Windsor shuts down Future Legends activities, impacting youth sports, minor league teams

Some activities at the Future Legends sports complex, including the multipurpose dome, pickleball courts and Collegiate Stadium, have ceased after its temporary certificates of operation expired.

The activities and events at the facility were discontinued as of 11:59 p.m. April 27 and will no longer be allowed until a permanent certificate of occupancy is obtained, the town stated in an April 28 news release.

The closure impacts youth sports practices and games in the dome, public access to its pickleball courts and practices and games by its minor league baseball and soccer teams at Collegiate Stadium.

Other parts of the 100-acres at the Future Legends site remain unaffected, the town said.

“We’ve worked closely with Future Legends over the past several years, and it’s our sincere hope they will take the necessary steps toward full compliance so they can return to serving the Windsor community as soon as possible,” Town Manager Shane Hale said in the release.

The affected facilities have operated under a temporary certificate of occupancy that was extended by the town multiple times to allow Future Legends additional time to meet the conditions necessary for full occupancy, the release stated.

The most recent temporary certificate of occupancy expired in October of 2024 and the town denied another extension.

Jeff Katofsky, Future Legends managing member, filed an emergency motion for a temporary restraining order against the town in U.S. District Court in Denver on April 11, claiming the town’s denial of continuing the project’s temporary certificates of occupancy is discriminatory according to law that protects debtors under the Bankruptcy Code from governmental entities, according to previous Coloradoan reporting.

That forced the town to continue the temporary certificate of occupancy of the affected sites until U.S. District Judge Regina M. Rodriguez denied Katofsky’s temporary restraining order in an April 24 ruling.

Windsor claims closure due to Katofsky failing to address safety issues, resulting in an injury to a young girl

Court records show the town of Windsor cited issues of inadequate lighting, dangerous unfenced areas and portable toilets left unclean and overflowing with human waste repeatedly left unaddressed by Katofsky.

The town of Windsor also noted that a young girl fell on an uneven floor tile Feb. 3 and suffered a compound fracture of her wrist during basketball drills in the dome in its rebuttal to Katofsky’s lawsuit seeking to continue the temporary certificate of occupancy.

The town claims Windsor citizens were complaining the town’s former recreation facilities have fallen into disrepair and are deteriorating under the management of Future Legends.

The town stated in the release any property getting a permanent certificate of occupancy has to meet specific criteria that include health and safety standards.

Future Legends’ Facebook page on April 24 showed images of clean bathrooms at its dome and this message, “We are excited to highlight our completely finished and constructed indoor Dome restrooms inside our soon to open Dome Restaurant and Lounge! Use of these bathrooms, available now, are in the hands of the Town of Windsor to approve the usage for our athletes and families to use instead of the outdoor temporary restrooms.”

Katofsky bounced $300 checks to town of Windsor despite claiming financing for Future Legends

In a case that has since been dismissed, Katofsky said the denial of the temporary certificate of occupancy would result in the loss of $260 million in contracted funding for Future Legends to reorganize and would cease operations, causing financial loss, court records show.

Katofsky also claimed to be in possession of a certified check for “110,000,000 British Pounds from the Squamish Nation, a sovereign indigenous nation in British Columbia, Canada,” court records show.

Windsor countered Katofsky’s bankruptcy case in Nevada showed monthly operating reports for Future Legends 5, which includes the dome, indicated it had no cash and no receipts from the time it filed for bankruptcy in October in 2024 through its last reporting period ending Feb. 28, 2025.

Yet it also claimed to have a net worth in excess of $35 million.

Katfoksky also claimed the pickleball courts and Collegiate Stadium produced more than $16 million in 2023 and 2024.

Windsor questioned these figures, noting Katofsky wrote checks for utilities in March 2025 of $301.29 and $308.29 that were returned due to insufficient funds.

Court records also show three checks to Windsor previously signed by Katofsky totaling $37,925.57 were returned for insufficient funds.

U.S. District Judge Regina M. Rodriguez issued an oral ruling April 11 to dismiss Katofsky’s bankruptcy proceedings in Nevada. Motions to dismiss the bankruptcy proceedings were previously filed by Jaco General Contractor, the former general contractor on Future Legends, and U.S. Eagle Federal Credit Union, according to online court records.

This article originally appeared on Fort Collins Coloradoan: Windsor shuts down Future Legends activities, impacting youth sports