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Best Indoor Sports Facility

Valley Sports Academy (1855 125th St., Lake Hallie), an expansive sports complex complete with in-house sports teams, golf simulators, food and drink and more, recently announced its transition into a nonprofit. Keep up with them to see what else is on the horizon! The Sonnentag Center (1075 Menomonie St., Eau Claire) is a decades-long dream realized, host to an array of UW-Eau Claire Blugolds sporting events as well as community teams, happenings and more. The YMCA Sports Center (3456 Craig Rd., Eau Claire) is nearly 50,000 square feet, including a turf arena, courts, a gymnastics area and more. —McKenna Scherer