The City of Toronto is partnering with Toronto Tempo, Canada\u2019s first Women\u2019s National Basketball Association (WNBA) team, to transform an underused parking lot into a training facility that will be the first in North America to feature dedicated community access and programming.<\/p>\n
The year-round public recreation hub will rise at 701 Fleet St., directly outside the Princes\u2019 Gates at Exhibition Place and located near the team\u2019s home court at Coca-Cola Coliseum.<\/p>\n
In exchange for a proposed long-term lease on city-owned land, which was identified by CreateTO, the Toronto Tempo will deliver a practice facility complete with two full-sized indoor basketball courts and changerooms and outdoor recreation amenities, including two outdoor courts and a mini-pitch, new park space, and public washrooms. The organization will also assume responsibility for maintenance.<\/p>\n
The public will have at least 2,200 hours of annual access for community programming, including use of the gym, training spaces and multi-purpose rooms, drop-in and registered programs, permit allotments and seasonal CampTO offerings.<\/p>\n
Architecture firm HOK and landscape designer NAK Design Strategies will revitalize the site to enhance connectivity between Fort York, The Bentway and the waterfront.<\/p>\n
If the proposal is accepted, construction will begin this fall, with completion anticipated in 2028.<\/p>\n
As the newest franchise in the WNBA and the league\u2019s first team outside the United States, the Tempo position Toronto as a global hub for women\u2019s professional sports.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis performance centre is about building the foundation for sustained excellence,\u201d says General Manager Monica Wright. \u201cOur players deserve a world-class environment that supports every aspect of their development, and our community deserves access to spaces that inspire the next generation. This facility will be both.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The City of Toronto is partnering with Toronto Tempo, Canada\u2019s first Women\u2019s National Basketball Association (WNBA) team, to…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":602290,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[73],"tags":[99,434],"class_list":["post-602289","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-wnba","tag-sports","tag-wnba"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/602289","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=602289"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/602289\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/602290"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=602289"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=602289"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=602289"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}