An abandoned mobile home subdivision in Elgin will become the headquarters for the Illinois Youth Soccer Association under plans submitted to the city.
Midwest Sports Center received the Elgin Planning and Zoning Commission’s endorsement for a proposal that calls for a 17,661-square-foot building and a 78-foot-tall, 118,000-square-foot dome covering one of two soccer fields.
Located at 909 S. McLean Blvd., the campus also would have a 15,000-square-foot physical therapy office, a concession area and gathering spaces, Elgin senior planner Damir Latinovic told the commission. Eventually, the concession area would be converted into a restaurant with alcohol service.
The 9.7-acre property is between College Green Drive on the north and Torrey Pines Drive on the south. An abandoned single-family home and 25 mobile homes fill the west side and there’s wooded open space to the east, Latinovic said.
Midwest Sports Center is working with the city to meet the required number …