After more than a decade, Nathan Benderson Park is moving forward with plans for a long-discussed boathouse project, with construction bids already out and a contractor expected to be selected in June.
What park officials now propose, however, is far more ambitious than the simple rowing facility envisioned in a master plan in 2010. The project has morphed into a 100,000-square-foot sports complex with basketball courts, weight rooms, catering facilities and a price tag that is expected to be as much as $70 million.
Even some longtime rowers have come out against the size and scope…