MATTOON, Ill. (WCIA) – The Mattoon Sports Complex is bringing in some new businesses. Three restaurants are joining the development: Chick-fil-A, Chipotle, and Panda Express.
Businesses like these and others are planning on opening before November. Alexander Benishek, Mattoon’s development and planning director, said this sports complex will bring the community together and bring visitors in from out of town.
“It’s projected to bring over 500,000 people annually to Mattoon — but the real benefit is to our residents, because that commercial development is helping fuel future phases of this project and things like that,” he said. “But it also allows our local residents to be able to have more things to do.”
Benishek said the city is in talks about how they can expand even further by creating two new housing subdivisions.
