Nearly two years ago, Izell Reese pitched an idea to city leaders of having a flag football facility in the city of Dothan.
Visit Dothan President and CEO Aaron McCreight can now see the fruits of those talks starting to come to tangible fruition. So too can Reese, a Dothan native, former NFL player and current Executive Director of RCX Sports responsible for NFL Flag Football.
According to a timeline from Visit Dothan, advertising for the project goes out this Friday with a pre-bid conference set for Oct. 25. Bids are due on Nov. 8 with construction plans set to begin on Jan. 1 with a completion date of April 30. McCreight noted Wednesday work is being done to have six flag football fields at nearby Wiregrass Park. Both Grandview and Wiregrass Park are located in Southeast Dothan between Ross Clark Circle and downtown. Grandview is in the 900 block of Sixth Avenue and Wiregrass Park in the 600 block of Sixth Avenue.
“Other sports could utilize these fields, including local play,” McCreight said. “It is not just about visitors or about tournaments. It’s about the neighborhood, about the community and about having flag football having a home in Dothan. That is important to us and particularly to the community, to Alison and Dothan Leisure Services to have a place where flag football can call home and not share it with softball or baseball or anything else. They would have their own place to play.
Reese said the facility in Dothan would be “the first-ever NFL Flag branded field,” and is special for the city since it isn’t in a major NFL area.
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