Construction began in April 2024. $200 million Harvard-Westlake Sports Complex on the 16-acre former Weddington Golf and Tennis Course in Studio City. A recent tour showed that significant progress has been made, with private and public areas scheduled to open in the fall of 2026.
The new underground parking lot with 130 electric vehicle charging spaces is largely complete, with the exception of painting individual parking spaces. A security door will be opened using facial recognition to allow employees to enter the main and satellite gyms through the parking lot. Currently, a wrestling hall, a fencing hall, a gym, a sports medicine hall and a yoga hall are being formed.
There are 11 locker rooms for the home and away teams.
The two all-season turf fields will likely be the last to be completed, with all construction equipment remaining in those areas for now. There won't be as many restrooms as there are in the Intuit Dome. [more than 1,000]but 117 is quite good.
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Update on construction of the $200 million River Park Sports Complex at Harvard-Westlake.
The old golf clubhouse has been renovated and will be open to the public. The old putting green still stands in front of the house on Whitsett Avenue. A cafeteria is being built next to the main gym, as well as eight tennis courts and a 52-meter swimming pool for swimming and water polo. Security walls are being built to separate private and public areas.
There will be more than 150 CCTV cameras with artificial intelligence to help track problems. New oak and orange trees are being planted as part of a giant landscaping project. Water is already collected through a completed underground storm drainage and reuse system.
Basketball games are scheduled to take place in the new main gym in late 2026. Competitions in football, lacrosse, water polo, swimming and field hockey will also be held here. The school has committed to not holding football matches on site for now.
Next year, the school will need a temporary certificate of occupancy so coaches and others can set up the premises, and then a permanent certificate before students and others can enter the complex, known as River Park.
With two gyms, look for a school that will host future basketball tournaments. With two sports fields and a swimming pool, the site could be used for training of foreign teams in the summer of 2028 ahead of the Olympic Games. The amenities look impressive considering that construction is still a year away from completion.
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