KALAMAZOO, Mich. (WOOD) — The city of Kalamazoo has set the date for the site plan review for a new downtown event center.

Plans for the event center were posted to the city’s business and development website Saturday morning. The 62 pages of architectural drawings from Tower Pinkster show the plans for the event center and two nine-story parking structures that will take up four city blocks bordered by North Westnedge Avenue, West Water Street, North Park Street and West Kalamazoo Avenue.

The event center will have two NHL-sized ice sheets and event space. Renderings show varying setups for the space hosting basketball tournaments and several different layouts for concerts both in the main arena and in the practice rink. Instead of a painted log at center ice, the plans call for LED lights to be used at center ice depending on who is using the arena at that time.

The $300 million privately funded 320,000-square-foot building is expected to host more than 230 events a year and create hundreds of jobs. According to Southwest Michigan First, it is expected to pump $57 million annually into the local economy.

The arena is expected to be home to the Kalamazoo Wings and Western Michigan’s basketball and hockey teams. Bronco basketball currently plays at Read Fieldhouse, where WMU Athletics Director Dan Bartholomae says a total of nine varsity sports practice and compete —excluding recreational and intramural programs. Western Michigan and the Kalamazoo Wings will each have their own locker rooms and office space on the first floor of the facility.

Prep work began on the site earlier this summer. City of Kalamazoo Public Works Manager and traffic engineer Dennis Randolph said some of the construction crews are swapping out aging water, storm and sewer systems that developers need to upgrade to support the 320,000-square-foot facility.

The site plan review will come before the Kalamazoo Planning Commission on Oct. 23 at 7 p.m. at Kalamazoo City Hall.