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Indoor Funding

Private Developer

The development funding and financing of a new sports complex, facility or recreation center requires dedication and hard work. Sports Facilities Advisory is here to help you turn your ideas into reality. We produce the critical facility planning and development funding documents needed to turn your ideas into fully financed operations. Financing a sports complex or recreation center has become a sophisticated endeavor. Today’s lending and investment communities seek safe and credible projects led by proven teams with years of experience. With Sports Facilities Advisory on your team, your financial projections and development funding will be based on current day operations and our proven market research process. Sports Facilities Advisory is experienced in establishing public-private partnerships and securing the necessary components for successful financing. To support your development funding efforts, Sports Facilities Advisory can also assist you in obtaining public contribution in the form of property tax abatement, infrastructure, or cash contribution. Our development funding presentation services include the development of the documents and analysis needed for funding new projects and expansions as well as the presence of an experienced SFA Advisor to represent your project to funding sources. With SFA on your team, your project will employ proven management, marketing, financial tracking, and sponsorship sales approaches. Our comprehensive development funding process includes research market opportunities, an inventory of your existing resources, a forecast of cash flow and economic impact, developing a structure capital request and of course – securing the funding to build your new indoor facility. If you’re a private developer looking to fund a new indoor sports facility or recreation center, the SFA and SFM team is here to help! Contact us today to learn more about our development funding services and how we can help you accomplish your goals.

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Services

Private Developer Funding

Indoor and Outdoor Development Funding

SFA provides critical facility planning and funding documents and support services to move projects from concept through financing. Although the development funding and financing of a sports complex or recreation center is often a complicated endeavor because there are real estate, operations, and ownership issues that need to be addressed. Today’s lending climate and investment communities seek safe and credible projects led by proven teams, financial projections based on current day operations, and a combination of credit-worthy tenants, use agreements, and pre-opening use agreements. Where feasible, public contribution in the form of property tax abatement, infrastructure, or cash contribution is also a powerful tool during the financing phase. Sports Facilities Advisory is experienced in establishing public private partnerships and in securing the necessary components for successful development funding and financing. Our development funding presentation services include the development of the documents and analysis needed for funding new sports facilities projects and expansions, as well as the presence of an experienced SFA Advisor to represent your project to funding sources. With SFA on your team, your project can be presented as another successful project that will employ proven sports facility management, marketing, financial tracking, and sponsorship sales approaches. This access to SFA and SFM’s experience reduces risks for investors and provides our clients with peace of mind. SFA is a valuable resource for serious and committed entrepreneurs and institutions attempting to evaluate investment/risk/lending for these types of projects. We are engaged to produce development funding documents, provide advice and perspective, and to support clients. While we occasionally choose to invest in projects, more than 98% of our relationships with clients are paid via fee schedule.

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Recreation Facility Financing Beginner’s Guide

Community Recreation Development Funding

Government Entities

SFA’s development funding support services provide financial institutions with the market research and data required for financing approval. The strength of SFA’s funding services is the result of Sports Facilities Advisory and Sports Facilities Management’s management of current facilities, and analyzing market activity on an ongoing basis. Additionally, our track record and experience with financial forecasting, management, and marketing provides funding sources with assurance that a funded facility will employ proven systems.

SFA produces financing documents and represents our work during critical funding presentations. Since 2003, we have provided development funding support services to an extraordinary portfolio of community recreation and publically funded sport and entertainment centers. These projects include indoor and outdoor sports parks and sports complexes across the U.S. and in numerous international destinations.

Development Funding Chart with Sports Facilities Advisory

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