Flagler County Commission Chair Andy Dance started Monday’s workshop with a whoohoo-like fist pump as if he were a soccer match. He might as well have been. An hour later he and his four colleagues were green-lighting a plan for $110 million sports complex that would require the county to pay $6 million a year to the private entity that would build and run it.
The plan was first proposed last year in Palm Coast, for the city’s yet-inaccessible west side, as a $93 million public-private partnership. The City Council sought to change the city’s charter through a referendum to enable the partnership. The charter currently bars that sort of arrangement because it requires a hefty long-term financial commitment.
The referendum decisively failed.
Unbowed, city and county officials worked to shift the arrangement under the County Commission’s umbrella. The sports complex would still be in Palm Coast. But in what amounted to an end-run around the referendum, the county would be the financial and political sponsor, since the county is not constrained by Palm Coast’s financial limitations.
The cost of the complex has since risen by almost $20 million and will likely continue rising. But Jason Boudrie, owner of Synergy Sports Global, who had presented the plan to Palm Coast last year, got what he wanted on Monday: a commitment from the county to work toward a memorandum of understanding that will obligate the county to the project, specify the funding partnership and nail down a pre-construction agreement.
The referendum’s failure in Palm Coast was never mentioned by Boudrie, by commissioners or by Amy Lukasic, the county’s tourism director, who introduced the concept at the workshop.
Boudrie’s presentation was largely the same as the one he made in Palm Coast, with the same sort of numbers–as remarkably rosy as they were speculative–projecting millions of dollars in revenue from the complex, and hundreds of thousands of visitors every year.
Commissioners liked what they heard, so did the audience, which applauded the commission’s decision once it gave its consensus to proceed.
“We are a tourism community, and youth sports is a part of tourism. It’s a huge, multi million dollar business,” Tiffany Wiggen, the recreational director at Florida elite, said. “We need more of that. We need more of the ability to host more families, more teams, more events here in our area.” It’s not just soccer, she said. “It could be so many things other than just soccer.”
No timeline was offered for the project, which depends on the completion of the “loop road” connecting Matanzas Woods Parkway to Palm Coast Parkway through what the city refers to as its “westward expansion.” The road has not yet begun construction. It is not fully funded. There has been no master plan for the development of the west side. But the sports complex would be planted there.
There’s little question that Palm Coast and Flagler County are short on sports fields and other recreation spaces. The county on Monday signaled that it was happily turning to an untested and financially risky approach to fill the gap: it cannot find $6 million to manage the county’s beaches short of an increase in the sales tax. But it appears ready to commit to a $6 million-a-year lease payment to underwrite the sports complex.
The paradox was not tested on Monday: Dance set the tone for a cheerleading workshop, and stuck to it despite the “nerves and the angst” he alluded to in reference to the project. It was an unusually uncritical session for the commission chair.
Boudrie said his company has “a lot of experience, a lot of expertise.”
The three examples he listed in a powerpoint, a 500-acre, $100 million park in Lake County “is still in conversation, kind of like what we are here.” Another, a 150,000 square foot indoor complex in Sebring valued at $80 to $90 million “is a little bit further along.”
The third, the Alachua County Sports and Event Center, opened in 2024. Boudrie listed it as a $45 million project. But it was funded by the Alachua County Commission with a $30 million loan backed by tourist tax revenue, $3 million from Viking Companies, a commercial real estate investment firm, and $2.32 million from the state. (Three of the companies Viking owns in Gainesville were in bankruptcy, Gainesville’s Main Street Daily News reported last year.)
The Palm Coast sports complex would have 20 fields (16 turf, four grass, all lit), including a 2,500 to 3,500-capacity stadium, and an indoor facility with 10 full-size multi-use courts (or 24 volleyball courts, or 30 to 36 pickleball courts). The facility could also host trade shows, graduations and other non-sports events, plus space for physical therapy, medical rehab, fitness space for the community, restaurants, and so on. (The Gainesville indoor facility is 120,000 square feet with 10 basketball courts, 18 volleyball courts, and so on.)
“The worst thing in the world is going out to a soccer tournament and it’s just grass and nothing else, right?” Boudrie said. “So, having shade structures, having playgrounds, having places for kids to go, and, you know, safety netting and that sort of thing.”
He said several youth sports organizations have submitted letters of intent to show their interest in using the eventual facility, including one from the president of a cornhole organization, one from Orlando-based Dynasty Hoops, and one from Sporting Club Jacksonville.
