The August issue of the Lake Wash.
Youth Soccer Assoc.'s parent newsletter prints:
1) "We are making progress in
negotiations with King County Parks to take over responsibilities of
the Marymoor dirt fields, eventually creating a year-round
field-turf facility with seven fields. (gated and with lights) We
also established the use of the new Velodrome fields for 2004."
2) "Redmond Ridge East - We are
very pleased to announce the completion of the first phase in our
efforts to develop 10 soccer fields in the Union Hill Club area."
3) "Willows Crossing (formerly Muller Farm) ....was....sold to
LWYSA" For more info on Willows Crossing and "rumor verification"
refer to www.lwysa.org.
The Big One : LWYSA sold off their
money making Indian Casino for $200K and bought all three "Arena
Sports"! Why? They need a more community friendly
money-maker. Rumor is pricing may go UP up up with access to the
Arenas negatively affected.... A contact: Mr. Young, CEO of
LWYSA. 425.88-LWYSA.
Boys and Girls Eastside lacrosse team
leaders - and those interested - are meeting Sept. 20, 6:30PM at
Redmond's, Bear Creek Brewery to discuss the 'carnage' and come up
with tactics to secure fields for 2005. Contact is Tom Wehe
[email protected]
As a counter point, Lake
Washington Youth Soccer Association is a non-profit organization
investing in land in the community. While these fields may
change hands for ownership, one important fact to note- several of
these fields are virtually unusable for sports like Soccer and
Lacrosse right now due to the lack of field maintenance and personnel
to correctly maintain the fields. All that said, this will
surely mean an increase in prices, as well as the difficulty our
community currently has with scheduling fields.
With the changes and
renovations happening at both Marymoor Park and at Magnuson Park,
several teams will be vying for field opportunities this coming
Spring. If you know you are going to have this problem now,
please contact the US Lacrosse Field Liaison,
Kris Snider.
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