Consulting Services

Exhibiting a wealth of experience in facility ownership and management, USIndoor's professional corps of consultants offers to prospective and current operators personal assistance with their growing list of needs. Projects range from tightly defined problems and questions to broad issues of business planning and ongoing operations. Each of USIndoor's consultants owns or operates his own facility and "has been through the trenches" of operating a successful indoor soccer or multi-sport facility since start-up. Benefiting from their war chest of trials, errors, and successes as facility operators, clients may quickly absorb and place into affect what has taken years for others to learn.

Whether your need pertains to selecting a location, financing, marketing, sponsorship, rules and regulations, league organization and scheduling, public relations, or all of the foregoing, you have come to the right place. To learn more or to get started now, please complete the following contact form: START NOW. Someone will be contacting you shortly.

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Please Note: Some of our consultants operate as a team, others individually, as indicated below. Fees are negotiated on a case by case basis with the client's selected consultant. If interested in joining USIndoor's consulting team, please e-mail info@usindoor.com. Clients who choose to engage any of the consultants, approved by USIndoor, expressly waive all causes of actions, claims, etc., against USIndoor, including its owners, directors, members, and affiliates, for all actions and omissions and from all claims or causes of action, regardless of alleged negligence or intent and of the alleged damages or of the relief sought. USIndoor provides no warranty or representation of the services rendered or their results.

JIM CLINE, Principal, The Goals Group

A former general manager with several indoor soccer companies, Jim consults full-time for facilities all across America. Founder and principal of The Goals Group, an indoor soccer consulting firm based in Columbus, Ohio, Jim has been involved with soccer teams, soccer stores, and indoor facilities for more than twenty years. He is on the boards of several youth soccer associations in two states and has operated more than 50 youth soccer tournaments. His career has included more than twenty years in real estate development, commercial design and construction for several national firms. Jim was recognized recently by Major League Soccer as one of the top 100 soccer leaders in Ohio. His practice is limited to indoor soccer facilities and their related operations. He has been the featured indoor soccer speaker at the Athletic Business Conference. In addition to current projects in Illinois, Michigan, New York, New Jersey, Indiana, California, Georgia, and Texas, Jim recently designed and opened The Soccer Spot in Grand Rapids, Michigan, one of the largest and most modern facilities in the United States. He is also an indoor soccer consultant to indoor equipment manufacturers and vendors as well as development groups, non-profit organizations, and municipal parks and recreation departments.

STEVE MICHENER AND NORM GILL , Pinnacle Indoor Sports

Founded by the principals of Soccer Blast International, Pinnacle Indoor Sports provides a complete range of consulting services utilizing the expertise gained developing the national Soccer/Sports Blast chain of facilities. Rather than selling you on a pre-conceived template, the Pinnacle partners approach each opportunity with the goal of analyzing and adapting tried-and-true techniques to the unique aspects of each location and situation.

Steve Michener, Managing Partner, brings to Pinnacle the combination of a strong business background plus direct involvement with US Youth Soccer. Before joining Soccer Blast, Steve had been the Chief Operating Officer of a Fortune 500 insurance company and President of the Minnesota Youth Soccer Association. Having been involved in investing in and managing two Soccer Blast facilities, he is current with the ins-and-outs of the revenue generation and operational detail required of a successful indoor sports facility.

Norm Gill, Partner, is the founder of Soccer Blast International, one of the nation’s largest and most successful developers of indoor sports complexes. Prior to founding Soccer Blast International, Norm was principal owner of a construction company specializing in design/build industrial construction projects. Norm’s expertise includes location selection, business planning and financing. He is also responsible for the day-to-day financial and operational matters for corporately owned Soccer/Sports Blast facilities. Norm is currently a member of USIndoor’s Advisory Board of Directors

MIKE WEIS, Owner and President, Epic Center

Mike Weis is the owner, developer, and manager of the Epic Center, a 90,000 sq. ft. multi-sport recreational facility indoor/outdoor sports facility, located in Williamsville, New York. Built in 1996, the Epic Center's activities include basketball, field hockey, football, in-line hockey, lacrosse volleyball, tae kwon do, outdoor soccer and, of course, indoor soccer. Formerly with M&T Bank, Mike has started and sold businesses in equipment leasing, real estate, computer systems and custom software distribution. He was the director of the Institute for Entrepreneurial Programs and workshops at the Center for Entrepreneurship at Canisius College. In connection therewith, he aided Western New York entrepreneurs in the development and implementation of their business plans. Mike's consulting work continues throughout North America.

