The City of Charlotte, North Carolina, has issued a request for qualifications (RFQ) for a sports complex.

The City seeks a public-private partnership with a company to provide a development plan, including, but not limited to, funding, land, consulting, planning, design, construction, and management services for an Indoor Amateur Sports Complex facility.

The deadline for submitting proposals is October 31, 2017.

The RFQ can be downloaded here.

In recent years, the City of Charlotte has become a preferred destination for amateur and youth sports events. Through the efforts of the Charlotte Regional Visitors Authority (CRVA), the City’s destination marketing organization, and through partnerships the CRVA has with Mecklenburg County Park and Recreation, amateur and youth sports events now account for approximately 50 percent of the room nights generated by Visit Charlotte, contributing to special events held in the community. The majority of these events are field sports.

In order to more fully compete for amateur sports events on a year round basis, the City needs to encourage development of a best in class indoor amateur sports facility that will make Charlotte competitive for events that are regional and national in scope.

The CRVA has had initial conversations with representatives of several amateur sports governing associations, all of which are potential users of the proposed facility. These events include archery, badminton, basketball, bowling, boxing, cheerleading, fencing, gymnastics, handball, judo, mixed martial arts, powerlifting, table tennis, volleyball, weightlifting and multi-sport events (like the State Games of North Carolina).