SPARC TAKES SHAPE
The $5.5 M SPARC capital/endowment campaign began in 2010 and will be ongoing throughout the anticipated completion date in 2015. The construction of new school sports and community recreational facilities will be phased as follows:
Acquire Land, Football Stadium Bleachers with Press Box
• Needed land (20 acres) acquired/secured
• Football Home and Visitors Bleachers
• Press Box Upgraded
See Figure 2 below.
Site Preparation for New Bleachers
New 1700-seat Home Bleacher Stand [Summer 2010]
Our brand new state of the art press box. It even has heat! What a luxury. Thank you to the Conneaut Foundation for donating the money to equip the press box with sound and technology for our fans to enjoy!
Outdoor Track, Soccer Field with Grandstand
• Outdoor Track, Soccer Field with Grandstand
• Demolition of Eighmy Building/Site Preparation
• 8-Lane, 400 M Outdoor Track with Lighting
• Soccer Field and Track/Soccer Grandstand with Seating, Restrooms and Concessions
See Figure 2 below.
Track and Field completion with Soccer Field.
Demolition of the Eighmy building by local contractor Hugh Ingram owner of Northcoast Construction.
Outdoor Tennis Courts with Parking
• Five Outdoor Tennis Courts with Lighting and Parking Lot
See Figure 2 below.
Field House, Track/Soccer Building, Band Shell
• 9,000 square foot Field House
• Track/Soccer Lockers and Concessions
• Band Shell
See Figure 1, 2 below.
Football Grandstand with Tennis Building, Entrance Building, Community Building
• Football Grandstand/Tennis Building with Seating, Restrooms, Concessions
• Entrance Building
• Community Building with Locker Rooms, Fitness/Weight Room and Meeting Spaces.
See Figure 2 below.
Practice Fields, Finishing
• Construction of Practice Fields and General Site Work with Landscaping, Lighting
Figure 1: Upper SPARC Campus with 8-Lane Track (25), Soccer Field (24) and Grandstand (21) to be constructed in Phase 2; Field House (29) and Track/Soccer Building (22, 23) in Phase 4; and Practice Fields (26, 27, 28) in Phase 6.
Figure 2: Lower SPARC Campus with completed Football Home and Visitors’ Stands and Press Box (12, 13, 14); outdoor Tennis Courts with parking (20) in Phase 3; Phase 4’s Band Shell (15); and Football/Tennis Grandstand (17, 18) and Community Building (1-5) in Phase 5.