Champions Landing Near Emporia Adding Four Tiny Cabins, RV Pads, and Disc Golf Upgrades
Champions Landing near Emporia scored almost $82,000 in state tourism grant funding to add four lofted cabins near its pond and four RV pads before Memorial Day.
Four lofted cabins and four RV pads are going up at Champions Landing near Emporia, Kansas, with construction already underway and owner Jeremy Rusco targeting Memorial Day as the finish line.
The Kansas Department of Commerce awarded Dynamic Brewing, doing business as Champions Landing, a Tourism Attraction Development Grant that covers 40 percent of total project costs. Kansas Tourism reported the award at almost $82,000. Rusco confirmed no local municipal funding is involved in the improvements.
The site plan places the tiny home cabins near the property's pond, while the four RV pads will sit between the pond and the maintenance equipment area. That positioning keeps both lodging tiers in immediate proximity to the disc golf course, which is the property's established anchor attraction. Alongside the new lodging, the grant is also funding significant disc golf course upgrades: improved tee pads and fairways, a new rock wall feature, and landscaping throughout the property. Rusco described the combined goal as enhancing an already well-established disc golf experience while expanding Emporia's short-term lodging availability for visiting players.
All three project components, the cabins, the RV pads, and the course upgrades, are proceeding simultaneously. The Memorial Day deadline is deliberate: Rusco wants the full buildout operational in time for Emporia's largest annual tourism events.
Champions Landing was one of several recipients in the same grant round. Heartland Hounds received $100,000 toward a $300,000 indoor dock diving and sports complex called the Heartland Hounds Dockplex. The Star Block project in Osage City received $75,000, and the Morris County Historic Preservation Corporation was awarded $40,000.
The dual lodging approach at Champions Landing, from RV pads for travelers arriving in their own rigs to premium lofted cabins, reflects a strategy common among disc golf destination properties looking to capture multiple market segments without relying on a single accommodation type. With the tee pads and fairways getting a refresh at the same time, the site is positioning itself to compete for the kind of multi-night tournament travel that has turned disc golf into a serious tourism driver across the Midwest.
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