KENT GOLD, Founder, Arena Sports

Kent Gold built and grew Arena Sports, located in the Northwest United States and Canada, to five facilities in five years. The original Arena Sports in Seattle is considered one of the nation's most successful sports facilities in terms of profit and revenue.

Having relocated to Spokane, Kent now focuses full-time on consulting. His clients include some of the largest operators of indoor soccer facilities, as well as single facility start-ups. Kent's expertise includes business plan development, facility operations, site selection and new facility construction. He has developed a successful operations philosophy based on the customer experience. Kent possesses an Engineering degree and an MBA. His background includes 12 years with Boeing designing airplanes and business managing software. He also works with the Small Business Administration consulting small businesses and has lectured at Seattle University. Kent played and coached indoor soccer for many years before he opened Arena Sports and still enjoys playing.

The Sports Facilities Advisory is a nationally recognized business development consultancy with offices in Tampa Bay, Florida, and Metro Detroit, Michigan. Operated by a team of accomplished sports facility operators, business advisors, league sports experts, corporate team development professionals, and architects, SFA provides business planning, fund raising, cost containment services, and comprehensive operations and management systems consulting. SFA is paid solely through fees for services, meaning that the firm does not accept commissions, benefits, or other financial incentive from the manufacturers, vendors, or the service providers who work for their clients. SFA works with individual entrepreneurs, professional athletes, former pro athletes and organizations who want to build world class sports facilities.

Bryan L. Finnerty, Co-Founder and President
Bryan opened and owns High Velocity Sports Center in Canton, Michigan. This 120,000 sq/ft building opened in 2001 as the premier indoor soccer and roller hockey facility in the country. Today the facility is managed by Bryan’s full-time team of facility managers, staff, advertising representatives and event coordinators. As the President and Co-Founder of SFA, Bryan’s real world experience with High Velocity keeps him in touch with the day-to-day realities of operating a profitable, systemized sports facility. Bryan’s ability to produce results for SFA’s clients comes from his background as a professional athlete, entrepreneur and indoor facility owner.

Dev Pathik, Co-Founder and Business Development Consultant
Dev is widely regarded as one of the world’s leading business development advisors for innovative recreation, sport and education centers. He has written leadership development curriculum and led leadership and team development training for more than 100,000 corporate professionals, entrepreneurs and some of the most influential business leaders of our time. Within SFA, Dev helps clients turn their sports facility concepts into viable business opportunities. He has helped obtain funding offers of more than $80 million, and he is responsible for helping our top clients open corporate teambuilding facilities and leadership development centers within their sports facilities. His clients have included Sony Pictures International, Outward Bound, Joe Dumars Field House, Verizon, The University of Oklahoma, The Soderquist Center for Leadership and Ethics, and a wide array of sports, recreation, and leadership development centers.

AMANDA J. ABATE, Grant Services

Over the past ten years working in the nonprofit community, principally involving youth services, Amanda has raised millions of dollars from foundations, corporate donors and individual philanthropists. Her skills range from program development and grant-writing to financial management and reporting and include grant research, donor cultivation, communication services, public speaking, volunteer management and special events. She received a B.A. in Sports Science and Health from the University of Richmond. In her spare time she enjoys reading, running, cooking and playing slave and master to her beloved English Springer Spaniel Rosemary. She is available to provide consultation about the nonprofit community and services specific to grants and other fundraising activities. For more information, contact USIndoor via Request for Information.