The Marinette County Board approved selling the field house at the University of Wisconsin Green Bay Marinette Campus for $1 to the Greater Marinette-Menominee YMCA.
The deal includes the Max E. Peterson Field House and 18.6 acres of land surrounding it. As part of the agreement, the county will seek $500,000 to make improvements to the facility. The money will come from a $2 million grant available to the county for sole purpose of redeveloping the buildings after UWGB announced it would no longer hold in person classes at the campus.
The campus is owned by the county and includes the field house, the main academic building, a theater/arts building and a library.
The fieldhouse has been managed by the River City Community Pool Association. In a letter posted to its website, RCCPA says “If the YMCA takes over, RCCPA would step aside, knowing its mission has been fulfilled.”
The YMCA has indicated it would relocate its operations from a current facility in Menominee to the fieldhouse and expand the facility. It plans to conduct a $4 million campaign to fund the expansion and improvements to HVAC, roof and an elevator.
No timeline for the project or fundraising has been announced.
