KAI and SmithGroup Help Deliver Long-Awaited Aquatics & Recreation Center for City of DeSoto, TX
DALLAS – For more than a decade, residents of DeSoto, Texas have envisioned a multigenerational recreation and indoor aquatics center that would serve both community recreation needs and provide a competitive venue for basketball, volleyball, pickleball and swimming and supports other athletic competitions. Designed in partnership by KAI and SmithGroup, the City of DeSoto’s new $53 million Aquatics & Recreation Center (ARC) officially opened to the public in April at 1400 Academy Way in Curtistene S. McCowan Park. The ARC project is part of a larger master plan for the park, which includes plans for an amphitheater, water features, sculpture garden, walking trails and additional sports fields. The KAI and SmithGroup team also provided program validation, community engagement, bidding support and construction administration services on the project. “We spent a lot of time putting the plan together and the citizens have been telling us for over a decade that this is...