Community and Sports Facilities

You can construct city halls, schools, museums, hospitals and stadiums to develop the residential areas around them.

A stadium built beside a residential area

These public buildings were non-interactive scenery in Capitalism 2. Now you place them yourself, alongside your residential properties — raising property values and rental income.

Building one

Choose Civic Building in the Build menu, then select the type you want.

The Build menu listing the available civic buildings

The Build menu listing the available sports facilities

Also see

The Evolution of Shanghai from 1990 to 2010 — a scenario where you develop a new residential area from the ground up, building community facilities to drive its growth.
Enhanced Simulation of Apartments and Commercial Buildings — how these facilities affect apartment occupancy rates.
City Dynamics — how they affect quality of living and long-run population growth.