Proposal Essay Rough Draft

Our humble community of Fairbanks supports indoor and outdoor soccer seasons, two league hockey teams, comp. hockey teams, rec. hockey teams, one indoor football team, all university sports, and high school basketball, soccer, and volleyball. Right now Fairbanks has to rely on the availability of the elementary, middle, and high schools for playing time during the indoor and outdoor soccer seasons. For high school sports, things get hard when a high school is supposed to host a championship weekend. The high school gym just doesn’t adequately support the number of players, families, and other spectators that come to support their teams. Our comp. and rec. hockey players in town have four options for games, and practices. Fairbanks has the Big Dipper Ice Arena which is equipped with three outdoor rinks, and one indoor rink, the rink at UAF’s patty center, a rink on Fort Wainwright military base, and a rink a half an hour out of town in North Pole. These rinks aren’t enough for the comp. and rec. hockey teams. Not only that, but the Fairbanks Ice Dogs and UAF Nanooks bring large crowds that need more accommodation! Although extremely expensive and believed to be underutilized, Fairbanks should finance the construction of an indoor stadium that would house soccer, football, basketball, and hockey because it would increase spectator turnout, UAF would have more NCAA sports options, and tourist revenue would increase.
Fairbanks residents are very involved in the spectating of these sports. When winter rolls around and hockey season begins, a vast majority of the Fairbanks community turnout for the Nanook hockey games. The town is growing rapidly, expanding in size and population, and with this expansion a large indoor stadium is necessary and expected. This indoor stadium would include 2 soccer/football turf fields, 2 ice rinks, 2 basketball/volleyball courts, a track, and an Olympic sized swimming pool. The stadium will have larger locker rooms, more seating, and because of the increased revenue they will be making, the ticket prices will be less than the complexes we have now, such as Big Dipper and Carlson Center. As for food, there would be a full food court with multiple food choices including fast food, sit down and perhaps even drive thru restaurants.
The amount of students who receive athletic NCAA scholarships in Alaska is limited. Fairbanks only has a handful of students accepted for sports in the lower 48 each year. Our programs are not meant for the big division leagues and a huge part of this is due to the fact that we do not have an indoor stadium. Building an indoor stadium would entice better coaching staff to move up here, thus enhancing our school’s athletic programs. Better coaching staff, more sport opportunities, and better quality sport equipment will give all the students in Fairbanks stronger chances to receive recruitment to NCAA schools. The stronger our coaching is, the stronger our teams will be. In turn, more recruiters will be interested in Fairbanks students and their true talents.
Sports enthusiasts around the world take trips, traveling the world to see their favorite teams. By building an indoor stadium and making more teams able to compete in sports leagues, it is possible to increase the tourist revenue. More tourists will come to see the teams compete, especially if they are worthwhile teams in a nice stadium. The money that funnels into the sports stadium from tourist will go back into the city and the stadium, building it bigger and better. With more tourists, the hotels, the grocery stores, and the gas stations will make more money. As more money is funneled into the city through the tourism, the city is also able to make upgrades.
All in all, the construction of a large indoor stadium would be a huge advantage to the Fairbanks economy and its residents. The increase in scholarships, recruitments, and tourist revenue will greatly benefit in all aspects. Sports are anti-drugs and help kids get through school. With this increased emphasis on the athletics programs, kids will be more involved, less likely to do drugs, and more likely to excel. NCAA is a great reward for the hard work students do to make it through with good grades and above average sport records. The sports stadium is an essential part to a town. It is essential that our students excel and make it through life, doing whatever they wish, having all the same chances at getting into the big schools as the other state’s students.