WILMINGTON — The grand opening of a new facility years in the making is happening this week.
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nCino Sports Park, located at 205 Sutton Steam Plant Rd., is cutting the ribbon on Wednesday at 10 a.m. Tech giant nCino — headquartered in Wilmington — inked a $1.3 million naming rights deal with the city three years ago and the 2016 parks bond helped pay for it.
The park is where Cape Fear Regional Soccer Park was located, near the Duke Energy Sutton Steam Plant, and includes 11 athletic fields, restrooms and concessions. Built on the site of an old landfill, one field includes synthetic turf, five are lit for night play, and other infrastructure is in place for future lighting on four fields.
The park is managed by the Wilmington Hammerheads Youth Soccer Club, which gave the city land for the park in 2019 as part of a 17-year management agreement with the city.
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