http://www.kbtx.com/content/news/Bryan-to-soon-begin-negotiations-for-super-park-398613631.html

Does anyone have an idea where exactly? This will be great for development in that area of town.

http://www.theeagle.com/news/local/bryan-city-council-oks-negotiating-land-buy-for-super-park/article_63e04400-675b-5481-b63b-ce59e36edb2b.html

Maybe where Blinn was originally planning to expand (2818 & Leonard)

Chris98 said:

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Maybe where Blinn was originally planning to expand (2818 & Leonard)

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Blinn paid an average of $42,000/acre for their land. Who knows what they are willing to unload it for....maybe Sharp has an idea?

Edited to add: The Blinn land is in District 5; the Eagle article stated the land being considered is in District 1 (Al Saenz)

dancemom said:

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BRAC is not for kids; adult softball and some soccer. We need youth baseball, softball, football, pickle ball, etc. And from an economic standpoint, why should all the tournaments go to Bachman and Veteran's Park in College Station?

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Baseball tournaments go to Franklin

65 acres isn't what I'd call "super." That's nowhere near the size of Veterans.

FWIW, Veteran's Park is 150 acres and was purchased for 1.5 million (1999) per the City's website. Some of that would include the walking/nature area to the east I believe. It's a really nice park.

Edit to add: I have been to the Franklin Park--also very very nice.

Good move by the city. Glad to see it finally happen.

Birddog said:

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dancemom said:

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BRAC is not for kids; adult softball and some soccer. We need youth baseball, softball, football, pickle ball, etc. And from an economic standpoint, why should all the tournaments go to Bachman and Veteran's Park in College Station?

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Baseball tournaments go to Franklin

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Then there sure were a lot of confused teams at Bachmann last summer.

I took a look at where District 1 in Bryan is, and I will bet that the plot of land the city is looking at is between Lenard Road and Clear Leaf, near Jane Long Middle School. That is the only land large enough in that district. There is also a plot of Land just North of Beck and 2818, but I don't know...just guessing. District 1 is also close to District 5, which is hot with development right now.



Side note: I meant to name this thread Northwest Bryan Not North West Bryan. Can that be fixed?

http://wtaw.com/2016/11/10/bryan-council-majority-authorizes-33-million-new-financing/
According to this article, the new park will be located at the intersection of Sandy Point and 2818 (the southern half of the intersection). Don't know if it will be on the side closer to Lake Bryan or to the east.

This is also some new information, Major League Soccer (USL) is looking at the area to bring a Minor League Soccer team here. If you take a look at the current list of Minor League Soccer teams, they are in some pretty big cities including; Kansas City, Pittsburgh, and Montreal. That's big news! I'm not a fan of soccer, but if there was a minor league team here in town, I would be a fan. I wonder if the Bombers would move their stadium to the new complex also?

I hope all of the industrial development in that area doesn't hurt the potential commercial/residential development of the area. It would have been nice if all of the industrial development in that area was in one business park. The terrain in that area is nice and has a lot of potentials.

Does this location mean that District 1 will be expanding?

Bachmann is good for younger boys, but most of the older boys play their tournaments in Franklin due to their larger field sizes.

That Franklin complex is fairly amazing.
Does Spud still run it?
He is as good a person as you will ever meet.

Bryan is trying to keep up with CS. This park complex is a case in point.

Good.