speak about it.
Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan is said to be in strong support of the plan, as it would offer greater community use for the site than an earlier plan, dating to the 2000s, that had called for luxury housing. [Detroit Free Press]
A brand-new walkthrough space, team room and additional meeting spaces were included in the unveiling of new changes to the Anderson Family Football Complex, KU Athletics announced Monday.
The new additions to the complex follow recent upgrades to the facility and come as the program continues renovations to David Booth Kansas Memorial Stadium. KU’s football facility now features a renovated weight room, locker room, athletic training space, fueling stations, player lounge, recovery space, meeting rooms and more.
“The renovations to Anderson Family Football Complex will have a profound impact on our student-athletes, as it gives them a place to train, recover, study, fuel and improve,” head coach Lance Leipold said. “These additions to the facility wouldn’t be possible without the incredible support that we have received as we continue to give our student-athletes one of the best experiences in all of college football.”
KU Athletics said the new walkthrough space is 2,400 square feet and has a video board that will help the Jayhawks prepare for gameday with in-game scenarios. One of KU’s new meeting rooms will overlook the football stadium. [KCTV]
Drivers on Interstate 182 passing through west Pasco are about to see building activity begin on a long-awaited aquatics facility.
The Pasco Public Facilities District recently approved a $40.4 million “guaranteed maximum price” for the project, according to a statement from Matt Watkins, the PFD’s executive director. The decision means that progress on the project with partners Bouten Construction and NAC Architecture remains on track for the aquatics center to be finished in May 2026.
“We’re doing everything we can to have the doors open to our new facility by Memorial Day 2026,” Watkins said.
Pasco voters approved a 0.2% sales tax in 2022 to pay for the aquatics center, which collects 2 cents for every $10 spent in the city.
The first phase of the project is envisioned as a multiuse facility, with the first phase including lap lanes, lazy rivers and children’s areas, water slides and many other amenities. A second phase would add competitive swimming amenities. [Journal of Business]
