The Cardinals have updated their plans for their new training facility, announcing on Tuesday they will create a new building at Paradise Ridge in north Phoenix, west of Scottsdale Road and north of the Loop 101.
The new facility, which will house both the football and business operations, will be the anchor to a mixed-use, 217-acre site. The Cardinals' facility will take up 30 of those acres and total more than 250,000 square feet. It is scheduled to be completed in 2028.
The Cardinals bought the property at auction in the summer for $136 million.
The team's current Dignity Health Training Center in Tempe, where the Cardinals have trained since 1989, is 14 acres and 156,000 square feet. The team had previously considered upgrading the current Tempe location, but decided to adjust after further examination.
"Our goal has always been to provide our players and coaches with the best possible environment to prepare and perform at the highest level," Cardinals owner Michael Bidwill said in a statement. "As we evaluated our options, it became clear that we needed more space than what was available at our current location or elsewhere in Tempe. We are deeply grateful to the City of Tempe for its incredible support over the past three decades and for its continued partnership. And we are just as excited to welcome this new chapter in our team's history."
Rossetti, a leading sports architecture firm that has collaborated with a number of other teams with their new facilities, will work with the Cardinals on the design.
"The Arizona Cardinals' new headquarters and state-of-the-art practice facility is an exciting, welcome addition to our city's Headquarters Alley," Phoenix mayor Kate Gallego said in a statement. "I'm grateful for this game-changing investment and the energy this project will bring to our community."
The new facility will have three grass outdoor practice fields and a fieldhouse with a full-size turf field indoors. The complex will also have a greatly expanded and modernized locker room, state-of-the-art spaces for the weight room, strength and conditioning, sports medicine and athletic training, meeting rooms, and a player lounge.
The team will also work with the the city of Phoenix and the Arizona Commerce Authority to populate the remaining mixed-use area, with possibilities including corporate headquarters, restaurants, retail, medical facilities and residential spots. Interested parties can inquire about commercial opportunity at paradiseridge@cardinals.nfl.net
