{"id":24350,"date":"2024-08-29T06:15:03","date_gmt":"2024-08-29T10:15:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.shorebeat.com\/brick\/?p=24350"},"modified":"2024-08-29T06:15:03","modified_gmt":"2024-08-29T10:15:03","slug":"brick-gives-go-ahead-for-sports-complex-construction-to-begin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/brick\/2024\/08\/brick-gives-go-ahead-for-sports-complex-construction-to-begin\/","title":{"rendered":"Brick Gives Go-Ahead for Sports Complex Construction to Begin"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A rendering of the updated appearance of the sports complex proposed for the former Foodtown parcel, Brick, N.J., Aug. 2023. (Credit: Planning Document)<\/p><\/div>\n

Construction on what was once known as the \u201csports dome\u201d at the former Foodtown site on Route 70 is cleared to begin a year after planning approval, Brick officials confirmed.<\/p>\n

For the last year, there had been no construction at the site following a decision made by the planning board<\/a> to allow the developer to eliminate the \u201cdome\u201d portion of what was then to be called the \u201cBrick Superdome\u201d indoor sports complex. At the meeting, which occurred in August 2023, the board agreed to a request from the developer, Peter Tasca, for the removal of the dome, or \u201cbubble\u201d portion of the project the meet fire code compliance, officials said.<\/p>\n

After the approval last summer, the construction plan met code compliance regulations in Feb. 2024. A number of permits remained outstanding, however, thanks to the size and scope of the project as well as its location off a state highway.<\/p>\n

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The future site of a proposed sports dome in Brick Township, April 2024. (Photo: Shorebeat)<\/p><\/div>\n

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The future site of a proposed sports dome in Brick Township, April 2024. (Photo: Shorebeat)<\/p><\/div>\n

\u201cThe group that is working on what \u2026 is now known as the sports complex, did come in for final approval,\u201d said Mayor Lisa Crate. \u201cThey have the go-ahead to get started.\u201d<\/p>\n

Township Administrator Joanne Bergin said the engineer and planner for the project indicated work would begin in the near future.<\/p>\n

\u201cI understand from project engineer Jeff Carr that the Superdome project will break ground in the very near future,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

At last year\u2019s hearing, the board voted unanimously, 7-0, to approve an amended site plan to convert the multiple-building project into a single-building project with the same overall footprint while removing a \u201cdomed\u201d portion in favor of a traditional, fixed building.<\/p>\n

Basketball courts and a daycare center will be located on the eastern side of the building and will be combined with the main sports center and offices. The large, single building complex will be situated where the dome had been proposed \u2013 in the rear of the former supermarket site with cross-access to the new Aldi supermarket in the front \u2013 which will eventually be joined by at least one restaurant. The complex will house basketball courts, a soccer pitch and a number of other sports and fitness features and amenities, plus an outdoor volleyball court.<\/p>\n

The removal of the dome, or \u201cbubble\u201d portion of the project had to do with fire code compliance, officials said. Most \u201cbubbles,\u201d like those in the long-standing Bennett Bubble in Toms River and other privately-owned sports facilities across the state, exist on their own. The Brick Superdome bubble, however, was tacitly connected to traditionally-constructed buildings, which caused complications.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn other places, a bubble standing alone acts as its own fire suppression system since the bubble falls, the oxygen is pushed out, and that extinguishes the fire,\u201d said Township Planner Tara Paxton. \u201cWith this project, since there are buildings located so closely nearby, that could not work. You would have to put sprinklers in the bubble, which you just can\u2019t do.\u201d<\/p>\n

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