Suns and Mercury Back $60 Million Downtown Phoenix YMCA Plan
The Phoenix Suns and Phoenix Mercury are backing a $60 million plan to develop a new, state-of-the-art YMCA facility in downtown Phoenix, which will also include affordable housing units.
Phoenix, AZ, October 19, 2026 —
The Phoenix Suns and Phoenix Mercury are backing a $60 million plan to develop a new YMCA facility in downtown Phoenix that would also include affordable housing units.
The proposal combines a community facility with housing, but details about the project remain limited. The number of affordable units, the facility’s planned features and the precise downtown location were not provided. The information also does not specify when construction might begin or when the development could open.
The teams’ specific roles in backing the plan were not described. It is not clear from the available information whether their support involves funding, another form of contribution or both. The names of any other organizations involved were not provided.
The $60 million figure is the stated value of the plan. A breakdown of expected costs, the source of the funding and the amount allocated to the YMCA facility or housing were not provided. No details were given about approvals, permits or the project’s development status.
The plan’s stated components are a new YMCA facility in downtown Phoenix and affordable housing units. Without further information about the housing count, affordability criteria, services or schedule, the scale and timing of those components cannot be determined. The available details also do not describe how the facility and housing would be arranged within the development.
Further information about the plan’s timeline, partners and design was not included in the details provided. For now, the proposal is described as a $60 million development backed by the Phoenix Suns and Phoenix Mercury, with a YMCA facility and affordable housing planned for downtown Phoenix.
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