5 things already happening near the giant Spooky Nook sports facility project in Hamilton

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The proposed Spooky Nook Sports at Champion Mill gigantic indoor sports and convention center won’t open until mid-2021, but things are already starting to happen around, and because of, the development.

Here are some of them:

Streets changing

Hamilton officials will soon be closing two streets — Rhea and Warwick avenues — and replacing them with a new street called Champion Boulevard.

New apartments open

The Marcum Apartments opened this fall in downtown Hamilton, part of The Marcum development, which also will include street-level restaurants Tano Bistro & Catering, Bone Brothers Wings and The Casual Pint craft-beer market.

New tavern offers games

A new tavern, with a theme twist of offering hundreds of board games and other family fun, recently opened at 345 North 3rd St.

Biking/hiking path moving forward

The 2.96-mile Beltline bicycling/hiking path on Hamilton’s West Side, which uses a rail line that connected the Champion Paper Mill with the railroad grid, will begin construction sometime this year. The first segment will be about half a mile between Eaton and Cleveland avenues.

RELATED: Construction to start this year on Hamilton’s new Beltline bike path

Businesses attracted to project area

Businesses have been eyeing Main Street as a place to do business. One of them is the iconic Lebanon ice cream parlor, Village Parlor, which recently opened at 302 Main St.

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