Consultants present $30M'$46.5M feasibility plan for proposed Rifle activity center

May 11, 2026

Consultants recommended a 50,000-sq-ft activity center at Metropark with two program options: a 'dry' indoor sports building (~$30M total cost) or an expanded option adding an aquatic natatorium that raises total project cost to about $46.5M; operating projections show a multimillion-dollar subsidy largely driven by aquatics.

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Consultants from Studio CK and Collab Architecture presented a draft feasibility study for a proposed 50,000-square-foot Rifle activity center, telling the Parks and Recreation board that the study narrowed several potential sites to Metropark and outlined two program options: a base facility focused on indoor sports and community programming, or an expanded option adding indoor aquatics.

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