A youth-oriented athletic center breaks ground in Casper

Construction on the Wyo Sports Ranch has broken ground on the grounds of the Ford Wyoming Center in Casper. The 130,000+-square-foot athletic complex hopes to be done by early 2025. It will house basketball and volleyball courts, permanent indoor turf, a sports performance and training center, spaces for mat sports like gymnastics, basketball, volleyball, dance and cheer, baseball and softball, as well as community events. 'Its intent [is] to create a home and fix a need that is in Casper for court space and youth sports individuals to have a place to play to better themselves, to continue to grow as young athletes and grow [as well as] provide a community facility that not only kids but community members can use and benefit from in ways that we can only fathom and imagine at this point,' said Jessica Hastings, board member of the Wyo Sports Ranch.