River Run Park

Northport's new River Run Park will host the HBCU Athletic Conference championships for the next three years, bringing excitement and economic boosts to the community.

After years of planning and perseverance, Northport's premier sports complex, River Run Park, officially opened for play with a Saturday ribbon-cutting.

As its August ribbon-cutting approaches, the anticipation for Northport's River Run Park sports complex is palpable, and the city celebrated an exciting new partnership there Tuesday.

Leaders in Northport say they're less than six months away from the grand opening of River Run Park, their signature sports complex under development on the banks of the Black Warrior, and they're projecting it will have a major economic impact.

The Northport City Council voted unanimously Monday to enter into contracts awarding over $17 million to companies for the last major construction projects at their signature sports complex, River Run Park.

Work is continuing on Northport's signature River Run Park, where city Engineer Tera Tubbs said development is on track for games to hosted there a little more than a year from now.

Construction on a $350 million lagoon resort in Northport could begin as soon as this month and an adventure park there has been indefinitely delayed, mayor John Hinton said Tuesday.

Elected officials in Northport will soon weigh partnering with private developers on another of their signature recreation projects, city officials confirmed Friday.

The city of Northport will break ground on River Run Park, its 36-acre baseball and softball complex, later this month on the banks of the Black Warrior River.

Local architects were in Northport Tuesday night to present their final vision for new tournament-ready baseball and softball fields at the newly rebranded Northport Shore property.