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Next Meeting to be Held
Wednesday, September 15, 2010

Make a Difference!

Chautauqua Multi-Use Organizing Committee, Inc. envisions a state-of-the-art sports complex we can call “home.” Our goal is to build a state-of- the-art sports complex training facility specifically designed for youth and adult fitness and youth and adult athletics year round. This facility will be a training ground for positive, active, team- oriented, young leaders who will pave the way for future athletes. We appreciate all donations and sponsorships.

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Green Building

The Chautauqua Multi-Use Organizing Committee, Inc. has made a commitment to utilizing environmentally-friendly building materials and techniques in the construction of its proposed facility.

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CMUSF Documents

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Site Locations

We currently do not have any sites in mind.

Feasibility Study

Indoor-Outdoor Sports and Recreation Facility Feasibility Study Presented by Paradigm Consulting, LLC
Indoor Multi-Use Facility Development and Feasibility Planning Study

Key strategic findings that were identified are as follows:
• There is not acceptable and contemporary indoor field sports venue within the
Dunkirk-Fredonia and Northern Chautauqua County region;
• The SUNY Fredonia ice arena cannot accommodate as priority users current
youth hockey and adult hockey programs;
• Indoor youth and adult hockey and soccer programs seem to exist in enough
volume to warrant investigation into the investment in some form of indoor
skating and turf field complex;
• While private developer involvement might be preferable, NYS development
profiles indicate that pure developer scenarios are extremely uncommon in
the recreation facility segment;
• Local user programs (youth soccer, youth hockey) have avid but relatively
small memberships when compared to other NYS markets with new and/or
successful indoor multi-sport venues;
Strengths and weaknesses of the market were found to include:
Strengths
  • Local youth sports user groups are supportive of a new facility development
    project;
  • Four potential development locations have been identified;
  • Sports complex topic has been a topic of public conversation for 3+ years;
  • The market has a lack of true competitive venues for a indoor turf field facility;

Weaknesses
  • Uncertainty of key user (youth hockey, soccer) rental volumes;
  • Historically low user rental rates at SUNY Fredonia and County Fairgrounds     facility;
  • Limitation of market size, and current economic climate of Dunkirk-Fredonia     market;
  • A limited corporate base for soliciting major gifts and sponsorship support;

Opportunities
  • Chance to capitalize on lack of adequate access to SUNY Fredonia facilities
    and inadequacy of County Fairgrounds building;
  • Attractiveness and growth of youth and adult soccer as a participative
    recreational sport;

Threats
  • Potential for new facility competition (Westfield, SUNY Fredonia);
  • Consideration of recent financial problems at numerous NYS skating
    facilities;