“We probably have about a half a year calendar already full,” he said, albeit without explaining how, in a facility as nonexistent as its first architectural drawings (or its access road), or specifying whether the entire facility would be booked for half a year or just some of its spaces.
He also projected revenue of $30 to $35 million worth of naming rights, not including local advertisers, and annual revenue of $4.3 million in the first year, rising to $6.1 million in the fifth year. The naming rights would be based on one lead sponsor paying $1.5 million a year for 10 years, four sponsors paying $250,000 a year for five years, another four paying $200,000 a year each, and so on. He did not provide a named example of one such interested sponsor.
Boudrie’s numbers appear at odds with the one example of a facility he had referred to–the Alachua sports complex, where the county commission has continued to pour money. While the facility landed the 2025 World Masters Athletics event, the county contributed $1 million in tax dollars to underwrite the event, and requested $2.75 million in a state appropriation, which the legislature provided. It was vetoed by the governor. It isn’t clear why the sponsorships, advertising and other revenue Boudrie described as part of these kinds of facilities’ economics still made taxpayer subsidies necessary.
“There is a pathway to develop this without the county, with any of the municipalities having to go out to bond or to overextend themselves,” Boudrie said. “There is no tax increase through a public private partnership.” Lease payments notwithstanding.
As he described it, local government would provide land and lease it to the private company at no cost. The company would build the complex and lease it back to the local government–at the annual cost of $6 million. (Palm Coast’s entire parks and recreation budget, including park facilities maintenance, is less than $6 million this year.) A private company would operate the facility, which would be heavily indebted at that point. Usage fees would be calibrated accordingly. Local community sports groups and non-profits would get a break on fees.
“And so from there, what we wanted to look at was, in addition to being able to support itself, can the facility support its own debt?” Boudrie said.
He then made entirely speculative projections: “Direct spending of about $48 million in year one, another $30 million of indirect spending, which gives you about $80 million of total economic impact for the region from there,” he said. That would generate county sales tax revenue of $400,000 and tourism tax revenue of $780,000, he claimed. In other words, the sports complex alone, in direct and indirect impact, would generate almost a fifth of the county’s total tourist tax revenue. (None of those figures were independently verified.)
He projected $800,000 in operating income for the facility, or the equivalent of $2,200 per day in fees charged to users, plus naming rights revenue of “about $5.1 million,” he said, seeing the facility in the black after year two, “and it will return a modest amount back to the county.” He said his company won’t ask the county to move forward “until we have a pretty good idea of where our sponsorships are, where our commitments are for tournaments and events.”
Those figures also rely on improbable projections of visitors just to the complex: 250,000 to 400,000 in the first year (or nearly half the entire number of visitors to Flagler County last year) and 100,000 to 125,000 room nights booked in the first year–or an average of 273 bookings per night in a county with fewer than 20 hotels and motels.
Boudrie clarified: the facility would be used by locals Monday through Thursday, and by visitors the other three days. So those room nights would be generated on the three weekend nights, at a rate of 640 to 800 rooms per night.
“The beauty of this project is that it would spur more hotels, more rooms to be by the sports complex,” Lukasik, the county’s tourism director, said.
The projections stretch over many years and take no account of a possible economic downturn or natural disasters that could significantly affect revenue. A member of the public cautiously suggested that the agreement should include a bond agreement in case the private company bails and leaves the facility “in shambles.”
Commissioner Greg Hansen wondered what the complex’s impact be on the Indian Trails Sports Complex and other such amenities in Palm Coast and the county? Boudrie said the fields would complement each other.
In 30 years, the county would assume ownership of the facility.
The public-private model was introduced three years ago, Boudrie said, revealing that the model’s viability is largely untested, at least when applied to sports complexes. “There’s none that could have gone fully through the development process and are operating,” he said of the planned facilities he enumerated. (The model has been used to build public infrastructure.)
Members of the public who spoke were enthused. An event organizer described herself as “all in.” Several were sports organization representatives from the region.
Agnes Lightfoot, who leads the Friends of Tennis organization in Palm Coast, said the facility could end the need for high school graduations to be held in Volusia County. “The indoor facility really nails it,” Dance said. In his view, it would rally public support.
John Phillips, the new president of the Palm Coast-Flagler Chamber of Commerce and the former athletic director at Embry Riddle Aeronautical University, among his several involvements with sports and sports tourism, suggested to the county not to wait: “If you follow the newspaper, the city of Daytona Beach has proposed to build an approximately $100 million sports complex west of Daytona Beach that’s starting to encroach on our territory.”
