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TEXT AND PHOTOS BY ERIC SANDBULTE<br />
One year ago, Dordt University and the city of Sioux Center<br />
completed their latest project adding to the amenities the<br />
city has to offer: the American State Bank Sports Complex.<br />
The indoor sports facility features a brick-and-mortar entry building<br />
with a lobby, concession stand and Sioux Center Health Physical<br />
Therapy and Sports Medicine Clinic, but the real fun is found in the<br />
attached turf field housed beneath a fabric membrane dome, shielding<br />
activities from the fickle N’West Iowa weather year-round.<br />
First opened Jan. 20, 2<strong>02</strong>3, here’s a look at the facility by the<br />
numbers:<br />
American State Bank<br />
Sports Complex<br />
250 -by-470 -by-75 -foot<br />
air-inflated dome over<br />
artificial turf<br />
8,000-square-foot<br />
entry building with a<br />
concession stand<br />
3 regulation-size batting cages<br />
117,500 square feet of turf<br />
Dordt University baseball practice is<br />
one of the many activities making<br />
good use of the American State Bank<br />
Sports Complex in Sioux Center<br />
during the winter months. Besides<br />
athletic activities, the sports complex<br />
has also hosted youth groups and a<br />
church service.<br />
SPRING 2<strong>02</strong>4 | <strong>SC</strong> MAGAZINE 41
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