The Recreation opportunities along the Great Miami Riverway just keep coming! Whether it’s paddling the river, biking or running on the Great Miami River Recreation Trail, or playing pickleball in Middletown, the Great Miami Riverway continues to add more amenities for recreation.
Our newest addition is Miami Valley Sand with 17 sand volleyball courts, 9 of them completely enclosed for year round use.
The 4.5 million dollar indoor/outdoor volleyball complex occupies 82,000 sf and employ more than 50 staff members.
The owners of Miami Valley Sand also own a similar facility on the east side of Cincinnati, Setters Cincy. They partly chose the West Carrollton Riverway site due to its proximity to Interstate 75. Ownership also believes volleyball leagues that currently exist in the region can help drive demand at the new facility.
Miami Valley Sand features a full bar and grill, with food options including pretzels and beer cheese, thin crust pizzas, and chicken wraps.
Leagues are now forming with a start date of March 9. League skill levels run the gamut from purely recreational all the way up to what’s called the BB Division, the most competitive league format available.
Miami Valley Sand is located at 200 W. Central Avenue, in proximity to El Meson, a popular South American restaurant in the city, as well as the Great Miami River and Great Miami River Recreation Trail. The facility is built on land that that formerly housed the Fraser Paper Company. The City of West Carrollton purchased the 17-acre site in 2010 and has been working to redevelop the former industrial property.
“Miami Valley Sand will bring 300 to 500 people during the summer months to a part of West Carrollton that hasn’t seen a lot of activity in recent years,” said Mike Lucking, West Carrollton economic development director. “That opens up a lot of opportunities for additional growth,” he said.
Lucking said the city has been working hard and has spent significant resources to re-define this section of West Carrollton into more of a destination, which fits well into the goal of the entire 99-mile Riverway. “Redevelopment is expensive. It’s not cheap or easy to bring industrial land of this type back to being development ready. You’re getting it back to square one.”
Next time you’re in West Carrollton, find your way…to sand volleyball along the Great Miami Riverway!