Brook Park planning panel approves rezoning to allow dome stadium and mixed-use development

The Brook Park Planning Commission voted unanimously July 8 to recommend rezoning roughly 176 acres along Snow Road to a Planned Unit Development (PUD) that would allow a domed stadium and a mixed-use neighborhood anchored by hotels, housing and retail.

The proposal, presented by developer representatives as a plan for a $2.4 billion enclosed (“dome”) stadium plus roughly $800 million to $1 billion in private mixed-use development, passed the commission and will be forwarded to the City Council for final action, including a required three-reading process and a public hearing before a final vote.

The PUD would reclassify parcels now zoned U5 Industrial to allow a broader mix of uses (U1 through U6 under Brook Park’s zoning categories), including residential, apartments, retail, research and development and continued industrial uses. The developer said the site plan is intended to open as a year-round “live-work-play” destination tied to the modernized Hopkins Airport and to host sports, concerts and other events beyond football.

David Jenkins, the project agent, told the commission, “what we're talking about today is a $2,400,000,000 stadium and a $800,000,000 to $1 billion of mixed-use private development,” and described the plan as a regional “front door” adjacent to Hopkins Airport. Ted Tai Wong, identified in the presentation as general counsel and chief…