With that, Dance’s cheer at the opening of the workshop was echoed by his colleagues’ consensus.
polysci says
just say no
Shark says
Palm coast screwed up with Holland park. Please stick with storage facilities and fast food joints. I can just visualize millions going down the drain.
Keep Flagler Beautiful says
Yes! This is more like it. NO to the nasty fuel depot. YES to a stadium.
Pogo says
@trump and GOP floriduh will make it work
… right?
John m. says
Why I. The world would we do something like this? These people are crazy. Take that 6 million a year and take care of our roads, help pay for Palm Coast water treatment issues. Use it for your beach plans. Get ready to give it to the sheriff because he’ll want 25 more staff come this summer (again)
We may need more fields but not huge complexes that cost to maintain, staff, and come back to taxpayers for renovations. Plus the county has a track record of buying into something that cost more than originally planned, or has mold or other things they failed on in the past.
My county taxes are the highest out of all my taxes next to school boards. Let’s work on reducing cost not increasing them and take care of what we need not what we would like.
Matt says
Why can’t it be an ice skating rink, an indoor Olympic-size pool, and a couple of steam room, and a cold plunge? You know recreation that you can’t easily find in the area.
City tim says
City Tim
I didn’t see if this thing will pay the county any money from all the use of it Plus I see that the county will pay them 6 million a year to run it , I didn’t see any profit splitting or any break down like that. I would hope there is more break down of how revenues and profits will be split or reinvested. Is the 6 million a year cover all running costs or are they going to come back and ask for more ? Still a lot of open questions.
Land of no turn signals says says
This reminds me of the move Biden made when congress blocked Biden from his second round of paying off the college tuition with our tax dollars and finding a loophole.
celia pugliese says
A usual county case of: https://www.idioms.online/bite-off-more-than-you-can-chew/. Then we the taxpuyers endure paying off the bills = holding on the bag. Remember the Bobby Ginn’s super hangar etc.?
Robjr says
So much winning, you will get tired of winning.
Where have I heard that pie in the sky rhetoric before??????
Pig Farmer says
The commissioners better understand that they move forward with this plan things will get ugly for them and it is doubtful ANY of them will be re-elected.
BoloMKXXVIII says
If this is such a slam dunk financially, why doesn’t Synergy Sports Global finance it themselves and reap all the profits?
Answer: Because it isn’t! They will make their money and leave us with the huge bill. We can’t afford to maintain basic infrastructure. We cannot afford this boondoggle!
Tired of it says
This county is really being run by a bunch of incompetent morons. Ths is just another insane, expensive project to be funded on the back of taxpayers. We have no money for roads, we are already in debt and who exactly is going to come to little old Palm Coast to pay to watch what sporting events? Nothing about the presentation was based on actual fact. Another boondogle by the local Republican good old boys. Wonder who is getting paid off on this one.
Just Saying says
How many sports complexes do you think Florida can handle? I have been reading online that many counties throughout Florida are exploring the same idea as a new revenue source. It’s like a Ponzi scheme, only the 1st into it have a chance to make a profit and all those down the line will be the saps that pay for it. It is not like the pipe dream in the movie “Field of Dreams”,” build it and they will come”, what if a bunch of cornfields in Iowa had the same idea to build a ballpark they wouldn’t all have the same success as depicted in the movie. I don’t believe that competing sports complexes will work for every county that is exploring the idea. Additionally, we have a government in Florida that tends to target certain populations to let them know they are not welcome in Florida. We also have the ridiculous trend to build, build, build of every green space in Florida, without having the infrastructure in place to support existing homes/residents, let alone be able to support all the new building. Only the speculators/developers will make a huge profit out of it. All you have to do is look to Orlando with it’s competing parks and the nightmare of I-4 traffic to see a worst case of building without having the infrastructure to support them. And why do these developers like the idea of public/private partnerships, so when the project goes bust, they are not footing the entire loss.
Greg says
Hey Flagler Beach, you will soon have no beach, as the county is fighting against the sale tax increase to pay for repairs. But, they will find 6 million a year for a sports complex west of Rt 1. Priorities matter here,some win, some lose. Sad
Atwp says
Don’t understand, the local government will give the company land least free. The company would the complex and lease it to the government for six million a year. I thought a lease meant some kind of payment, if a person leased a car a monthly payment is made according to the signed contract. Will see what happens. Sound like this company will get a lot of money and free land. Wow!
Joseph Barand says
WTF is wrong, don’t they ever learn? Public/ Private projects are corruption by definition, tell us a single that benefits the people, Captains is just one example ad there are many more.
