Sports, Recreation and Entertainment Facilities


National Sports Services has been introduced to an ever expanding list of projects that involve sports and entertainment elements either as a stand-alone development, or as part of a larger mixed-use development.

To address these development opportunities, National Sports Services has formed The Optimus Group, along with the following founding partners:

  • Sports Facilities Advisory – specialists in development and operation of indoor recreation facilities, corporate team building elements, zip lines and more.
  • White Hutchinson "Leisure and Learning Group" – one of the foremost experts in the confluence of retail and entertainment, including restaurants, fun centers, water parks and more
  • Ripken Management & Design – developers of destination baseball academies and outdoor recreation complexes (an arm of Cal Ripken’s firm, Ripken Baseball).

The Optimus Group provides turnkey services of feasibility analysis, strategic planning, design and management for small and large-scale projects needing a sports, recreation and entertainment anchor. The firm develops a uniquely quantified plan for each project, to enhance asset values and attract site visitors. Through proper planning and management, these sports, recreation and entertainment projects are fully integrated into ancillary development (i.e., retail, industrial, residential) to provide the greatest overall impact.

In addition, National Sports Services has developed working relationships with Grubb-Ellis, Cushman & Wakefield and Maximus Alliance to provide ancillary development services for a project.

Avon, Ohio
The city has master-planned their 100+ acre site to include the development of an indoor soccer facility, indoor baseball academy and outdoor recreation fields for soccer and baseball. The facilities will be part of a larger development that includes the new All Pro Freight Stadium and YMCA, scheduled to open in Spring, 2010. An adjacent 35-acre parcel is planned for mixed-use development.

Fort Smith, Arkansas
Prospective components include a multi-purpose outdoor stadium (to include a professional baseball franchise as primary tenant), an indoor recreation center, family amusement center, splash park, riverfront walkway, office, restaurants, retail and loft housing.

Livingston Parish, Louisiana
NSS is working with the Livingston Economic Development Council, Livingston Parish, local developers, Cushman & Wakefield and AECOM on the development of a 200+ acre site adjacent to Interstate 12, east of Baton Rouge, Louisiana. The site is projected to include the multi-purpose stadium, water park, indoor recreation, outdoor recreation, boutique hotel, apartments, restaurants and retail.




 
     
 
 
 
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