The Pomp, a 223-acre district situated 10 miles north of Fort Lauderdale, Fla., and The Armory, a 225,000-sf eating and leisure venue on six acres in St Louis, are among the many high leisure districts within the works throughout the U.S.

1. Tampa Bay, Fla.
A partnership uniting town, the Tampa Bay Rays baseball staff, and the developer Hines plans to take a position $6.5 billion over 20 years for a proposed 86-acre district anchored by a brand new $1.2 billion, 30,000-seat ballpark scheduled to be accomplished by opening day 2028. The district consists of 4,800 market-rate residential models; 1,200 inexpensive housing models; 600 senior dwelling models; 1.4 million sf of workplace, medical, and industrial area; 750,000 sf of retail area; a 50,000-sf African American museum; 100,000 sf of leisure area that features a 4,000-seat live performance venue; 14,000 parking areas; and 90,000-100,000 sf of conference/assembly area. Construction would start in late 2024.

2. Miami
The 131-acre Miami Freedom Park was anticipated to interrupt floor in late 2023. Its centerpiece is a 25,000-seat soccer stadium (the futbol staff Inter Miami CF is the developer of this undertaking, a multiphase redevelopment of the previous Melreese Country Club). The district’s different parts embody a 58-acre park; 23 acres of taking part in fields; a million sf of workplace, retail, leisure, and industrial; and 780 resort rooms. Arquitectonica is the undertaking’s design architect, Manica the stadium designer, and CAA Icon the stadium undertaking supervisor.

3. Pompano Beach, Fla.
Cordish Companies and Caesars Entertainment are creating The Pomp, a 223-acre district situated 10 miles north of Fort Lauderdale, that can incorporate the present Harrah’s on line casino. This $2 billion undertaking, which broke floor in February 2022, will embody 1.3 million sf of retail and leisure area; 4,000 residential models; 25,000 sf of meals and beverage venues; 1.35 million sf of workplace area; and two lodges. Topgolf, which opens in late 2023, will likely be one of many district’s anchors.

4. Gainesville, Fla.
In September, Gainesville’s City Commission voted 6-1 in favor of making a downtown leisure district the place public consumption of alcohol can be allowed from 8 a.m. to 11:30 p.m. This multiblock district (whose closing vote was scheduled for late October) comes on the heels of a strategic plan town adopted in October 2022. That plan posited that, to draw extra guests and spending, the downtown space wanted extra bars, eating places, efficiency venues, breweries, and boutiques. The strategic plan additionally requires extra inexpensive and mixed-use housing, and “a supportive local business environment” that unlocks actual property potential.

5. St. Paul, Minn.
Populous has designed the 34.4-acre United Village district round Allianz Field, a soccer stadium that opened in 2018. The district’s building is scheduled to start out in late 2023, and embody 720,000 sf of workplace area; 200,000 sf of retail and leisure area; a 300-seat music venue; two meals pavilions; a resort; 300 residential models; and a one-acre park that would be the district’s centerpiece.

6. Kansas City, Mo.
Kansas City, house of the favored nine-block Power & Light District, which opened in November 2007, has a number of tasks within the works, together with Pennway Point, a reimagining of an industrial web site that features a redevelopment of the Carter-Waters constructing on six acres. Last July, the undertaking’s master-tenant developer, DaVinci, unveiled its first ideas for Pennway Point: the 6,000-sf Barrel Hall, which showcases among the metropolis’s favourite and genuine meals and beverage manufacturers; and Talegate, a 30,000-sf venue that options three F&B ideas: Beef & Bottle, Funk House, and indoor/out of doors Talegate Park. The latter’s programming will embody music live shows and film nights. The AEC corporations engaged on this undertaking embody Collins Webb and Associates (architect), Lankford + Fendler and Associates (MEP), PMA (SE), Olsson (CE), and Whiskey Design (branding). A 150-foot remark wheel and mini golf course will likely be adjoining to this district.

As a part of its plan to interchange growing old Kauffman Stadium with a brand new facility, the Kansas City Royals baseball staff has submitted two proposals for leisure districts, every devised by Populous. One proposal, generally known as East Village, would take up 27 acres downtown and be close to the 18,000-seat multipurpose T-Mobile Center. It consists of the brand new stadium, a residential tower, a 4,000-seat efficiency venue, convention area, and an occasions plaza. The various proposal would develop 90 acres in North Kansas City that makes use of as its mannequin Battery Atlanta. It would function an lively backyard space and 365-day occasions plaza. The Royals estimate that both proposal would value no less than $2 billion, and the staff is hoping that its present lease settlement, the place Kauffman splits a 3/8-cent gross sales tax with Arrowhead Stadium for upkeep, carries over to its new house, whose completion is concentrating on opening day 2028.

