Pinnacle – a brand new facility located a mile from Children’s Mercy Park and Wyandotte Sporting Fields in Kansas City, Kansas – officially opened Tuesday when Sporting Kansas City trained at the $75-million venue for the first time.
A day earlier, the media were allowed a tour. Let's just say the reviews were good:
Formerly known as the National Training and Coaching Development Center, Pinnacle is a collaboration between Sporting, the US Soccer Federation and local healthcare provider Children's Mercy, which also holds the naming rights to Sporting's stadium, Children's Mercy Park.
Pinnacle's Great Hall meeting space / Courtesy Sporting Kansas City
In addition to serving as the new training home of Sporting KC, Pinnacle accommodates the Children’s Mercy Sports Medicine Center at Village West and the US Soccer National Development Center.
Locker room pools / Courtesy Sporting Kansas City
Among Pinnacle’s numerous amenities are five full-size soccer fields, a sports performance lab, an expansive sports performance gymnasium and multiple spaces uniquely specialized for coaching education, including a two-story coaching pavilion.
Sporting Kansas City's team locker room / Courtesy Sporting Kansas City
