PLANNING STEPS
SPORTSPLEX BENEFITS
PROJECT FUNDING
1st - Define Project Team.
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Ownership & Entity
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Company Structure
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Legal & Accounting
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Steering Committee [Govt-Leadership]
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Commission the Project Rendering.
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2nd - Project Rendering.
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Offer a glimpse into what the Upstate New York Sports Park could look like.
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3nd - Project Timelines.
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Planning Meetings
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Construction Costs
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Project Approval Process
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Ground Breaking - Completion
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Soft - Hard Opening.
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4th - Location.
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Propose the 'Best Use' venue location that will benefit local businesses.
5th - Presentation Meeting Content;
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Destination Youth Athletic Park
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Point to other successful venues
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Embelich Leadership Team strengths
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Layout Funding Arrangement
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6th - Leadership Investment;
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Park Development
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Park Management
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Local Resident Usage
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Economic windfall to CNY businesses while providing state of the art [synthetic fields] youth sportsplex for NYS residents.
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Like other Nationally recognized parks, the UNYSP venue will offer a world-class sporting experience on top-notch venues for athletes, specifically catering to baseball, softball, soccer and lacrosse players. The sportsplex will attract teams from 50 states & Canada.
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Tourism Impact: Onondaga County Parks and the surrounding area: multiple tourist "short trip" destinations such as the New York State Fair, Finger Lakes, Cooperstown, 1000 Islands — made perfect sense for Upstate New York Sports Park location.
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The SportsPlex management team would schedule tournaments, recruit teams from various states, supervise games and contract various vendors.State of the Art design with NCAA regulated baseball / softball fields, US Soccer and Lacrosse fields in HUb Layouts.
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Tourism Impact: Onondaga County Parks and the surrounding area: multiple tourist "short trip" destinations such as the New York State Fair, Finger Lakes, Cooperstown, 1000 Islands — made perfect sense for Upstate New York Sports Park location.
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Leadership Experience; Developer / Sports Management / Sports Travel / Associate Sports Owners
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Local Jobs: the Sportplex will hire 100 full & part-time local residents
1. The Company; Upstate New York Sports Park LLC intends to build a park in Onondaga County
2. Assistance in creating a funding formula from local, state and federal government officials will determine the project feasibility.
3. Funding formula should not involve a penny coming from local taxpayers. Financial incentives to be proposed and required;
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Federal CFDA Grant or *Other
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State Tax Exemption
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County Land Donated to the 501c3 entity
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4. Preliminary Project Estimate; $10 Million
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A breakdown of how the complex will get funded:
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$675,000 from Onondaga County in the form of donating and contributing HRP to the project
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$675,000 from UNYSP Managing Members [ 501c3]
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$8,500,000 from local, state and federal officials providing Grant funds. [Or *Other]
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$150,000 Naming Rights as assigned
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*Other > raising the countywide bed tax — also called the hotel-motel or lodging tax, it's a fee tacked onto overnight stays — rate by 2 percent
**See Housing Contract in Project Proforma
Guests staying at any hotel, motel or lodge within Erie County must pay 7 percent in tax, up from 5 percent.