ROCHESTER, Minn. — The Rochester City Council voted unanimously to buy 160 acres to build a sports and recreation complex in southeast Rochester. The price: $5 million. The city has $65 million total to build the complex. The funds are from a sales tax approved by voters in November. Plans include eight baseball fields, two soccer fields, 12 pickleball courts, food stalls, a biking and walking connection to Willow Creek Trail, a dog park, and an 800-car parking lot.
Grassland site. The property, owned by Seneca Foods but never developed, is barren prairie behind the Shoppes on Maine mall off South Broadway.