Featured Projects Coming to Converse, Texas
ADS Sports Complex
The ADS Sports Complex is a destination project designed to expand recreation, entertainment, and community gathering opportunities in Converse. The development combines sports, dining, and flexible event space to serve residents, attract visitors, and support local businesses while contributing to the city's long-term economic development goals.
Where The Project Stands Today
August 2026
The ADS Sports Complex represents a significant investment in creating a destination for sports, recreation, entertainment, and community activity in Converse. The project includes facilities for basketball training and competition, along with spaces designed to support dining, events, and everyday community use.
The complex will serve as the home of the ADS Sentinels, a professional basketball team competing in The Basketball League (TBL), while also providing opportunities for player development, youth inspiration, and community engagement. Beyond athletics, the project is intended to create a place where residents and visitors can gather for entertainment, dining, and special events.
The project reflects Converse's broader vision of supporting quality-of-life amenities while encouraging visitor activity that can benefit local businesses and strengthen the local economy. Throughout planning and development, the complex has been presented as an investment in both recreation and long-term community growth.
Residents consistently expressed a desire for more places to gather, dine, and enjoy recreation and entertainment close to home. The ADS Sports Complex is designed to help meet those needs while supporting local businesses and creating a destination that encourages community activity.
The project brings together the Converse Economic Development Corporation, ADS Sports Complex leadership, the ADS Sentinels organization, and City of Converse leadership. Their collaboration supports project planning, business development, community engagement, and the creation of new recreational and entertainment opportunities for residents.
The project combines sports, entertainment, and community amenities to create a destination that serves residents throughout the year. Planning has focused on providing flexible spaces that support athletic competition, family activities, dining, and events while aligning with the city's long-term economic development strategy.
The ADS Sports Complex is intended to strengthen Converse as a destination for recreation, entertainment, and community gathering. As the project continues to develop, it is expected to support local businesses, encourage visitor activity, and help position the community for continued economic growth and investment.
What the Project Includes
Key elements of the project include:
- Professional basketball venue
- ADS Sentinels team operations
- Basketball training facilities
- Coffee shop
- Restaurant space
- Flexible event space
- Family entertainment amenities
- Community gathering areas
Project Timeline
| Date of Project Update | Description of Progress |
|---|---|
| July 2026 | Come join the EDC team and the ADS Sports Complex team celebrate the opening of the ADS Coffee shop! During the month of July we expect to not only have the coffee shop open, but we are anticipating the parkinglot to receive its first layer of asphalt! |
| May 2026 | The domes are being installed and raised. |
| April 2026 | The concrete foundations for the buildings are being poured and the coffee shop is under construction. |
| January 2026 | Sitework including underground utilities (water and sewer) begins. |
| July 2025 | Tim Porter announced that the complex will serve as the home of the ADS Sentinels, a professional basketball team competing in The Basketball League (TBL). |
| April 2025 | The ADS Sports Complex represents a significant investment in creating a destination for sports, recreation, entertainment, and community activity in Converse. The project includes facilities for basketball training and competition, along with spaces designed to support dining, events, and everyday community use; while also providing opportunities for player development, youth inspiration, and community engagement. Beyond athletics, the project is intended to create a place where residents and visitors can gather for entertainment, dining, and special events. The project reflects Converse's broader vision of supporting quality-of-life amenities while encouraging visitor activity that can benefit local businesses and strengthen the local economy. Throughout planning and development, the complex has been presented as an investment in both recreation and long-term community growth. |
Converse, TX 78109
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