Development started in April 2024 for Harvard-Westlake’s $200-million sports activities advanced on the previous 16-acre Weddington Golf & Tennis facility in Studio Metropolis. A latest tour confirmed there was main progress, with the personal and public areas scheduled to open within the fall of 2026.
The brand new underground parking zone with 130 charging areas for electrical automobiles is usually accomplished apart from portray the person parking spots. There shall be a safety door opened utilizing facial recognition to permit workers to enter the principle gymnasium and auxiliary gymnasium by the parking zone. A wrestling room, fencing room, weight room, sports activities drugs coaching room and yoga room are all taking form.
I obtained a tour and replace on Harvard-Westlake’s River Park sports activities advanced one 12 months from opening. Among the many tidbits: 130 charging stations in underground parking zone; 117 bogs; 11 locker rooms; two gyms, two all-weather taking part in fields; 52-meter pool. Story to come back on Wednesday. pic.twitter.com/RzK6QJMcWH
— eric sondheimer (@latsondheimer) October 28, 2025
There are 11 locker rooms for house and visiting groups.
Two all-weather turf fields in all probability would be the final to be completed with all the development tools being left within the areas for now. There gained’t be as many bogs as within the Intuit Dome [more than 1,000], however 117 is fairly good.
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A building replace on Harvard-Westlake’s $200 million River Park sporting advanced.
The previous golf clubhouse has been reworked and shall be open to the general public for meals. The previous placing inexperienced continues to be out entrance on Whitsett Avenue. A cafeteria adjoining to the principle gymnasium is below building, together with eight tennis courts and a 52-meter pool for swimming and water polo. Safety partitions are going up that can separate the personal and public areas.
There shall be greater than 150 safety cameras with AI serving to to observe points. There’s new oak timber and orange timber rising as a part of an enormous landscaping undertaking. Water is already being captured with a accomplished underground stormwater and reuse system.
The plan is for basketball video games to be held within the new essential gymnasium on the finish of 2026. Soccer, lacrosse, water polo, swimming and area hockey additionally will maintain competitions there. The college dedicated to no soccer video games on the positioning for now.
Subsequent 12 months, the varsity will want a short lived certificates of occupancy allow so coaches and others can arrange services, then a everlasting certificates earlier than permitting college students and others into the advanced generally known as River Park.
With two gyms, search for the varsity to host future basketball tournaments. With two sports activities fields and its pool, the positioning could possibly be used for practices by overseas groups in the summertime of 2028 earlier than the Olympic Video games. The facilities look spectacular with a 12 months of building remaining.
