Graham Park

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Dick’s Sporting Goods Sportsplex at Graham Park - Cranberry Township

Cranberry Township, January 24, 2008. Cranberry Township’s Board of Supervisors this morning approved a $2.2 million agreement with Dick’s Sporting Goods to help finance the construction of a major new Sportsplex at Graham Park, the Township’s new 115-acre public park slated to open this fall.

The 11-year agreement will be applied to the baseball, football and soccer campuses of the new park, which will be collectively identified as the Dick’s Sporting Goods Sportsplex at Graham Park. The park is situated along the eastbound side of the Pennsylvania Turnpike, about a mile west of the Cranberry exit.

In addition to naming rights for the complex, each of the local sports associations responsible for organizing baseball/softball, football and soccer teams in the Township will host at least one regional tournament a year as part of a Dick’s Sporting Goods baseball, soccer, and football competition.

The company will communicate regularly with athletes competing at the Sportsplex and has the ability to bring a mobile store and interactive trailer into the park, showcasing new products and technologies available in its store locations.

“We are thrilled today to be announcing our commitment to this first-class facility in Cranberry Township,” said Jeffrey R. Hennion, Executive Vice President & Chief Marketing Officer of Dick’s Sporting Goods. “As the largest full-line sporting goods retailer in the U.S., one of our primary goals is to support the communities in which we do business and the growth of youth sports within those communities. The Dick’s Sporting Goods Sportsplex will be the premier youth sports facility in Western Pennsylvania, bringing opportunities for children of all ages to participate in sports.”

The football campus of the Dick’s Sporting Goods Sportsplex at Graham Park is expected to open this fall, with its baseball and soccer campuses slated for opening in the spring of 2009.

Naming opportunities at different price levels for individual playing fields and specific park features are still available.

The Soccer Campus will consist of four, full-size fields. Full-sized fields will double as two youth fields. It is anticipated that the Soccer Campus will be ready for play in the spring of 2009.