'Friends' of LakePoint get an upclose look at what's ahead in Emerson

LakePoint partners join tenants Perfect Game and BraveHeart Sports Events, LLC at the LakePoint Sporting Community & Town Center

Open House.

 

 

LakePoint Sporting Community & Town Center Partners, Atlanta Braves Manager Fredi

Gonzalez, former Atlanta Braves Manager Bobby Cox and Kansas City Royal Manager

Ned Yost greet the public at the LakePoint jobsite trailer Open House Friday, February

10.

 

Photos/Andy Butler, Butler Photography Cartersville

 

Media release: Partners of LakePoint Sporting Community & Town Center, including Atlanta Braves former manager Bobby Cox, Braves Manager Fredi Gonzales and Kansas City Royals Manager Ned Yost, welcomed development

partners, local dignitaries and friends of LakePoint to an open house held (Feb. 19)  at the

new LakePoint jobsite trailer located onsite at 755 Highway 293 in Emerson, GA.

 

The open house was a chance for guests to see an up-close view of the LakePoint

property as well as meet the partners and tenants such as Perfect Game and

Braveheart Sports Events LLC, a partnership between North Atlanta Soccer Association

(NASA) and LB3 Lacrosse.

 

The LakePoint Sporting Community & Town Center project includes a 262-acre sports

complex, which will be the center of the LakePoint Sporting Community.

The entire development will include:

 16 tournament baseball Fields

 14 tournament lacrosse / soccer fields

 FIFA II Certified Field for NCAA and International Soccer Events

 114,000-square-foot indoor facility for Lacrosse, Soccer, Wrestling, Baseball, Volleyball,

Gymnastics and Cheerleading

 World's Largest Synthetic Turf Sports Complex provided by Sportexe (A division

of Shaw Industries)

 More than one million square feet of mixed-use/retail with approximately 20 restaurants

 Approximately 4,000 Hotel Rooms On Site

 

LakePoint Sporting Community & Town Center will be home to three major tenants.

-Perfect Game USA, the "gold standard" resource for baseball recruiting for collegiate,

minor and major league scouts.

-LB3 Lacrosse, one of the nation's premiere organizers of Lacrosse camps, clinics and tournament travel teams.

-North Atlanta Soccer Association (NASA), the largest youth soccer organizations in the Southeast.

 

Upon full build-out, LakePoint will become one of the largest employers in the Northwest Georgia Region, employing thousands. Perfect Game USA is moving its 50-plus person headquarters operation from Cedar Rapids, Iowa, to Bartow County.

 

"The main goal of this project is to balance mission and margin, said Bobby Cox. "First and foremost, LakePoint project will enhance the physical, emotional and psychological well-being of our youth – our future – by participation in team sports. And, it will develop

the ultimate youth sports destination in the world, bringing unparalleled economic impact to the local community and region."

 

The privately funded LakePoint project will not only host hundreds of baseball tournaments, but also lacrosse and soccer tournaments for approximately 10 out of 12 months per year.

 

The first pitch, kick and shot are slated for 2013.

 

To learn more about LakePoint:

-www.lakepointsports.com

-Facebook at www.facebook.com/lakepointcommunity