Jay Tomm says
Why does PC/Flagler need a sport complex? These people! They are dumb on both side of the political spectrum.
Wait til the rumored walmart goes up along 100…. LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOL
That Amy woman in TD needs to GO! Same person that was trying to build a tourism building in FB & then along 100 near the bridge to no where. Again WHY?
First world problems says
“The worst thing in the world is going out to a soccer tournament and it’s just grass and nothing else, right?”
The WORST thing in the world? Really?
Incurious says
Palm Coast voters rejected this idea in a referendum. So the developer went to the County board and got a “yes”.
Those people cheering in the audience… how many were Palm Coast residents?
t.o. Doug says
We do need more youth sport spaces in this area, but this arrangement seems concerning at best.
How we cannot justify $6 million for a beach that is a unique commodity to us, by can justify $6 million-per-year for a sports complex that any other community could also boast defies logic.
Jane Gentile-Youd says
To all my BOCC: Its okay to leave an 8 acre dilapidated POS sitting for 13 years in the face of taxpayers you want to fork out $6million a year,
You all need psychiatrists if you spend my money like this!
JimboXYZ says
Why would there be a need for 30-36 pickleball courts, 10 basketball courts, 24 volleyball courts. Capable of hosting 150+ team tournaments ? That’s just the indoor facility. How is the Tennis Center expansion performing for pickleball & tennis ?
This is yet another “clown-approval” happening before our very eyes. The voter mandate is “NO” for the most recent vote. those that approve need to be the first one’s that go bankrupt, when it doesn’t meet the sales pitch brochure of expectations. I don’t understand where anyone can see a “GO” decision to incur $ 6 million to taxpayers to fund this annually for those financial projections in the pdf presentation. There are no sports teams that can fill the venues they propose. Why is every county after this, I get Volusia County having it, the Daytona Beach area has the population, Palm Coast doesn’t. the Vision of 2050 in the midst of a a looming recession with inflation ? Indian Trails Sports Complex are fields of empty & under utilized dreams. Mediocre athletes & sports teams in hopes of creating the next superstar is a lottery. Some folks need to realize the facility won’t make their children better athletes. I just recall the Tennis Center expansion. Warning that the star tennis player (Riley Opelka) was an injury away from being mediocre in a field of professional tennis players. And sure enough, injury happened, That 2022 # 17 ranking dropped to # 145 currently. He’s a 6’11” doubles player at this point that doesn’t even live here (resides in Delray Beach, FL). Amazing he did so well ater recovering from the wrist & hip injuries, but his injuries keep mounting.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reilly_Opelka
https://www.espn.com/tennis/story/_/id/43294539/injured-reilly-opelka-concedes-brisbane-title-jiri-lehecka
Talk is Cheap says
As the cost to build the facility continues to increase, why are the Flagler County officials so generous with our tax dollars? Has the county determined whether or not, Synergy is meeting their projected revenue and prior obligations? Have they made any inquiries into Mr. Boudrie and Synergy and the other projects being promoted by Mr. Boudrie? Is this a solid company that we will be dealing with? Is something of this scale and cost absolutely necessary for our area? Perhaps Mr. Boudrie may be spreading himself a little too thin? https://www.rivervalleydemocratgazette.com/news/2025/feb/26/31-million-120000-square-feet-indoor-sports/
Bert and Ernie says
For those who like to criticize Holland Park, I would suggest a visit very soon. It is bustling with happy children and their parents. The parking lots are full. If you haven’t been, you need to go. Huge success!
Jon says
Just drive to the Ormond Beach, Daytona or New Smyrna Beach sports complex. They sit empty mostly all the year and decay away! they make zero money and cost taxpayers money constantly for upkeep! This county has got to be the stupidest ever! This is definitely a money, laundering scheme!
Pogo says
@Jason Boudrie
… reading Twain’s, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, has served you well.
https://www.google.com/search?q=Twain's+Tom+Sawyer
Speculative is The Key Word says
Is this really the type of relationship we want to get involved with? Seems the good people of Palm Coast knew better and voted it down not that long ago. What’s up with the bait and switch?……As usual, Mr. Tristan is the did his homework, as per excerpts from this article.
“Mr. Boudrie’s presentation was largely the same as the one he made in Palm Coast, with the same sort of numbers–as remarkably rosy as they were speculative–projecting millions of dollars in revenue from the complex, and hundreds of thousands of visitors every year.