7. Anaheim, Calif.
In September 2022, Samueli, the developer that owns and manages the 18,000-seat Honda Center, house to the Anaheim Ducks hockey staff, obtained approval to maneuver ahead on ocV!BE, a 100-acre, $4 billion sports activities and leisure district that may be anchored by Honda Center and the Anaheim Regional Transportation Intermodal Center (ARTIC), which Samueli manages as nicely. ocV!BE will embody 20 acres of parks and trails; 1,500 flats (together with 195 inexpensive models); a 1.1-million-sf workplace campus; 230,000 sf of retail and eating places; a 5,700-seat live performance venue; two lodges with a complete of 550 keys; a five-acre riverfront park; and almost 11,000 parking areas. 

The district may also be powered by an outside photo voltaic array that generates 6 megawatts. Construction started this yr, and a lot of the district must be accomplished in time for the Los Angeles-hosted Summer Olympics in 2028. Its Building Team consists of smith-clementi (master-plan architect), Fuscoe Engineering (CE), BuroHappold Engineering (sustainability), Populous (live performance corridor architect), iCrave (market corridor interiors), and WATG (resort architect). The parking deck staff consists of Choate Parking Consultants, Culp & Tanner, tk1sc, and RIOS.

8. Clarksville, Tenn.
VP Riverside Development has proposed the redevelopment of 30 acres the place the Vulcan rubber plant as soon as operated. The leisure district, close to Austin Peay State University, would have as its point of interest an 8,000-seat minor league baseball stadium. The district would even have 330 flats, a resort, retail, eating places, a live-performance venue (the scale of which was not revealed publicly), and 1,045 parking areas. McMillan Pazden Smith is the design architect on this undertaking, and CSDG is the civil engineer, panorama architect, and planner. The undertaking’s building may start by the third quarter of 2024, with the stadium being accomplished by late 2026 and the district accomplished someday in 2027.

9. Charlotte, N.C.
Last February, a public-private partnership proposed the creation of a brand new Uptown leisure hub that may hyperlink the 20,000-seat Spectrum Center (owned by town and residential to the NBA’s Charlotte Hornets), Queens City Quarters (an leisure, retail, and F&B venue), and a brand new transit middle. The district would embody 12 metropolis blocks, creating an leisure hall. More particulars are forthcoming, but when all goes as deliberate, building inside the district and for the transit middle may begin subsequent spring.

10. Norman, Okla.
In early September, Team Norman, a gaggle of metropolis and college leaders, proposed a $1 billion, 200-acre leisure district, 80% of which might be privately financed. One aim of this proposal is to ascertain nearer relationships with the University of Oklahoma; 28% of the district’s area can be occupied by the college as its important tenant, and the district would come with a multipurpose, 7,000-seat area that OU may use for gymnastics, volleyball, and basketball. The district would have 754 flats (growing to 1,232 models by yr eight), 127 single-family houses, and 50 townhomes. There will likely be 180,000 sf of workplace, 150,000 sf of retail and eating places, a 150-key resort, and acres of greenspace. Construction may start subsequent yr.

11. Nashville, Tenn.
This is one other Cordish Companies undertaking that broke floor final summer time. It is repurposing the historic George Jones Building into the five-floor, 50,000-sf Nashville Live! with a Draftkings Sports & Social eating venue, a western-themed PBR Cowboy Bar, an AVA Rooftop Bar, and a speakeasy-style bar that may accommodate 450 individuals. Phases of this undertaking will likely be accomplished by the tip of 2023. Nashville Live! will likely be two blocks from Bridgestone Arena.

12. St. Louis, Mo.
In December 2022, Green Street Real Estate Ventures opened The Armory, a 225,000-sf eating and leisure venue on six acres, with six bars and a 62-foot stage. The developer expects the Armory to draw 1.5 million company in its first yr. Green Street is now proposing to remodel 11 Midtown acres into Armory STL, an adjoining leisure district customary after the Beltline in Atlanta, with a mixture of places of work, eating places, retail, and resort that totals 750,000 to 800,000 sf. Armory STL can be the vortex of a broader community that encompasses the Brickline Greenway path system (below growth by Great Rivers Greenway), which connects to 4 parks, a medical middle, and town’s Gateway Arch. The district would even be close to a brand new Topgolf and St. Louis University’s campus.