SOCCER CENTER WILL HOST '04 EVENT NATIONAL GAMES EXPECTED TO DRAW UP TO 7,000 VISITORS.Byline: Jim Skeen Do you mean:
LANCASTER - Lancaster will host the 2004 National Games of the American Youth Soccer Organization, a tournament expected to draw as many as 7,000 tourists to the city and pump as much as $8 million into the Antelope Valley This article is about the Los Angeles County region. For the census-designated place in Wyoming, see Antelope Valley-Crestview, Wyoming. The Antelope Valley economy. Lancaster was chosen for its 34-field Lancaster National Soccer Center, which from July 5-12, 2004, is expected to host 192 teams from as far away as New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of . ``Your facilities are absolutely first class and your enthusiasm is catching,'' Cherie Tucker, AYSO's national executive director, said Tuesday at a Lancaster announcement. Communities across the nation vie for the right to host the AYSO AYSO American Youth Soccer Organization AYSO All Your Saturdays Occupied AYSO Alabama Youth Soccer Organization AYSO Albuquerque Youth Soccer Organization (Albuquerque, New Mexico) National Games. This year's event was hosted by Honolulu, where tourism officials estimate the games brought in more than $8.2 million to the Hawaii economy. Lancaster officials said landing the event was a major coup, giving the Antelope Valley national exposure. ``Getting this tournament was a marketing goal for our city and we grabbed it,'' said Mayor Frank Roberts Frank Roberts may refer to:
Dedicated in 1998, Lancaster's National Soccer Center covers 169 acres north of Avenue L between 25th and 35th streets east. The $15 million center contains 34 fields, two activity buildings and over 27 acres of parking. The city is developing the soccer center with two goals in mind: meeting the needs of the city's residents and drawing in major tournaments that attract hundreds of out-of-town visitors and their dollars. Previous soccer tournaments pumped as much as $2 million annually into the region's economy, city officials say. The soccer center and the city's ``Big 8'' softball softball, variant of baseball played with a larger ball on a smaller field. Invented (1888) in Chicago as an indoor game, it was at various times called indoor baseball, mush ball, playground ball, kitten ball, and, because it was also played by women, ladies' complex were created as the result of recommendations from a 1993 citizens committee that suggested developing soccer and softball fields to attract large tournaments - and the out-of-town dollars of the team members and their families. The announcement about the tournament coming to Lancaster was made at one of the soccer center's activity buildings. During the announcement, Roberts presented a proclamation An act that formally declares to the general public that the government has acted in a particular way. A written or printed document issued by a superior government executive, such as the president or governor, which sets out such a declaration by the government. to AYSO District 91 Commissioner Paul Rivas thanking him for his assistance in attracting the tournament and for his work with Antelope Valley youth. ``The National Games represent the first and largest step into the national and international arena, making the LNSC LNSC Local Network Service Center truly a 'national soccer' center,'' Rivas said. |
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