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Consultant: Pflugerville is turning away play; feasibility study recommends up to 177 acres and phased funding
Summary
Park Hill presented a feasibility study showing Pflugerville is denying roughly 11% of requested field hours and faces deficits in baseball/softball and rectangular fields that translate to tens of acres; consultants estimated $80M–$147M (excludes land) depending on the time horizon and recommended phasing, land acquisition and bond planning.
Chad Davis, a landscape architect with Park Hill, told the commission on Dec. 18 that Pflugerville is already turning away organized play and will need a multi‑decade plan to keep up with growth. “Right now, when we talk about unmet need … there’s about 860 hours” of requests denied in 2025, Davis said, citing city-supplied tracking of unallocated hours.
The consultant presented a demand analysis built from meetings with local leagues and national benchmarks from the National Recreation and Park Association (NRPA). Park Hill said league participation is predominantly local (examples cited: roughly 50% of one adult cricket league and 70–90% for several youth leagues), and that typical requests included dedicated…
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