Business View Magazine l November 2022

170 BUSINESS VIEW MAGAZINE VOLUME 9, ISSUE 11 opening throughout the city, along with solid growth on the industrial side. “Sand Mountain Park is meant to be a catalyst on the economic side, and that is coming to fruition as we complete our first full year of operation,” he asserts. In a city with a population close to 25, 000, Sand Mount park relies on visitors throughout the region and surrounding states. “We have a large population in a five-hour radius around our location. In the sports tourism industry segment, that’s important. That’s one of the reasons why there was more momentum to expand the project. There was a need in this area for more sports tournaments, to capture people coming in from some of the other cities, where some were saturated,” O’Brien describes. Owned by the city of Albertville, Sand Mountain Park is managed by the Sports Facilities Companies. The project’s growth deemed it necessary to bring in an experienced venue