LA VISTA - The Nebraska MultiSport Complex, a project in La Vista long in the planning stage, is close to hosting its first competitions.

In its first phase, the complex will have a dozen artificial turf fields with lighting that can be used for soccer, baseball, fast-pitch softball, lacrosse, rugby, and flag football. Many will be ready by fall, and all 12 will be available for use by spring 2023 for local, regional, and national competitions.

“Phase I is currently focused on the development of field sports (and) to create a championship complex,” Craig Scriven, executive director and vice president for the Nebraska MultiSport Complex, said at a press conference. “The Nebraska MultiSport board of directors listened intensely to the community and their needs. And their needs were for a regional sports facility.”

La Vista Mayor Doug Kindig, a longtime proponent of the complex, said area residents would take advantage of the state-of-the-art athletic amenities, noting its easy access.

$9.9 million are expected to be pulled in annually by the project, generating $401,000 in sales and lodging taxes. The estimation assumes over 32,000 overnight visitors and another 39,200 local visitors annually. It will also create jobs during and after construction.

“The out-of-town visitors will come in (and) not only will they stay in our hotels and eat in our restaurants, they’ll visit the SAC museum, they’ll go down to the Old Market,” Kindig said. “They’ll go down and catch a lot of the other amenities that we have in this area and that’s why it’s so exciting to us.”

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