There has been no master plan for the development of the west side. But the sports complex would be planted there. It cannot find $6 million to manage the county’s beaches short of an increase in the sales tax. But it appears ready to commit to a $6 million-a-year lease payment to underwrite the sports complex. Boudrie said his company has “a lot of experience, a lot of expertise.”
A facility he had referred to–the Alachua sports complex, where the county commission has continued to pour money. Boudrie described as part of these kinds of facilities’ economics still made taxpayer subsidies necessary.
As he described it, local government would provide land and lease it to the private company at no cost. The company would build the complex and lease it back to the local government–at the annual cost of $6 million.”
Wow says
I still remember the dregs of the tennis center and how that was supposed to be an awesome facility. And the broken down outdoor tennis courts here and there. And the dilapidated town golf course.
Tina Olive says
They cut the golf course budget to keep the other recreational entities going….when this thing loses money…..and it most certainly will….ALL parks and ALL Recreational budgets will be cut to NOTHING in order to keep this Lost Cause afloat….Pathetic
Marco says
Disappointed in our county commissioners on this item. That’s a lot of money to be throwing at something that’s speculative at best. While I’m all for economic growth and prosperity, promoting tourism here is a waste of effort. The only thing any tourist/visitor is interested in, is East of the intercostal waterway. You know, the very thing we’re struggling to find funding for to maintain ( beaches). Having experience with traveling youth sports programs, those facilities that offered the amenities but also provided for food,entertainment and lodging options were highly sought after. Palm Coast will never match these options. We need to get back to some strategic planning in this county and stop shooting from the hip on these “pop up” heat of the moment deals. At very least, this item needs taxpayer vetting and referendum. Let’s start by fixing our biggest asset, the beaches, then strengthen our recreational facilities as part of a bigger more comprehensive approach.
Lil bird says
No. No. No. ! No on the fuel depot next to a water well & plant. NO on $180+ million dollar sports complexes (6 annually times 30 years) + land + tax free for 30 YEARS.
County has the fairgrounds and our current number of city owned fields serve needs of current community . If the county has such tax money just burning a hole it should focus on our existing natural resources that residents are actively using & work to preserve those.
Waste of money says
No, Definitely no. No to fuel depot.
A Concerned Observer says
Well, if I was Mr. Boudrie, you couldn’t slap the smile off my face either. I Can’t fault him for getting the best possible deal for his employer. That is his job. Neither can I fault the people who originally voted this referendum down. The initial cost and the recurring payments to continue in perpetuity is way, WAY beyond any reasonable need of whomever might use this facility. I can, however, blame the Flagler County Commission and especially Commission Chairman for his “whoohoo-like fist pump” upon the commission overriding the voters who clearly understood that this was a very bad deal for the citizens who will be burdened with paying for it. The commission has an overriding fiduciary responsibility is to see that the residents of Palm Coast and Flagler County can count on receiving services and utilities so necessary to their quality of life and NOT for a project these same citizens who so soundly expressed their feelings NOT to allow this boondoggle to go forward. The commission should be ashamed at their failing to provide for their constituents who trusted and elected them. Hope to see you all at the next election cycle…
CH says
I guess a greater question is do you want to pay your taxes or do you want someone else to pay your taxes? The only way to get other people to pay your taxes is bringing tourists in. Where would these people come from? How would they get here? Fly to Orlando then take charter buses adding another hour and a half of travel time? That’s additional expense for the teams. Daytona airport doesn’t have enough flights to support the people you want to bring in.
If you want “quiet enjoyment” then pay what it costs to run the city including any maintenance for roads, water treatment plants, landscaping etc. People hate paying taxes, but it supports the city you live in.
Wow, this democracy thing is fun! We should do that!
Jane Gentile-Youd says
How many elderly , disabled, with no need for such a complex; those who have no children but who are paying school taxes.
I say ENOUGH SQUANDERING my tax money on those you favor while ignoring the ‘rest’ of us? No decent county transportation for those who cannot physically drive, and for those who don’t own a car. My first car was at 26 when I got my driver’s license. Lived in NYC didn’t need to drive,. We had buses, taxis, subways. Spend some money on helping the lives of many of those who are paying your salary who you obviously don’t give a rat’s ass about!
Jay Shivers says
This is outright publicly funded fraud.
Every official should be more worried about balancing the budget and not pouring money into nice to have projects. Focus on needs like a water treatment plant vs a sports complex that barely benefits the population of the city as a whole.
