Stone Park trustees hear schematics for Sports & Entertainment Center

At a committee meeting on Jan. 28, 2025, the Village of Stone Park Board of Trustees heard a presentation of schematics for a proposed Stone Park Sports & Entertainment Center from Gary Lira of Lira & Associates and James Fraghia of Vision Construction.

The presenters described the project in schematic form and provided engineering drawings. The documents will be posted at Village Hall for residents to review, according to the meeting minutes. The board did not vote on the proposal at this session, and trustees did not record any formal direction or commitment to fund the project during the meeting.

Why it matters: A Sports & Entertainment Center could change local land use, generate construction activity and affect village budgets or programming if the board later pursues the project. Posting the engineering drawings at Village Hall gives residents an opportunity to review the schematics and provide feedback before any formal action.

What happened at the meeting: Lira and Fraghia presented schematic drawings and answered questions from the mayor and trustees. The minutes do not include detailed budget figures, timelines, parcel information or proposed financing for the project; those items were not specified in the record provided.

Next steps: The only concrete procedural step recorded in the minutes is that the engineering drawings will be posted at Village Hall for resident access. The minutes do not list a public hearing date, vote, or timeline for the project, and the board took no formal vote at this meeting.

The committee adjourned at 6:39 p.m.