SIOUX CENTER, IA (KTIV) – Friday, the ribbon was cut a multi-million dollar sports complex in Sioux Center, Iowa, The American State Bank sports complex is a brand new domed athletic facility.
The goal is to make this facility a destination location for tournaments and other activities, which will drive the local economy, according to project leaders.
The New American State Bank Sports Complex is an $8 million dollar facility which used private and public money to create what some hope will expand tourism in Iowa.
“When you increase travel, or you increase population base, then those retail establishments, whether it’s lodging or you know, food establishments, certainly follow that,” Debi Durham Director of the Iowa Economic Development Authority said. “One of the hopes for the new dome is families taking trips and vacations for tournaments and hoping they can spend money in the Sioux City community. “
“Tourism has big…
