A Central Gathering Point
The “Village Center” is one of the first areas of focus and will become an active, vibrant, urban-style downtown center for Estero. It is comprised of an Entertainment Campus, SportsPark Campus, and a significant amount of dense, vertical mixed-use development in various stages of development.
The Village Center is already home to the Village’s civic uses, Estero High School, and Estero Community Park and Recreation Center. Through a public-private approach, the “Hub”, located in the southeastern section of the Village Center, will soon include interconnected mixed-use sports and entertainment campuses. The vision for “The Hub” is to create a “park once and stay the day” environment, blending family entertainment, lifestyle, sports, and recreation opportunities for a multigenerational audience.
Community access for residents and sports tourism events are both priorities for this area.
Sports Park Campus
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Entertainment Campus
Construction Progress (August 2025)
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High 5 Entertainment, based in Austin Texas Provides a family entertainment concept which includes a traditional arcade, virtual reality, escape rooms, axe throwing and bowling. The brand also provides a quality scratch kitchen and bar.
High 5 has quickly expanded into Lakeway Texas and Bettendorf Iowa and is currently in development in Allen Texas, Mansfield Texas, Panama City Beach Florida and Memphis Tennessee. The Entertainment concept for the Village of Estero will feature 24 bowling lanes, 21 pickleball courts, and an 18-hole miniature golf course.
High 5 is scheduled to open in November of 2025, High 5 has commenced construction and will anchor the new Village Entertainment Campus in the New Village Center Hub. For more information on High 5 Entertainment please visit bowlhighfive.com
This plan was presented in early 2025. Note, some time projections may have shifted since then.
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Estero’s AAA S&P bond rating announced during the Council meeting on December 4, 2024
Front: Mayor Jon McLain, Stephanie EnglishBack: Councilmembers Larry Fiesel, Lori Fayhee, Rafael Lopez,Vice Mayor Joanne Ribble, Councilmembers Jim Ward & George Zalucki The meeting started with Mayor Jon McLain presenting a proclamation in [Read More.]
Four public information meetings scheduled for the Planning, Zoning & Design Board on December 10, 2024
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Estero Sports Park master plan on the agenda for Council on December 4, 2024
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