320-acre Legacy Sports Park Planned for Mesa

By Jeff Metcalfe for The Arizona Republic  Mesa voters rejected a ballot proposal to build a youth sports megacomplex, so a private investment group is taking on an even grander project.  Legacy Cares, Inc., an Arizona based non-profit organization, closed last week with Ziegler, an investment bank, on $250M financing to build a family sports and entertainment complex in southeast Mesa.   […]

LMS Talks Sports Facility Market Trends

By Tasha Anderson for Arizona Builder’s Exchange It’s October, which means football season is in full swing, hockey has just begun, and basketball is right around the corner, making Sports Facilities the perfect AZBEX Leading Market Series topic for the month. Attendees gathered at the DoubleTree by Hilton Tempe on Thursday, October 4th, to gain […]

ASU Wants Its Own New Hockey Arena

By Shane Dale for ABC15 Arizona The Arizona Coyotes have insisted they still have a number of options at their disposal after their agreement to create a joint arena complex with Arizona State University fell through. According to ASU Athletic Director Ray Anderson, the Sun Devils aren’t out of options, either. “We have additional options that we are […]

ASU Out of Plan to Bring Coyotes to Tempe

By Anne Ryman, Mary Jo Pitzl and Jessica Boehm for The Arizona Republic A plan to build a new home for the Arizona Coyotes in Tempe is dead. Arizona State University said in an email late last week it “has no intention of proceeding to sign a development agreement or an option to lease or any […]