ROCHETER, Minn. — The City Council is weighing prospects for a $55 million project for a bigger, better sports facility at the Rochester Community and Technical College campus along U.S. Highway 14 on the Southeast Side. Currently the college has only a modest athletics program with four men’s and four women’s sports. The evolving concept is a facility for both college and public use. Construction would use state and city revenue, said Deputy City Administrator Aaron Parrish. He emphasized that plans are very, very tentative. An initial step could be a new inflatable fabric dome. Past domes have been costly to maintain. Mold bas been problematic.
Call it Dome 3.0. Like he current dome and a previous dome,, atop the football and soccer turf. RCTC enrollment: 8,000, mostly local commuters, many part-time.
Along County Road 22. 1: New fabric dome. 2: Existing fielfhouse. 3: Expanded fieldhouse. 4: Pickleball court. 5: Vehicle access and drop-off. 6. Improved parking.