Stop wasting tax payer dollars…
D says
If they want to bring in tourism that’s not near the ocean why not things to DO that everyone can enjoy? A beautiful outdoor garden with tons of places to take photos or picnic. We are severely lacking indoor activities. Museums. Indoor trampoline park. A small petting zoo. Roller skating. An arcade. Maybe something like the Family Fun Center that was at the St. Augustine outlets with go karts and stuff. Laser tag.
Whenever my relatives come to visit, they always want to take the kids somewhere fun. And they always end up in St. Augustine or Daytona because there’s nowhere to go around here.
When I was a kid, Mom would take us to the mall when the weather was crappy so we could walk around for a few hours and have a slice of pizza. I hate that the internet ruined malls for us. I have so many fond memories. Where do teenagers go nowadays?
Dawn M Dougherty says
Millions of dollars for a sports complex for kids? You should work on widing the roads, and working on traffic patterns. There’s nothing like taking a chance of not being ran into on a Highway (John Anderson), as you have to stop in the middle of the road as vehicles cut out in front of you, when entering and existing Caliber Car Wash. When there’s a side road not in use. Who’s in charge of this monstrosity?
JimboXYZ says
These are the relative Sports Complexes that I’m aware of. Indian Trails is probably the largest, Holland Park & Rymfire Parks are next for acreage. there’s the one over by the SR 100 intracoastal bridge. And then we have a couple of them over on Colbert Lane that are for the kayaking & canoeing for water sports, maybe another just east of Florida Park & Palm Harbor Parkway (Hernandez Historical Marker/Long Creek ?).
Anyone that says Palm Coast/Flagler County has nothing here to do for the boredom of their guest visitors, isn’t trying very hard to figure out where to go & what to do. The entire county has bike lanes & paths to ride & explore. That is until the growth made that nature preserve a potential crime scene with all of the pedophiles & drug addicts/dealers running around this county ? I just don’t see the big deal about driving into the North end of Volusia county for Tomoka State Park or Bulow Ruins or spending time in St John’s county for Ft Matanzas or anything St Augustine, FL When I read that comment I just thought about the occasional visitation to the area. Sooner or later any area runs out of Thanksgiving weekend activities & attractions, or that Christmas break for attractions. There is always the outlet malls in Daytona or St Augustine for a rainy day of wandering retail outlets. In that case, take them to the European Village or any of the state parks. There’s always something to do & over the years, may become redundant. That boredom shouldn’t require building this facility.
And if it’s that rainy day, buy yourself a $ 100-500 Chinese electric/acoustic guitar and learn to play music with it. Building a facility like this for the local kids to pay out of pocket to use or hoping that some obscure sports league will rent the capacity is fool’s gold. One thing is for certain about human beings, they lose interest in what they pursue quite easily. Be it Little League, flag football, softball, basketball, hopscotch or tiddly winks/jacks. As for me, I cycle, skateboard, play guitars. I’m fine going to Wal-Mart or online and buying a ball or whatever to go stay pre-occupied. Not even a drive to Dick’s Sporting Goods in Daytona. I’m never going to play a guitar like a rock star, but if I learn a new riff, or even master the neck or a new picking/strumming technique, that’s enough to keep me busy & out of trouble with Staly & FCSO or get involved with a drug addiction that doesn’t do anyone any good. Life is what one makes of it, financial investments of this magnitude for a passing fancy of interest are just wastes of resources. And asking the entire community to create something because one’s kid might be bored is just stupid. Once that land is committed, how long will it be, before we’re trying to figure out what to do next with it for future generation(s). Eventually, even the Volusia Mall will become condo housing as I understand that concept. At what point of $ 6 million a year projected today, becomes more for inflation.
Just me, but Jason Boudrie would’ve gotten his sales pitch, gotten his vote from the community on Nov 2024 as a defeated “No” for that decision and that would’ve ended the discussion of a sports facility. We wouldn’t be digging up the corpse of a sports facility up just ahead of Easter 2025. Maybe he thinks his sports complex thing is Jesus Christ & rising from the dead with the timing of has back door move(s) before Easter 2025.
jon whitley says
It is a pretty quick internet search to realize that Synergy Sports does not have any development experience with successful projects. It looks like they promised all the same things in Odessa and other communities and he made a lot of money on studies with no projects to show for it.
James says
“… Andy Dance started Monday’s workshop with a whoohoo-like fist pump… ”
Guess being county council chair beats selling cement garden gnomes for a living… right?
Just an opinion.
Cosmic Karma says
James: LOL that is so funny, Guess he’s also great at spending our
taxpayers money too if the specs don’t workout he should foot the bill,
the career county gavel rep with deep beer pockets.