Community First Champion Center
Arena located in Grand Chute, Wisconsin
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The Community First Champion Center is a 164,000 sq ft (15,200 m2) indoor sports center in Grand Chute, in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. The facility is primarily used for youth sports/community sporting activities and does not house a professional sports team.
Grand Chute, Wisconsin, United States
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| Full name | Community First Champion Center Fox Cities |
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| Address | 2200 North McCarthy Road Grand Chute, Wisconsin, United States |
| Coordinates | 44°16′57″N 88°28′51″W |
| Owner | Town of Grand Chute |
| Capacity | ~3,000 - 4,000 total across all 3 spaces |
| Type | Multi-purpose arena |
| Events | Sporting events and concerts |
| Scoreboard | Yes |
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| Broke ground | September 18, 2018 |
| Built | 2018–2019 |
| Opened | November 20, 2019[1] |
| Construction cost | $30 million ($38.5 million in 2025 dollars[2]) |
| Architect | Performa Architects |
| General contractor | Miron Construction |
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The sports center was expected to cost $30 million to build. The cost of construction was provided by a 3% hotel-room tax being charged throughout the Fox Cities region; this tax was also used to pay for the Fox Cities Exhibition Center.[3] Shortly before its opening, it was expected to contribute around $8–12 million to the Fox Cities economy.[4]
Location and design
The arena is located along County Highway GV just north of the Fox River Mall shopping district and less than .5 mi (0.80 km) west of Fox Cities Stadium. The new arena broke ground on September 18, 2018.[5] It opened in November 2019.[6][7][8]
The Center has three separate arena spaces with one being permanently set up with an ice rink and another two multi-purpose arenas which could handle court sports, concerts, or additional ice rinks.[9] The total capacity of all three arenas was expected to be between three and four thousand.
History
On January 23, 2019, the Center was the target of vandalism by a group of teenagers who also damaged other construction sites around the area as well as starting fires in elevators within parking ramps in downtown Appleton. The damage to the center was expected to cost over $1 million.[10]
On March 22, 2019, the Town of Grand Chute announced that the naming rights for the center were bought by Community First Credit Union; terms of the deal have not been released.[4]
