The Calgary Minor Soccer Association is working to coordinate more than 6,400 games over the next six months across a limited number of indoor fields.
WATCH: The Calgary Minor Soccer Association says it’s seeing record growth for its indoor season kicking off, but the record growth is coming with challenges. Adam MacVicar reports.The Calgary Minor Soccer Association is kickstarting its indoor season with a record number of registrations and calls for more facilities to accommodate the growth.
“The see-it-and-you-can-be-it dream is a reality now and we only expect the popularity and growth to continue,” Bruneau told Global News.The league’s schedulers are now tasked with coordinating more than 6,400 games this season at a limited number of indoor facilities across the city.Bruneau said it could mean significant challenges with the continued growth without the addition of new facilities.
Construction is also underway on a $28-million expansion at the Calgary Soccer Centre to build a new indoor field and accompanying amenities at the facility.World-class cancer centre finally opens in CalgaryCRA fires 330 employees for inappropriately claiming CERBAlthough that dome is set to open early next year, Bruneau said the field time is still 6,500 hours short of the current demand.
A $380-million multi-sport fieldhouse at Foothills Athletic Park is also on the city’s “priority capital funding list” with $127 million in city funds, but still requires support from other orders of government.“We grew last year by about the population of Medicine Hat, and Medicine Hat has two fieldhouses,” Johnson said. “We’re now a city of 1.4 million and as we soar to 2 million, we need additional investment in high-quality, indoor practice and play for soccer and other sports.
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