USA Baseball and the Town of Cary announced the grand opening of the Executive Offices and Training Center at the USA Baseball National Training Complex in Cary, North Carolina. The grand opening coincides with a 20-year agreement recently signed by USA Baseball and the Town of Cary, solidifying it as the permanent home of the national governing body for baseball in the United States.
“This project has been a vision for both USA Baseball and the Town of Cary since we relocated to Cary in 2003, and to see it ultimately come to fruition is a special moment for both parties,” said USA Baseball Executive Director/CEO Paul Seiler. “We are excited to use this space to continue our commitment to the game of baseball by elevating the experience for our national teams and those who compete in our identification events and development programs at the National Training Complex.”
The $10.45 million, 40,000-square-foot project is an expansion of the four fields built in 2007 and stands between Coleman Field and the complex parking lot. The facility includes a 22,000-square-foot covered full-sized infield which can be converted into eight pitching/batting lanes, and 14,000 square feet of office and warehouse space, new staff offices, a classroom, along with several other facility support spaces.
The design is 14 per cent more efficient than national standards, as the facility contains 301 photovoltaic panels on the roof to offset 60 per cent of the facility’s energy demand. The site development and plumbing design will reduce an estimated 35 per cent of water usage for the facility, and an estimated 75 per cent of construction waste will be safely and cleanly diverted.
The Training Center will be a covered space that can be used in several different ways for USA Baseball’s national teams, development programs, and events, including Prospect Development Pipeline (PDP) performance assessments, national team workouts, development program classroom and on-field programming, national team media days, skill development days for event participants, event registration days, Baseball5 events and much more.
On April 13, USA Baseball and Town leadership gathered on-site for the ribbon cutting of their latest commitment to the game of baseball in the United States.
