Three north-end properties are being considered for the development of a sports complex.
Last month, the Maryland Stadium Authority issued a request for proposals (RFP) from architecture and engineering firms interested in providing preliminary design services for a planned sports complex in northern Worcester County. Terry McGean, city manager for the Town of Ocean City, said the selected firm would be tasked with evaluating the costs and needs of a facility at three locations – a 95-acre parcel adjacent to Stephen Decatur High School, a 150-acre parcel roughly two-and-a-half miles west of the Decatur site off Route 50 and a 147-acre parcel near the intersection of routes 113 and 589.
“Once on board the consultant will evaluate each of the three sites for infrastructure availability and cost (water/sewer/roads etc.), necessary site work, soil conditions, and how the facility might lay out on each site …,” he said. “Once a site is selected then they will more fully develop a design to the point where we can have accurate cost estimates so that we can take that information to the state for construction funding.”
For years, resort officials have expressed their desires to develop a sports complex somewhere near Ocean City. And in 2023, following the completion of several studies, the city took the lead on the project by forming a task force to determine the size, scope and location of an indoor-outdoor facility.
Taxpayers, they’re not gonna stop until they get their sports complex. They’ll beat you to death with it hoping you’ll lose interest. Hold the line.