Every Delaware high school athlete must travel out of state to compete.
Recognize the need.
In 2018 nearly 1500 Delaware high school athletes competed in Indoor Track & Field throughout the state. Each athlete had to travel out of state to compete.
Quantify the Economic Impact.
An indoor track facility will draw revenue from the thousands of athletes in the mid-atlantic region. These athletes will fill our local hotels and restaurants throughout the season.
Develop the social impact.
An indoor track facility can be used to support health & wellness programs for people at high risk to diabetes and young adults struggling with social stress.
Indoor track is the only high school sport that has no venue to compete within state boundaries.
Our athletes travel each weekend to venues in Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia and New York. Since the University of Delaware elected to turf the last indoor track in the state, our State Championships is contested in Landover, Maryland- two hours from the homes of most of our competitors..
Our purpose.
Indoor Track Delaware is a nonprofit dedicated to raising awareness for the need of an indoor track in the diamond state. Comprised of coaches, parents and concerned citizens, Indoor Track Delaware believes such a venue will address the unmet demand of high school track athletes and local college teams; attract sports tourism dollars from the Mid-Atlantic region; and provide the flexibility to promote community health and well being for Delawareans of all ages.
Currently, to compete in the regular season, boys and girls from upstate and downstate are driven to venues in Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia and New York. Hundreds of Delaware indoor track athletes spend their winter weekends rising well before dawn, spending hours on buses riding up and down the east coast. For meets midweek, athletes miss class time as they are pulled out of school early. After conducting research and meeting with stakeholders regarding how a 200 meter, hydraulic banked, six lane indoor track can impact Delaware, our next step is to raise money for a feasibility/market demand study that will provide a sports tourism inventory and market assessment report; along with a market demand analysis that provides economic impact projections.