The soccer park got four new fields this past spring, a $5.15 million project that replaced the four badly tattered synthetic turf fields. Typically, the soccer park hosts thousands of players annually, with their teams paying to play on the soccer fields. Rent payments would resume March 1, 2021.įall is the soccer park’s busiest time. Rent payments totaling $42,000 will be deferred for the period of September 2020 to February 2021. Last month, the Redding City Council approved amending a $6,000-a-month lease between the Shasta Regional Soccer Association at the city-owned California Soccer Park. We just have to be very strategic,” Niemer said of funding solutions. The Shasta Regional Soccer Association’s board will meet with Niemer next Monday. View Gallery: PHOTOS: California Soccer Park in Redding gets new turf fields “I am hoping to have conversations with him to find a better way to communicate.” So we are working through to find a solution,” Erickson said, adding that he did not know where Baugh got his information. 'As the organization that manages the park, our expenses don’t stop even though our income has dwindled to zero and that is the dilemma. News: These two companies want to buy land at Stillwater Business Parkīut the Shasta Regional Soccer Association is working with the city to bridge the revenue gap created by COVID-19. The decision for that is still months away.'Įrickson acknowledged that the park has limited resources and is struggling financially due to no soccer last spring and the cancellation of the fall season due to the COVID-19 pandemic. We also work closely with the California Soccer Park and they did not cancel anything for spring either. 'Although a message was on Facebook saying it was canceled, that is not the case. On Monday afternoon, the league posted a message on Facebook that emphasized the spring season has not been canceled. A Redding Youth Soccer League representative did not immediately return a phone message seeking comment.

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