County officials accepted a tourism study for the plans to upgrade the Paradise Coast Sports Complex, split into three stages. Phase 3 work begins in late 2025, adding a multipurpose field, a metal building, restrooms, and a parking lot. This phase of work is expected to cost between $9 million to $10 million.
Phase 4 will add 11 more playing fields and cost an estimated $40 million to $50 million. The new space should boost local sports by 22%, adding $300,000 in yearly earnings. Teams from cold states up north might find it perfect for year-round practice.
“We have attrition in the amount of events that we can attract in the summer because people that travel here from the Northeast and the Midwest,” Adrian Moses, who runs the complex, told Gulf Coast News Now…