Photo by Jimmy Mitchell
Hoover sports complex construction Oct 2016
This photo shows the 155,000-square-foot indoor event center being built next to Hoover Metropolitan Stadium and the Hoover RV Park in Hoover, Alabama. It will be a major part of the new sports complex, which also will include five NCAA regulation-size soccer/football/lacrosse fields, five NCAA regulation-size baseball (or softball) fields, 16 tennis courts with a pro shop, a 2-mile walking track, playground, splash pad and large event lawn.
Voting opened Tuesday for the public to help select the name for the new sports complex being built at Hoover Metropolitan Stadium.
Here is the direct link to the survey being conducted by a committee authorized by Hoover Council President Jack Wright.
The committee is asking the public to help select a name for the overall complex that includes includes Hoover Metropolitan Stadium, the Hoover RV Park, a new 155,000-square foot indoor event center, five NCAA regulation-size soccer/football/lacrosse fields, five NCAA regulation-size baseball (or softball) fields, 16 tennis courts with a pro shop, a 2-mile walking track, playground, splash pad and large event lawn.
Those five names are:
- Hoover Metplex
- Hoover Met Complex
- Hoover Metropolitan Complex
- Hoover Sports and Events Complex
- Robert O. Finley Complex
The committee also is asking people to vote on a name for the indoor event center, which is being built to accommodate 11 regulation-size basketball courts or 17 regulation-size volleyball courts, trade shows with 300 booths, 2,400-seat banquets and theater-style seating for 5,000 people. The facility also will include a walking track, performance center, food court, convenience store, locker rooms, meeting space and a climbing attraction.
Officials are asking the public to vote on the following four names for the indoor facility:
- Hoover Sports & Event Center
- Hoover Sports & Convention Center
- The Finley Center
- The Finley Sports & Event Center
Voting will continue through 5 p.m. Sunday.
