{"id":115517,"date":"2026-01-08T14:08:16","date_gmt":"2026-01-08T14:08:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/115517\/"},"modified":"2026-01-08T14:08:16","modified_gmt":"2026-01-08T14:08:16","slug":"new-106-acre-sportsplex-named-after-former-mayor-coming-to-league-city","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/115517\/","title":{"rendered":"New 106-acre sportsplex named after former mayor coming to League City"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\tA future sportsplex, named after League City\u2019s former mayor Pat Hallisey, is slated to start construction in late May, said Chien Wei, League City\u2019s parks &amp; cultural services director.<\/p>\n<p>What you need to know<\/p>\n<p>The 106-acre sportsplex, which will be located near the intersection of Calder Drive and Ervin Street, was previously named Bay Colony Park, according to a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.leaguecitytx.gov\/CivicAlerts.aspx?AID=5492&amp;ARC=12615\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">news release<\/a> from League City.<\/p>\n<p>The park\u2019s design includes:<\/p>\n<p>12 pickleball courtsFive softball fieldsFour baseball fieldsBatting practice cagesTwo tennis courts12 pickleball courtsTwo soccer fieldsThe capital improvement project will cost over $45 million and will be paid through park dedication fees and sales-tax revenue from the city\u2019s 4B Industrial Development Corp., Wei said.<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/1767881296_549_thumbnail.jpeg\" width=\"100%\" alt=\"chart visualization\"\/>What\u2019s special about it?<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/communityimpact.com\/houston\/bay-area\/government\/2025\/12\/19\/live-aboards-in-league-city-will-be-required-to-comply-with-new-permits-inspections\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">League City City Council<\/a> approved the new sportsplex to be named \u201cPat Hallisey Park\u201d at its Feb. 25 meeting.<\/p>\n<p>Hallisey has been a League City resident since the early 1970s and served as League City\u2019s mayor from 2016-22, as previously reported by <a href=\"https:\/\/communityimpact.com\/houston\/bay-area\/government\/2022\/11\/18\/retiring-mayor-of-league-city-pat-hallisey-leaves-legacy-of-public-service\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Community Impact<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Hallisey was also the director of the League City and Galveston County park departments, according to a news release from the city.<\/p>\n<p>Council member Tommy Cones led the charge to name the park after Hallisey.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPat Hallisey is probably the most deserving guy for this in League City,&#8221; Cones said. &#8220;Pat &#8230; loved his community. He worked very hard in his younger days to have a vision for League City and make League City what it is today.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>What\u2019s next<\/p>\n<p>Design for the park is slated to be completed by the end of February, with the bidding and contract negotiation process beginning soon after through mid-May, Wei said.<\/p>\n<p>Construction will begin in late May through April 2028, Wei said.\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A future sportsplex, named after League City\u2019s former mayor Pat Hallisey, is slated to start construction in late&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":115518,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[50801,50800,56,58,57,50802,50803,50799,50798],"class_list":["post-115517","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-houston","tag-bay-colony","tag-bay-colony-park","tag-houston","tag-houston-headlines","tag-houston-news","tag-league-city-sportsplex","tag-new-league-city-sportsplex","tag-pat-hallisey","tag-pat-hallisey-park"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/115517","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=115517"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/115517\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/115518"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=115517"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=115517"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=115517"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}