ASHWAUBENON (NBC 26) — The site plan review committee in Ashwaubenon approved plans for a new indoor baseball training facility at their meeting Tuesday afternoon.
The space for this proposed project is off Cormier Road in a vacant lot near the Epic Event Center, and it would be 14,464 square feet and 28 feet tall.
The building would consist of 10 batting cages, a pro shop, and the needed storage, equipment and employee areas to operate the facility.
The facility would be located near Capital Credit Union Park, home of the Green Bay Rockers baseball team. Village manager Joel Gregozeski says it will be owned by the same company which owns the Rockers.
The business will be open to the public for folks looking to up their baseball skills. Gregozeski says recreation businesses like this can grow what's known as sports tourism, attracting people from outside the community to the area to spend their leisure dollars.
"It also ties in very nicely the sports and entertainment type venues that we're trying to create in and around the stadium district," Gregozeski said. "It's just an added feature and amenity for an area that we're trying to attract for sports and entertainment purposes."
Next, the plans will be up for village board approval at the Jan. 28 meeting.
