Grand Park Sports Campus is a
sports complex A sports complex is a group of sports facilities. For example, there are track and field stadiums, football stadiums, baseball stadiums, swimming pools, and Indoor arenas. This area is a sports complex, for fitness. Olympic Park is also a kind ...
located in
Westfield, Indiana
Westfield is a city in Hamilton County, Indiana, United States. As of the 2010 census the population was 30,068, and in 2020 the population was 46,410. Westfield is in the Indianapolis metropolitan area.
History
Westfield was founded on Ma ...
. The park features 26 baseball and softball diamonds, 31 multipurpose fields for soccer, football, and lacrosse. The Grand Park Events Center is now open, featuring 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 of pedestrian/bicycle trails, including the largest trailhead on the Monon Corridor. 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 in the main Grand Park events center. The Indianapolis Colts also uses this site for training camp and the Georgia Bulldogs also used Grand Park for training during the 2022 College football playoffs.
The sports complex was conceived by mayor Andy Cook, who campaigned on the issue and won over critics of the plan.
Facilities
Pacers Athletic Center
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. The Center is privately owned by the
Indiana Pacers NBA team. It was purchased from Johnathan Byrd in 2017.
Grand Park Events Center
The Grand Park Events Center, which opened in the summer of 2016, is a centerpiece of the 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, conventions and special event programming, including large indoor field sports events in the massive facility. The architect of record is Eric Weflen, AIA; RQAW Corporation
Grand Park Baseball Complex
The baseball complex features 26 baseball diamonds (8 synthetic, all lighted)
Grand Park Soccer Complex
The soccer complex features 31 soccer fields (7 synthetic turf, 8 lighted). It is the training ground of
Indy Eleven
Indy Eleven is an American professional soccer team based in Indianapolis, Indiana. Founded in 2013, the team made its debut in the North American Soccer League in 2014, before moving to the United Soccer League in 2018. The franchise plays it ...
. Starting in 2022, it is the home field of the Indy Eleven
USL W League
The USL W League (USLW) is a pre-professional women's soccer league in the United States which began play in May 2022. It was announced on June 8, 2021 by the United Soccer League with eight founding clubs. It follows the USL W-League, a sim ...
team.
References
External links
Official site
College soccer venues in the United States
Soccer venues in Indiana
American football venues in Indiana
Basketball venues in Indiana
Baseball venues in Indiana
Indoor arenas in Indiana
Softball venues in Indiana
Volleyball venues in Indiana
Sports venues completed in 2016
2016 establishments in Indiana
Sports complexes in the United States
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