Please share your thoughts to inform our new facility operations plan.

In the spring of 2022, the City of Sandpoint received an incredibly generous legacy donation in the amount of $7.5 million from James F. and Ginny Russell to construct the James E. Russell Sports Center in Travers Park.  A design-build contract was awarded to Emerick Construction earlier this summer and with their partners, ALSC Architects, the design-build team is close to completing the final construction design for the facility.  The sports center is envisioned to be a two-phase project, with a first phase main pavillion to be constructed in 2023 with the donation from the Russell family.  It will include functionally complete tennis/pickleball courts, lockers, indoor/outdoor accessible restrooms and a community room.  A future second phase is envisioned to house two collegiate-sized basketball courts with an overlay of four volleyball courts and serve multi-purpose use.  This future phase is dependent upon additional funding.  

The City has contracted with BerryDunn to review and validate the facility design and develop a staffing, operations and management plan for the facility.  This will include a 5-year business plan and operational pro-forma for both phases.  Please take a few minutes to complete this survey to inform their efforts.

James E. Russell Family