THE CORE

The paintball stayed.
Everything else is new.

70,649 square feet of soccer, pickleball, axe throwing, music and food, wrapped around the arena that was already here.

ARTIST'S CONCEPT

THE STORY

We didn't tear it down.
We let the town move in.

For years, this building was Stingers, a paintball facility rattling around inside a retail box built for another era.. We kept Stingers, broke the oversized bays into smaller rooms, and invited the kinds of tenants a big-box floor plan never had space for.

The Core is the rest of the village, in miniature: keep what works, add what's missing, open the doors.

FOUR WAYS IN

Active. Well. Create. Gather.

ACTIVE

Indoor soccer on turf, pickleball courts, a running track, axe throwing, paintball and laser tag, sim golf.

WELL

Fitness and movement studios, from pole and aerials to training space, beside community health services.

CREATE

Arts and creative studios. An instrument lending library, too.

GATHER

Food and drink, event and multipurpose space, and a lobby built to hold a crowd.

INSIDE

One roof, a dozen afternoons.

Rendering of the pickleball courts inside The Core ARTIST'S CONCEPT

Pickleball

Courts under the skylights, steps from the café tables.

Rendering of the axe throwing lanes inside The Core ARTIST'S CONCEPT

Axe throwing

The Capitol Axe Throwing runs timber lanes down the hall.

Rendering of the sim golf studio inside The Core ARTIST'S CONCEPT

Sim golf

Hitting bays and a lounge, open in any weather.

Rendering of the indoor running track through The Core ARTIST'S CONCEPT

The track

A running loop threads the whole building together.

Rendering of tables and studio doors inside The Core ARTIST'S CONCEPT

Studios & tables

Work, stretch, or watch the pitch with a coffee.

Rendering of the hexagon mural planned for The Core's lobby ARTIST'S CONCEPT

The lobby

Being rebuilt around a sixteen-by-twenty-five-foot hexagon mural and a front desk that doubles as the café counter. Rustic, not marble.

THE TENANTS

Community-run, not chain-planned.

  • Stingerspaintball & laser tag · the original tenant
  • The Capitol Axe Throwingaxe lanes
  • Mint Pole & Aerialsmovement studio, expanding to two bays
  • Aaron's MILLmusical instrument lending library
  • Jamaica One Love Kitchenfood & beverage
  • Arts & creative studiosrotating makers and classes

THE CALENDAR

The calendar is filling.

The Brockville and District Chamber of Commerce meets at The Core,. Community carnivals, including the Shriners street fair, take over the lot through the year. Our aim is a dozen public events across the four seasons.

Bays are available inside The Core

VISIT

Come throw something, kick something,
or just get a coffee.

The Core is open at 125 Stewart Boulevard.
Walk in; the front desk will point you the right way.

Get directions