Request for Proposals Sports and Event Center

Historic Hangars for lease at Floyd Bennett Field

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The National Park Service is seeking proposals to lease one the largest sports and event centers in NYC, with approximately 175,000 square feet of improved space, adjacent fields,and other facilities. Historic Hangars 5, 6, 7, and 8 are located in the Jamaica Bay Unit of Gateway National Recreation. The area in which they are located, Floyd Bennett Field, is a National Register Historic District. The hangars have been repurposed as a sports and event center and are located at 3159 Flatbush Avenue in Brooklyn, NY, between the Belt Parkway and Marine Parkway Bridge. The sports and events center is located in a National Park in an area that is open to the public. Hangars 5 & 6 and Hangars 7 & 8 are connected by a steel frame infill, creating a 117,000 sq. ft. (16,300 m²) indoor recreation facility. Though the Hangars are historic structures, the infill is not. The two-floor facility contains offices, a pro shop, two regulation sized ice-hockey rinks, a snack bar, a lounge area, event space, gyms, locker rooms, patios, a climbing wall, and an outdoor swimming pool(s).Additional recreation fields and facilities included in the Premises include the Chiller Building, South Football Field, North Football Field, South Bleachers, North Bleachers, Playing Field East Shed, and Playing Field West Shed. The sports and events center area also includes free parking for 2,000 cars, additional traffic circulation infrastructure, fencing, lights, and scoreboards. The facilities are underutilized. The NPS is seeking an operator who can improve the facility, the offerings available, and the opportunity as a whole.

Site tours will be available on July 15 and August 5 at 11:00 AM. Reservations required. Please use the following Microsoft Form link to express your interest in attending a site tour and to submit any questions regarding the RFP or the Lease Premises: https://forms.office.com/g/QA2X7wbcRv.

Questions from interested parties will be answered via Question & Answers (Q&A) or Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) and will be posted, as will the RFP and attachments, at: https://www.nps.gov/gate/getinvolved/leasing-program-at-gateway.htm. Questions must be submitted by August 8, 2025.

Proposals are due Friday, September 5, 2025 by 11:59 pm EDT.

The Request for Proposals can be found here.
And here's the sample lease as a printable PDF.

Below are the necessary attachments.
Form 10-352 Idenitifcation and Credit Information for Individuals
Form 10-353 Identification and Credit Information for Sole Proprietor Businesses
Form 10-354 Business Organization Information
Form 10-355A Offeror Financial Statements and Projections

Proposals must be submitted electronically to [e-mail]. Telephonic proposals, faxes, e-mails to other addresses, and other means of transmittal will not be considered. Proposals that are not received at the designated electronic address by the specified deadline will not be considered. NPS will not consider hardcopy proposals. Proposals will not have been deemed received until NPS issues a written response confirming same.

The subject line should include the following: Historic Hangars 5, 6, 7, 8 Lease Proposal - [Your name or the name of your business entity or organization] (please do not include the brackets).Proposals are limited to 25 pages or less, not including attachments. Proposals exceeding this limit will be deemed non-responsive and will not be evaluated further.