Decades in the making, Bluhawk looks forward to opening AdventHealth Sports Park [Video]

OVERLAND PARK, Kan. — Among the list of STAR bond projects is the Bluhawk development near 159th and U.S. 69 Highway. They’ve been working on this land for decades. Early phases of Bluhawk came with various housing developments, the AdventHealth hospital, and part of the retail area, but there’s more to come.

Twenty years after developers with Price Brothers purchased the Bluhawk land, they’re almost ready to open the main event: The AdventHealth Sports Park. Since 2004, concepts for Bluhawk have looked like a lot of things. According to PB Development Vice President, Bart Lowen, one idea has stayed the same – the marriage of sports and retail.

The sports park will be a 420,000 square foot facility with a focus on youth sports. There will be full-size basketball and volleyball courts that can be turned into a soccer field, plus a hockey arena. Lowen called it the anchor of …