McKinney leaders are seeking to develop city land into a multi-use sports park and entertainment district intended to be a “world-class” regional, state, and national destination for sports, according to city documents.
The McKinney City Council is set to vote next Tuesday on adopting a set of principles to guide the project, who develops it and how it’ll take shape.
The project, if leaders approve the plan, will provide options for local recreation and competitive sports leagues on more than 200 acres owned by the city’s community development corporation. The southwest property of open fields is located at the intersection of Taylor Burk Drive and County Road 164, near housing developments Painted Tree and Honey Creek in northwest McKinney.
Trevor Minyard, the assistant city manager, said the district will “check a unique box” for the city and will likely be a robust project to host multiple sports and combine entertainment, hospitality and retail.
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“The demand for ballfields, for community amenities, park amenities,” Minyard said, “as we develop farther north and west in those undeveloped areas of McKinney, are starting to grow.”
The project aligns with several other economic development projects in the city, including a 20,000-seat amphitheater, commercial airport terminal, surf park and resort hotel.
Minyard expects to recommend business partners to the city council next year to begin construction on the park, and groundbreaking would happen in 2027 at the very earliest, if council members approve the plan.
McKinney has already hosted several large sporting events, including the PGA Tour’s CJ Cup Byron Nelson, Division II NCAA Championship, Billie Jean King Cup Play-off tennis tournament, and the inaugural McKinney Historic Half race presented by BMW will take place in the city next year.
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“I think that in the event that we have a fairly large sports complex development, then we’ll be poised to host large scale tournaments, whatever sport that may be,” Minyard said.
If the council approves the guidelines Tuesday, the sports park will go forward “in a manner that is consistent with the surrounding developments” and in line with the city’s overall development plan, according to city documents.
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