A large youth sports provider plans to develop a 75K SF fieldhouse south of Denver in Castle Rock.

Denver-based Gold Crown Foundation’s proposed indoor sports facility will feature six courts and parking. Located near the planned Costco in the Dawson Trails Development, the fieldhouse is expected to cost $45M and tentatively open in early 2028, according to the Denver Business Journal.

To help bring the facility to fruition, the Douglas County Board of County Commissioners will grant Gold Crown Foundation $7.5M. The funding was approved by the commissioners on Tuesday and will be distributed at a later date, the DBJ reported.

Additional funding for the fieldhouse comes from the Gold Crown Foundation and committed gifts, according to the DBJ.

Business leader Ray Baker and former Denver Nuggets player and coach Bill Hanzlik founded Gold Crown Foundation in 1986. The nonprofit offers youth basketball, golf, volleyball and flag football leagues, tournaments, camps, clinics and practices.

In addition to its planned Castle Rock facility, Gold Crown Foundation has a fieldhouse in Lakewood with six basketball courts and eight volleyball courts and a baseball park in Lakewood, according to its website.

Funding for Gold Crown Foundation’s proposed complex comes amid an influx of sports developments in Denver. 

The Denver Broncos unveiled new renderings for the proposed entertainment district surrounding the football team’s potential new stadium at Burnham Yards. 

The renderings, done by Denver-based Tryba Architects, showcase four districts with mixed-use buildings, large parks, biking and walking paths, and nearly a dozen football fields that will be open to the public. A rendering of the stadium, which will be designed by Kansas-based Manica Architecture, was not included.

Denver Summit FC, the city’s professional women’s soccer team, also has plans for a new $225M open-air stadium at Santa Fe Yards, south of downtown Denver. 

The newly formed team originally anticipated opening the stadium for the 2028 season, but delays moved the timeline to later that year. In the meantime, Denver Summit FC is playing at a temporary 12,000-seat stadium in Centennial. 

There are also plans to redevelop parking lots surrounding Ball Arena. 

Kroenke Sports & Entertainment, the ownership group of the Denver Nuggets, Colorado Avalanche, Colorado Mammoth and Colorado Rapids, filed plans with Denver to build a hotel, multifamily complexes and a performance venue on nearby parking lots. Plans to build a pedestrian bridge over Speer Boulevard, connecting Ball Arena to Lower Downtown, are also in the works.