Legacy Park

Arizona Athletic Grounds (formerly known as Bell Bank Park, Legacy Park) is an American multi-purpose sports complex in Mesa, Arizona. It opened on January 7, 2022, before its Grand Opening on 4 February 2022, headlined by musician Lindsey Stirling.

History
Bell Bank Park is situated on the site of a former General Motors testing facility. In 2018, Mesa voters voted against a bond request for a state owned sports facility nearby and that paved the way for this facility.

Ground was broken on the project in October, 2020. The facility is the vision of Legacy Sports, and was known as Legacy Sports Park before a 10-year naming rights deal was struck with Bell Bank. The facility was estimated to have cost $280million.

Prior to completion, events were booked including the Jam On It amateur basketball tournaments, who committed to hosting events at the facility until 2032.

Bell Bank Park opened with an event hosted by the Association of Pickleball Professionals Tour on 4 January 2022.

In February 2022, it was announced that the Gilbert, Arizona, campus of Park University would make Bell Bank Park the home for their athletic events.

From 2022, the stadium is the home of Valley United FC and FC Arizona.

Financial troubles began to emerge almost immediately after opening. Bell Bank ended their naming rights partnership on 14 April 2023 and the park was renamed Legacy Park. On 1 May 2023 just 16 months after opening the park filed for bankruptcy. At the time of the bankruptcy filing the owners of the park Legacy Cares reported $366.7 million in liabilities and $242.3 million in assets. In July 2023 the U.S. trustee monitoring Legacy Park’s bankruptcy case issued a 23-page filing asking the judge to assign a federal trustee to take over the park’s management and business affairs from owner Legacy Cares. The filing accused Legacy Cares of failing to disclose conflicts of interest, improperly diverting assets, failing to justify a budgeted $708,000 management fee to Elite Sports Group, overpaying executives and employing multiple family members of people connected with Legacy.

Facilities
The facility spans 320 acre and includes:


 * 5,000 seat outdoor stadium
 * 2,800 seat indoor stadium
 * 35 soccer/lacrosse fields
 * 57 indoor volleyball courts
 * 8 baseball/softball fields
 * 20 basketball courts
 * 41 pickleball courts
 * 12 beach volleyball courts
 * 6 futsal courts
 * Gymnastics center
 * Dance studio
 * Cheer center
 * Sports performance center

Commercial partnerships
The facility has commercial partnerships facilitated through Elite Sports. These include:


 * Phoenix Children's
 * Valley Toyota