Most of League City's youth diamond play runs through one complex off League City Parkway, and for at least two more springs it will stay there. League City Little League lists a single field location, Chester L. Davis Sportsplex at 1251 TX-96. The League City Girls Softball Association uses fields 5, 6 and 7 at the same Sportsplex. Its only other listed site is Countryside Park at 100 Alderwood, which has two softball fields. According to the association, spring games for 6U through 10U are played at the Sportsplex, and most 12U games are too. Practices are spread across the Sportsplex, Lynn Gripon Park at Countryside and other facilities.
On Oct. 13, City Council approved the project meant to relieve that crowding. Pat Hallisey Park is a 106-acre sportsplex on the west side near Calder Drive and Ervin Street, and construction won't start until January 2027. The first new courts and upgraded fields League City players get will come from a smaller renovation at Elva Lobit Park on FM 646. The new sportsplex is a 2028 park, and when it opens, a highway will still be under construction along its southern edge.
What the council bought on Oct. 13
The contract went to SpawGlass Construction Corp. for up to $49,764,800. The resolution also sets aside $3,392,185 for work change directives and $290,460 for materials testing by Terracon Consultants, for a total construction budget of $53,447,445. Community Impact reported that the city received nine bids ranging from $49.7 million to $51.9 million, and SpawGlass, a Houston-based firm, was the low bidder.
The park is named for Pat Hallisey, who was League City's mayor from 2016 to 2022 and earlier directed both the League City and Galveston County parks departments. The city's capital project sheet calls it a regional facility. It names four groups the new fields are meant to relieve: League City Pony-Colt, League City Little League, the Girls' ASA Softball Association and League City Parks and Recreation.
The table compares the planned park with what local players can use now:
| Facility | Pat Hallisey Park, as approved | Current comparison point |
|---|---|---|
| Softball fields | 5 | Girls' softball lists 3 Sportsplex fields plus 2 at Countryside Park |
| Baseball fields | 4 | Little League lists one complex, Chester L. Davis Sportsplex |
| Pickleball courts | 12 | 6 planned in Lobit Park's renovation |
| Soccer fields | 2 | |
| Tennis courts | 2 | |
| Trail | 5K trail |
The five planned softball fields alone match every field the girls' association lists today. The council item also covers two playgrounds, picnic and pavilion areas, restrooms, concessions, storage, a maintenance facility, detention ponds, lighting, concrete roads and parking, and access roads out to Ervin Street and Calder Road. Community Impact's report on the vote also lists a memorial garden and a 10-foot-wide decomposed-granite trail.
Council reviewed the optional add-ons at an April 28 work session and picked all of them except extra batting-cage lanes and an extra play tower and swing. The approved budget covers $49.5 million from 2026 Certificates of Obligation, $3,647,445 in park dedication fees and $300,000 from the city's Tree Preservation Fund.
The start date has slipped twice
The number to plan around is the opening date, and that date depends on when construction actually starts. Here is how the start date has moved:
- March 2025. A city release on naming the park said construction would start in early 2026.
- January 2026. Community Impact reported a start in late May 2026.
- October 2026. The council item expects construction to begin in January 2027 and allows 570 calendar days.
The 570 days start at the Notice to Proceed, and work has to begin within 10 days of that notice. Counting 570 days from a January 2027 start puts completion in mid-to-late summer 2028. That matches the "summer 2028" target in the city documents Community Impact cited. If construction starts on time, the spring 2027 and spring 2028 seasons will both be played on the fields League City has now. Fall 2028 is the earliest season the new fields could plausibly host.
Lobit Park comes first
The nearer change is at Elva Lobit Park, 1901 FM 646. Phase one covers refurbished baseball fields, drainage and irrigation work, and six pickleball courts. Community Impact's August report also listed pedestrian-bridge repairs and new security lighting.
Lobit's schedule has moved too, on a smaller scale. A city notice from October 2025 planned for the park to reopen in spring 2026. In July 2026, Parks Board minutes recorded a change order for lighting, backstop and pickleball-court design issues, which moved substantial completion to September 2026. The city's project page said in its Aug. 31 update that the park was expected to reopen "later this fall."
Lobit adds fewer facilities than the new sportsplex: six pickleball courts against Hallisey's 12, and refurbished fields rather than nine new diamonds. It is still the only one of the two projects that can affect play in 2026 or 2027, and it sits on the FM 646 side of town, away from the League City Parkway complex where most youth diamond play is concentrated now.
A highway is going in on the park's southern edge
The other major project on that side of town is the Grand Parkway. In February, League City sold TxDOT a 15.8-acre parcel that overlapped the planned park site for $3.7 million. Community Impact reported that the planned SH 99 section will run along the park's southern boundary.
That section is Segment B-1, which runs from I-45 to south of FM 2403. TxDOT signed the design-build contract with Ferrovial Construction-Webber 99 JV on July 15, 2026, and posted the final award notice July 17. In a June 2026 disclosure, TxDOT said it expected construction to begin in late 2026, with substantial completion in winter 2031/2032.
On those schedules, the two projects line up like this:
- Late 2026: Grand Parkway Segment B-1 construction is expected to begin.
- January 2027: Pat Hallisey Park construction is expected to begin.
- Summer 2028: The park's target completion date.
- Winter 2031/2032: The Grand Parkway segment's target for substantial completion.
The two projects start within a few months of each other. If both hold to their schedules, the park could have three or more seasons of play with highway construction still underway on its south side. The council item includes access roads from the park to Ervin Street and Calder Road, so people driving in from the west side will use those streets. When completed, the Grand Parkway will add a regional highway right next to a regional sportsplex. Until then, games at the park will be played next to an active highway construction site.
What changes and when
Over the next two years, League City's baseball and softball players will mostly use the same fields they use now. Chester L. Davis Sportsplex keeps its central role through at least the spring 2028 season, with Countryside Park and Lynn Gripon Park handling the overflow for softball. Lobit Park is the next change, with six pickleball courts and refurbished fields that the city expected to reopen this fall. Pat Hallisey Park, with its 12 pickleball courts, nine diamonds and a 5K trail, is targeted for summer 2028 if construction starts in January. A full recording of the Oct. 13 council meeting is linked in the city's Oct. 16 recap, which is a good place to watch for updates.
Projects like Lobit Park and Pat Hallisey Park change how a part of town is used day to day, from where weekend games are played to which roads fill up on a Saturday, and they're part of what we follow on the west side of League City. If you're weighing a move near Calder Drive or FM 646 and want to know how these projects might affect a specific street, Carter Signature Properties can go through the timeline with you. Start your Signature Experience.
