Chesterfield Sports Association along with some of the largest
volleyball and basketball clubs in the St. Louis region and local
sports complex developer, Mia Rose Holding, are uniting to bring a
state-of-the-art indoor volleyball and basketball complex to St.
Louis. The multi-court, 97,000-square-foot fieldhouse has received
zoning approval in Chesterfield Valley on Eatherton Road near St.
Louis Premium Outlets. As the largest youth volleyball and
basketball facility in St. Louis, it will attract an estimated
900,000 visitors each year to its clinics, camps, leagues and
tournaments. More than 1,000 athletes will practice, train and play
games there each week. Construction will begin this Fall 2021 and
the target opening is September 2022. Chesterfield Sports
Association (CSA), a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, will own and
operate the facility, which will fill a major need for court space
in St. Louis. “This is much more than an athletic center, it is a
“life” center and a place these young athletes can call “home,” said
Stuart Duncan, Director at Chesterfield Sports Association. “Along
with giving young basketball and volleyball athletes a location to
play their sports, our mission is to offer them a place to gain
confidence, trust, self-esteem and good health.”
The primary tenants and partners are: High Performance – STL, the
largest volleyball club in the region with more than 1,000 athletes,
90 teams and 10,000 annual tournament participants; Stratman Sports,
the largest club volleyball tournament and junior league organizer
in the region hosting over 600 teams throughout every season;
Missouri Phenom Basketball, a youth development club on the Nike
Elite Youth Basketball League circuit with 40 teams in Kansas City,
Columbia, Springfield and St. Louis; CNR Basketball, the largest
basketball league organizer in the region, which schedules over
12,000 games annually and runs league games and tournaments during
the Winter, Spring, Summer and Fall seasons. A full 85% percent of
CNR’s teams are within 25 minutes of the new complex. “Missouri
Phenom has a heavy focus on the development of youth both on the
court and off. We pride ourselves on building character and
leadership from the grassroots level. This facility will allow us to
have a space to call our own and continue to grow not only the
Phenom Family, but the community as well,” said Brittany Carter,
Regional Coordinator at Missouri Phenom Basketball.
Nine (9) basketball courts will convert to eighteen (18) volleyball
courts and be equipped with Olympic level flooring, professional
grade LED lighting and HD/4K streaming cameras. Additional amenities
include a fitness area; multipurpose rooms for team rooms, meetings,
and classes; comfortable spectator seating courtside and from a
second-floor mezzanine; lounge areas and concessions. The architect
is mw Weber Architects. The general contractor is Keystone
Construction Company and the civil engineer is Stock &
Associates Consulting Engineers, Inc.
The fieldhouse will offer the full range of youth sport services and
amenities to develop student athletes to meet their fullest
potential. CSA plans to work with local organizations to offer
community health and wellness programs and will partner with
physical therapists and orthopedic specialists to assist with
athletes’ conditioning and training.
“We have a rich sports history in St. Louis with great facilities
for professional athletes, but we are one of the worst large cities
for indoor youth facilities,” said Scott Mebruer, Club Director at
High Performance – STL Volleyball Club. “This is the only facility
in the St. Louis region that is going to be built from the ground
up, meant and purposefully built for young athletes in these sports.
Every other facility was something else, never with the purpose of
it being for volleyball or basketball. This is going to be powerful
in how it impacts many individuals beyond our sports clubs.”
While 80% of available court time will be used by the current
primary partners, over 10,000 hours of court time is available per
year. CSA is in talks with potential major university partners and
other organizations to offer daytime programming. Chesterfield
Sports Association is seeking partners and donors who are dedicated
to growing and supporting youth athletics in St. Louis in exchange
for facility naming opportunities and other recognition. In addition
to hosting volleyball and basketball clinics, camps, leagues and
tournaments, the facility could be used for pickleball, futsal,
wrestling, dance, cheer and other sports as space is available.
“This sports complex will be a center of recreation, community life
and economic activity. St. Louis will finally get the world-class
youth sporting facility it deserves,” said Tom Kaimain, Founding
Principal of Mia Rose Holdings (MRH). “I am honored to be part of
this amazing coalition of sporting organizations and to help bring
this incredibly important vision to reality for Chesterfield and St.
Louis.” In addition to multi-family and mixed-use developments, MRH
has a strong niche developing and consulting for athletic
facilities, including the Maryville University Hockey Center in
Chesterfield Valley. This expertise grew out of Kaiman’s
professional hockey career.
Most indoor basketball and volleyball facilities in St. Louis are
operated by private and public schools and municipal governments.
These facilities have significant limitations and liability concerns
for hosting outside players and organizations, which has only
increased during the coronavirus pandemic. None of the larger
existing indoor court facilities was designed for volleyball and
basketball, and many are 30 to 40 years old with failing
infrastructure, poor ventilation systems, insufficient lighting,
substandard flooring, insufficient seating and inadequate dimensions
for safe and enjoyable play.
Due to the lack of safe and adequate facilities locally, local
basketball and volleyball clubs currently must use multiple
locations to meet their needs and tournament organizers turn to
bigger venues in other Midwestern cities. In fact, Gateway Region
Volleyball, the local chapter of USA Volleyball, has needed to move
several large weekend events from local facilities to Cape
Girardeau’s new 12-court facility over two hours away.
“The lack of local and quality facilities creates unnecessary
obstacles and lost opportunities for local tournament organizers and
businesses, as well as for players and their families who must
travel out of town to participate,” said Duncan. “This new facility
will alleviate that burden for athlete families.”
A major economic driver, the sports complex will generate jobs for
coaches, referees, trainers, concession and maintenance workers ,and
will bring local and out-of-town guests to the area to generate
economic activity for local restaurants, hotels and retail
establishments. CSA is purchasing land for potential future
expansion. For information about partnership opportunities, visit
chesterfieldsports.com or email info@chesterfieldsports.com. To
follow the development, follow chesterfieldsports on Facebook,
Instagram, LinkedIn and Twitter.
ABOUT MIA ROSE HOLDINGS, LLC Mia Rose Holdings LLC (MRH) is a
Chesterfield, MO-based commercial real estate development company
that actively acquires and develops real estate to support the needs
and vision of local communities. MRH provides comprehensive,
first-class development services through partnerships with the best
and brightest in commercial brokerage, engineering, architectural
and construction services. MRH was formed in 2014 by Tom Kaiman who
oversaw more than $1 billion in development during his previous 15
years of design and construction experience. In addition to
multi-family and mixed-use developments, MRH has a strong niche
developing and consulting for ice rinks and other athletic
facilities. This expertise grew out of Tom Kaiman’s professional
hockey career playing for the Arkansas Riverblades, Baton Rouge
Kingfish and Lowell Lockmonsters. For more information about Mia
Rose Holdings, visit www.miaroseholdings.org
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