Riverside city officials have taken a step toward developing a new sports and entertainment complex in the Northside neighborhood. On August 19, the city council voted unanimously to begin negotiations with GCS Development, a local firm, for the construction of the Riverside Sports Complex & Entertainment District.
According to a statement on the city’s website, the proposed development will be located on a 56-acre site that was previously home to the Ab Brown Sports Complex. The first phase of the project is expected to include a multi-use stadium, six soccer fields, and an indoor sports and game complex. Later phases may add housing, retail outlets, community spaces, walking and jogging trails, bike paths, playgrounds, and a dog park.
“This project provides recreational opportunities that Riverside and our greater region have never had,” Mayor Patricia Lock Dawson said in the statement. “It will create a destination that will energize our local economy and make Riverside a hub for sports and entertainment.”
Details about the cost of the project or when construction might begin have not yet been announced.
The planned complex is separate from another facility—the Riverside Adventure Center—which was approved by council members in February and is currently under review.
