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SCHEELS SPORTS PARK
THRIVE IN SPI • SPRINGFIELD SANGAMON GROWTH ALLIANCE
“ This project will change how people see Springfield. It’s a sign we can achieve big things in our community when we work together. Ryan McCrady, SSGA The catalyst bringing it all together, per Legacy Pointe developer Dirk McCormick, is the Springfield Sangamon Growth Alliance. “This couldn’t have happened without the help of Ryan and the SSGA.” Featuring all-new restaurants, hotels, shopping, and the multi-use sports park, Legacy Pointe will be a destination for locals and travelers alike, drawing 250,000 new visitors to the area and increasing tourism by 10–15% annually. “What this development really did is bring people together in our community who formally had not been working together,” commented Legacy Pointe developer Steve Luker. “This project will change how people see Springfield,” added McCrady. “It’s a sign we can achieve big things in our community when we work together.”
SCHEELS SPORTS PARK
Creating a new legacy for Springfield In the fertile fields outside Springfield, corn and soybeans usually flourish. But since 2023, a new field of dreams has begun cropping up: a 95-acre sports complex with the largest indoor sports dome in the United States. Featuring eight outdoor, lighted, multi-use turf fields, the state-of-the-art complex will host a variety of popular sports, from soccer, football, rugby, and lacrosse to basketball, volleyball, pickleball, wrestling, gymnastics, cheer and dance. With its 196,000 square-foot indoor Springfield Clinic Dome, the complex will draw athletes from throughout the Midwest year-round, bringing $25 million in new annual revenue to the Springfield area. “Softball season. Soccer season. Volleyball, basketball. The way they designed the complex will keep it chugging 12 months of the year,” said Ryan McCrady, CEO of the Springfield Sangamon Growth Alliance (SSGA), a public-private partnership promoting economic growth in the region.
SCHEELS Sports Park will provide venues for both competitive and cultural events, hosting traditional league play and tournaments as well as community fairs, concerts, and corporate and private rentals. Expected to draw regional and national tournaments every week, McCrady says the Park is poised to become Illinois’ premier sports destination. A story of innovation in design and execution The Legacy Pointe Development took root in 2006 when the developers purchased 300 acres of open land on Springfield’s southside. Starting in 2018, SCHEELS Sports Park‘s journey has been as unique as the vision behind it. “This whole development was done in a way that’s never been done anywhere else in the country,” said McCrady. “With SCHEELS purchasing the naming rights, Legacy Pointe providing the vision, local government offering incentives, and local banks providing the financing, this has been a true public- private partnership.”
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