College Station city council supports exploring a joint public private partnership to turn Hensel Park into a mixed use development

This podcast contains comments from the September 29, 2025 College Station city council meeting.A majority of College Station city council members express support to ask Texas A&M, the city of Bryan, and Brazos County about their interest in a joint public private partnership.The project would turn Hensel Park into a mixed use development that would have a multipurpose arena that could be the home of Texas A&M men's and women's basketball.The project would also have commercial and residential components.The idea of the Hensel Park site was revealed by local developer Hunter Goodwin, who recruited an international company with offices in the Dallas suburb of Frisco that is interested in building and managing the project.An executive vice president of Legends Global, Bill Rhoda, presented what the company does and fielded questions about the company and what could be done in College Station.Click HERE to read and download presentation materials from Legends Global during the September 29, 2025 College Station city council meeting.Among those in the audience watching Monday's (September 29) special city council meeting were the mayor of Bryan, Brazos County's acting county judge, and representatives of the university.The Hensel Park idea is the latest chapter in decades of on again and off again interest in the College Station council building a convention or events center.