Indoor Sports Complex & Fieldhouse
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Overview
Indoor sports complexes provide year-round multi-sport facilities with courts, turf fields, and training areas for youth sports, leagues, and training.
With youth sports massive and indoor facilities enabling year-round play, complexes generate revenue of $400,000-$1,200,000+ with 40-55% margins.
The business requires large warehouse facility (30,000-80,000 sq ft), turf installation, courts, equipment, and substantial capital.
Services include court and field rentals, league operations, tournaments and events, birthday parties, training programs, and drop-in play.
Pricing varies by usage and memberships.
Success factors include facility size and amenities, multiple sports and revenue streams, location with youth sports population, tournament hosting for volume, and memberships for recurring revenue.
Marketing focuses on youth sports clubs, schools, and tournament hosting.
With indoor sports facilities in demand for year-round play in 2025, complexes offer athletic opportunities requiring major facility investment.
Required Skills
- Facility operations and management
- Sports programming
- Event coordination
- Staff management
- Maintenance
- Youth sports knowledge
Pros and Cons
Pros
- Multiple revenue streams
- Year-round operations
- Tournament revenue
- League recurring income
- Growing youth sports
Cons
- Very high startup costs ($300K-$2M)
- Large facility required
- High overhead and rent
- Staff intensive
- Competitive market
How to Get Started
- Secure major financing
- Find large warehouse facility
- Install turf and courts
- Develop programming
- Hire staff
- Market to youth sports
- Host tournaments
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