Photo Credit: Element Design
Elizabethtown Sports Park is a 158-acre, multi-sport and recreation complex designed to provide the city of Elizabethtown, Ky., with a game-changing regional and national sports tourism destination and economic-impact generator.
The city’s dream for the park began nearly a decade ago when Element Design was hired to design a master plan for a community park. The concept grew over time as the city and the tourism bureau began to see the financial impact of sports tourism in similar communities across the country. Elizabethtown began to generate revenue through a local restaurant tax; as the ideas grew, the master plan expanded. The resulting vision was a park of local, regional, and national impact—a state-of-the-art facility with pristine sports fields and amenities.
The plan also contained a strong community focus, including walking trails, playgrounds, pavilions, and an ADA-compliant baseball field for universally accessible play. An extension of a city-wide walking trail along an adjacent creek with connecting loops throughout the park also was included.