Maricopa's newest recreation building opens to the public on Saturday, October 10, with a free grand opening from 9 a.m. to noon at 17985 Greythorn Drive. Mayor and City Council remarks come first, followed by a ribbon cutting. After that the courts open for basketball, volleyball and pickleball. The morning also has arts and crafts, an inflatable play area for kids, food trucks and a professional wrestling show from Phoenix Championship Wrestling.
The announcement leaves out the two details that matter most after opening day. The main floor is one large room that switches between sports, so the court count depends on how it is set up that hour. And the city set up access so most residents won't pay anything extra to use it.
One floor, three different court counts
The Fieldhouse totals 44,088 square feet. The court floor can be set up for four full-size basketball courts, six volleyball courts or 12 pickleball courts. The city lists these as alternate layouts. ABC15 described the same space as roughly 33,000 square feet. It can stay as one open area or be split into four separate courts.
| Layout | Courts | What it suits |
|---|---|---|
| Basketball | 4 full-size | Leagues, practices, weekend tournaments |
| Volleyball | 6 | Youth and adult volleyball programs |
| Pickleball | 12 | Indoor play during the hot months |
One November 2025 city update listed nine volleyball courts. The city's June 2025 project release and its December 2025 council recap both say six, and six is the number used here.
Outside the court floor, the plan includes a 1,680-square-foot lounge and tournament hub and a 971-square-foot assembly room. Parks and Recreation Director Rocky Brown told ABC15 the building will also have flex spaces for classes, meetings or social time. He called the lounge a "Tournament Lobby," a place for families to wait between games.
Brown gave the reason for the building in one sentence:
"One thing we were missing was a Fieldhouse, an indoor facility where we could play sports year-round, things like basketball, volleyball, indoor pickleball."
He also said the project came from the need for more indoor space for youth basketball and volleyball as the city grew.
Part of the building was already there
If the gray building on Greythorn Drive looks partly familiar, that's because part of it is. The Fieldhouse reuses the city's 10,853-square-foot former police substation and adds 33,235 square feet of new construction. The new section extends into what used to be the impound lot. The site was already city-owned land.
Reusing the building saved part of the construction, but it didn't make the project quick. When InMaricopa covered the proposal in August 2024, the plan was to start construction "this winter," with 12 to 16 months of building. Ground was broken in June 2025, with a reported estimate of $16.2 million. At that point the city expected completion in late summer 2026. October 10 is a few weeks past that target. The city's Fieldhouse information page still showed late summer even after the September 17 opening announcement was posted.
Who pays at the door
This part matters most for regular use. Brown told ABC15 in July that the Copper Sky Multigenerational Center membership will also cover the Fieldhouse. Youth league players won't pay each time they show up for a game.
He also explained how the city plans to handle tournaments that bring in teams from outside Maricopa:
"If there's ever an outdoor tournament or like an outside tournament coming in, people can show us they're a Maricopa resident and they'll be able to get into that tournament for free because they're the ones that paid for the building."
Out-of-town visitors may pay a gate fee at some weekend tournaments. Residents who show proof of residency won't. Brown said the city was "very cautious" when setting fees so taxpayers wouldn't pay to enter a building they had paid for.
The city's Fieldhouse information page doesn't list regular hours or a separate day-pass price. In July, Brown said there would be open drop-in times alongside after-school practices and games. ABC15 advised residents to keep checking the city's website and social media for updates.
What's on the floor first
The first programs are already on the city's registration system, and they show how the floor will be used in its first weeks:
- Adult men's basketball team league. Runs October 18 through December 20, 2026, with games on Sunday evenings at the Fieldhouse.
- Fall youth volleyball, ages 8 to 9, co-ed. Opening day is October 31. The fee is $75 for residents and $95 for nonresidents, and Copper Sky members get 20% off registration.
The league starts eight days after the ribbon cutting, and youth volleyball starts three weeks after that. That gives the building one full month of scheduled programs before Thanksgiving.
Where the 18 indoor pickleball courts come from
In May, the city said Copper Sky would have 18 indoor pickleball courts once the Fieldhouse opens. That figure counts the Fieldhouse's 12 courts plus the six existing indoor courts in the Copper Sky Gymnasium. Adding outdoor courts brings the total to 30.
The Fieldhouse's 12 courts exist only when the floor is in its pickleball layout. During the Sunday evening basketball league, the floor is set up for basketball. None of the city announcements used for this post explains how the four sections will be divided between sports on a given day. When people talk about 18 indoor courts, that's the maximum. The real number at any hour depends on the schedule, so pickleball players will want to see the drop-in calendar when it comes out.
Outdoors, the city began work on six new pickleball courts next to the existing ones on May 11. The existing courts stayed open during construction. The sand volleyball courts moved slightly north to make room. The city noted that leagues, lessons and drop-in play were filling the outdoor courts almost every day. That demand is what the indoor floor is meant to absorb when afternoons are too hot to play outside.
Parking at the complex is changing too. A November 2025 city update said the lot between the Multigenerational Center and the Fieldhouse was being permanently expanded, and MLK Street was being redesigned to add parking for the complex. The Fieldhouse sits across that lot from the Multigenerational Center, inside Copper Sky Regional Park at 44345 W. Bowlin Road.
The land just west of the park
The Fieldhouse is the first of several recreation projects planned around Copper Sky, and the next one is right next door. MADCAPS is a planned indoor-outdoor family entertainment center on 7.2 acres just west of Copper Sky, beside the La Quinta Inn near John Wayne Parkway and Martin Luther King Boulevard. Former Maricopa resident Scott Bartle bought the land for about $2.24 million. Renderings released September 9 show a two-story building with duckpin bowling, miniature golf, a go-kart track, a full arcade, a mixed-reality arena, a dining area and outdoor seating.
When Bartle first announced the idea in January 2025, he explained why:
"We need entertainment that doesn't require yet another roundtrip on [State Route] 347."
MADCAPS now has a name, renderings and land. InMaricopa's September 9 update didn't give a construction start or an opening date.
The other project with a near-term date is a few miles away on Smith-Enke Road. Back Nine Golf plans 24/7 indoor golf simulators at 41724 W. Smith-Enke Road. The simulators are expected by the end of October, with a soft launch before a grand opening in mid-November.
So October 10 is a dated, free starting point. The Sunday league begins October 18, youth volleyball begins October 31, and Back Nine's simulators are expected around the same time. The open questions are the drop-in schedule and the MADCAPS timeline.
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