5M Sports

 Tyler and I have always wanted to open a sports facility.  We spend lots of time and money carting all three kids to different facilities around the metro!  They are all so expensive and always so booked!  We also both have a passion for sports and developing kids.  We had put our name on a few different lists for warehouse space back in 2020.  Mid January we got a call that a warehouse was becoming available on February 1st so we bit the bullet and signed a one year lease!  Although we had talked about this for years, actually doing it was way out of our comfort zone!  We got our keys on February 1st and 5M Sports was a dream that became a reality!  

The warehouse space was used to build and repair racecars for the previous 10+ years.  So the space was dirty, greasy and down right gross.  We got right to work and recruited some friends and family to help paint, power wash, etc.

We set our opening date as March 1st to give us one month to get the facility prepped and equipment installed.  With a big snow storm in the forecast our opening date was bumped up to ______.  We put in lots of hours and late late nights to get 5M ready for all our ballplayers and we DID IT!!!!  

First time we looked at the space!  We instantly saw lots of potential and couldn't wait to take this journey as a family!

The kids loved painting!  I loved it for the first day but after the third full day I was exhausted!

We rolled and rolled and rolled!

A family that paints together, has fun doing it together, will have a successful business!  Not sure why I was wearing a white pullover to paint, bad idea!

Before the turf was installed 5M became a rip-sticking skate park!  It was the perfect flat space for the kids to learn how to ride their Christmas presents!  Even better it gave us a place to let out some energy during the cold!

The kids couldn't' wait to get into the first cage that was installed!  

Outside 5M is a pretty steep hill so when it snowed we put in some work and then went sledding!

First time testing out the cages after everything was installed!  Can't believe we made the turnaround in 2 weeks and had a fully operational business!  It was a busy two weeks but we did it!

First team practice at 5M was Mason's Raptors team.  Love having a place for these boys to get extra swings in!

We were so excited to open the doors to teams and individual players!  Our sports families are so important to us and we look forward to growing our sports family to include all our 5M teams!