Richmond Strikers underway on $5M upgrades at Pouncey Tract complex

A rendering of the new office building at Striker Park. (Courtesy Richmond Strikers)

One of the region’s biggest youth soccer organizations is building itself a new headquarters as part of a round of upgrades at its namesake field complex. 

Richmond Strikers recently began a construction project at its 42-acre Striker Park facility on Pouncey Tract Road in Glen Allen. The $5.5 million project will add a 10,000-square-foot office and storage building along with two covered futsal courts and 55 more parking spaces.

The new building will house the club’s main offices, which will be relocated from Innsbrook. 

The additions, which have been planned for several years, are financed in part by a five-year $1.75 million grant from Henrico County, using funds from local hotel tax revenue.

Richmond Strikers Executive Director Jay Howell said county officials told him hotel tax revenue is surging thanks to tournaments held by the Strikers and other local youth sporting groups. 

Jay Howell

Howell told BizSense that Henrico recognized the importance of sports tourism in the area with the grant. 

“The county sees this as an investment not only into the Richmond Strikers and to what we’re trying to create here at Striker Park, but also an investment into the future of continuing on to make Richmond a wonderful place to host events and to bring people into our environment. It’s that simple,” Howell said. 

The other $3.75 million for the project comes from working capital, Strikers’ savings and Virginia Credit Union. 

The Strikers broke ground on the project at a ceremony Nov. 20. 

Construction, which is led by local contractor Emerald Construction, is in its beginning stage. So far, an older structure has been knocked down to make room for the new office building. 

The Strikers are planning on using the summer to work on putting in the additional parking and the new futsal courts at the site. 

The project is still on track with its original timeline for completion this fall. The nonprofit hopes to be moved into its new office building by Sept. 1. 

A rendering of the new futsal courts to be built at Striker Park.

For the Strikers, which serves around 4,500 youth players each year through various programs, the new facilities are an opportunity to make Striker Park a better host to players, teams and tournaments alike, Howell said. 

“The uniqueness for a youth organization to have offices and meeting rooms and storage space at their facility is incredible,” Howell said. “That’s something professional teams would like to have.” 

With the Strikers’ annual Jefferson Cup youth soccer tournament coming up in March, Howell said the new headquarters will help streamline operations for tournament procedures in future years. The college showcase tournament is set to draw about 1,900 teams to Richmond this year. 

The Strikers will hold an opening ceremony when the new facilities are completed. 

The Strikers operated with $7.95 million in revenue and $8.29 million in annual expenses, according to its most recent public financial reports issued to the IRS in 2023.