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Enid officials outline three-year plan for new municipal sports complex
Summary
City staff and consultants described a master-plan and 15% design contract for a multi-sports complex, said the project includes public outreach, benchmarking trips and a roughly three-year timeline to preliminary completion.
Mayor David M. Mason and city staff updated the Enid City Commission on plans for a new municipal sports complex intended to host baseball, softball and football events and be co-located near the Advanced Soccer Park.
The update described a master-plan contract of about $310,000 that will produce a 15% design package, three public meetings and benchmarking trips to examine facilities in Oklahoma City, Tulsa and the Dallas–Fort Worth area. Gerald (staff member) said the consultant team has begun surveys, stakeholder outreach and a technical-committee process to gather data and refine preliminary concepts.
Why it matters: city leaders said the complex is intended to grow sports tourism, support local youth programs, and produce hotel and restaurant revenue on tournament weekends.
Gerald said the contract includes public engagement and facility benchmarking trips and described a timeline the team presented to the commission. He told the commission the project will include multiple preliminary concepts that will be winnowed to a single preferred concept and that the consultant team is assembling surveys and stakeholder meetings.
Mayor David M. Mason encouraged residents to attend the public meetings and to provide feedback. “We really, really want your feedback on this. This is a huge project that’s going to benefit our city financially. It’s going to benefit our children. It’s going to benefit our schools,” Mayor Mason said.
City staff said the initial phase will include three public meetings (the first scheduled for May), stakeholder workshops, and potential one-day and multi-day benchmarking trips. The team estimated about a three-year schedule from start to finish and referenced a target date shown in the presentation as February 2028 for later design milestones.
Consultants and staff named in the presentation included James Hazard (project leader) and Sally Horsey; staff referred to the consultant firm as HAF and other technical partners engaged on surveying, engineering and sports-event planning. City staff said the contract includes travel to visit comparable facilities and that the city expects additional outreach after the public meetings to collect community input.
Next steps noted to the commission: finalize public meeting dates and stakeholder rosters, schedule benchmarking trips, continue surveys and technical data collection, and return with refined concepts for review.
Ending: City staff asked commissioners and residents to provide ideas and concerns ahead of the public meeting; no final design or construction funding decisions were made at this meeting.
