Hopkinton’s Chris Masters poses next to a sign touting Masters Academy International.

Hopkinton resident and School Committee member Chris Masters and his brother, Peter, for years have been trying to bring to life their vision of creating an elite, multi-sport private sports academy. The dream is becoming a reality after the brothers announced that Masters Academy International soon will break ground on an 82-acre campus in Stow.

“It has been an incredibly long and windy road the last eight years,” Chris Masters said. “I am a believer in, ‘Everything happens for a reason.’ While we came close two other times, I am glad those fell through.”

Masters Academy International (MAI) is partnering with Cognita, a private equity-backed company that Masters calls the “worldwide leader in the private school space.” The price tag for the new school — to be built on the site of the former Bose headquarters — is nearly $84 million. The school calls its sports “majors,” and will offer ice hockey, basketball, baseball, soccer, lacrosse, figure skating, golf, fencing and esports.

Masters said days will be split between five hours of classroom time and four hours of training in a student’s “major.” The key, he said, will be making sure both the athletic and academic opportunities are top notch.

“In the town of Hopkinton, it’s one of the highest-ranking school systems in Massachusetts, and Massachusetts ranks among the best in the country,” Masters said. “So we recognized early on — and it’s part of the grand vision that my brother and I had — we don’t just want a narrow hockey academy where kids are potentially just taking online classes and school might be in a rink or an office building.”

MAI will focus on bringing in a top-level head of school and talented teachers.

“Our vision is a brick and mortar school with multiple sports offered,” Masters said.

Masters Academy International plans an 82-acre campus on the site of the former Bose headquarters in Stow.

MAI plans to enroll about 300 students when it opens in the fall of 2026. Masters said the school will have the ability to enroll 600 to 700 students, a mark he hopes to hit within the first five years, and could have as many as 200 boarders and an international student population.

“We will be aggressive in requiring and getting kids on visits to the campus,” he said. “As we start to roll out our staff, one of the key differentiators is going to be our curriculum and really a unique delivery of the academic component.”

Masters noted that Boston is home to both some of the world’s most prestigious colleges and universities as well as many well-regarded prep schools.

“We can’t have a mediocre or inferior academic curriculum,” he said.

The Masters brothers are co-owners of the Junior Bruins youth hockey program, and they are looking to make MAI a northern version of the famed IMG Academy in Florida.

“IMG is kind of the industry leader,” Masters acknowledged. “But parents will see that what we are able to offer is not something offered right now in New England.”