Riverbend Park soccer fields get funding

Soccer moms, dads and players had something to celebrate Wednesday. After more than 30 years of trying to get soccer fields for youth in Oroville, the money was approved to make the dream come true.

[Soccermom]

Congratulations to all of those who have fought for this, it was a great decision and will be a great asset to the whole community.

[Brittney]

YAHOOOO!!!! I'm soooo excited for the youth of Oroville. Let's just hope and pray that it stays clean and well maintained! SOCCER ROCKS!!!!!

[Peter]

"UNDERWATER SOCCER FIELD" coming to your local park soon!!!

[Soccer_Guru]

Who would want to play soccer next to a river where mosquitoes can carry WNV and infect our kids!!!!! BAD DECISION!!!!

[Thought Monster]

Soccer_Guru wrote:

Who would want to play soccer next to a river where mosquitoes can carry WNV and infect our kids!!!!! BAD DECISION!!!!

Always a complainer in the crowd. Apparently a lot of people want to play soccer regardless of the mosquito issue. The city can spray the river to solve that problem.

You are right we should all live in fear because of WNV, for how many people in California the chances of getting it is less than getting struck by lightening.

[Jack Snow]

I've never seen mosquitos there. Mosquitos don't multiply in running water. Mosquitos lay eggs perhaps in running water, but larvae live in stagnant non-running water, and that's where mosquitos hatch.

[No surprise]

The city golf course gets funded for 30 thousand dollars. Martin Luther King, Jr. Park gets zero. Business as usual in Oroville. Golf for old fogies will always take precedence over a place for South Oroville kids to play.

No surprise

[Thought Monster]

No surprise wrote:

The city golf course gets funded for 30 thousand dollars. Martin Luther King, Jr. Park gets zero. Business as usual in Oroville. Golf for old fogies will always take precedence over a place for South Oroville kids to play.
No surprise

The golf course has green fees to play, this is revenue. The park generates no fee's therefore no revenue.

[trailerman]

No surprise wrote:

The city golf course gets funded for 30 thousand dollars. Martin Luther King, Jr. Park gets zero. Business as usual in Oroville. Golf for old fogies will always take precedence over a place for South Oroville kids to play.
No surprise

This just in!!! South side is not in the city of Oroville. It is in Butte County. Why dont you take your sniveling to them?

[Johnson McDoogle]

When the dam releases water during a high water year (2006), watch out soccer kids, the river will wash you all away.

[John Q Public]

Johnson McDoogle wrote:

When the dam releases water during a high water year (2006), watch out soccer kids, the river will wash you all away.

I find it interesting that you have common sense when it comes to this but not when it comes to Harrison Stadium.

[Johnson McDoogle]

John Q Public wrote:

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I find it interesting that you have common sense when it comes to this but not when it comes to Harrison Stadium.

I am not against soccer field, I am against where they are being proposed next to the feather river. I am all for helping children.

[Soccer for All]

We, along with 750 soccer children, parents, grandparents and community members applaud the $1 million earmarked for soccer fields. The spot selected is an excellent choice-- and it's taken over 13 years to get funding for this project. The SBF committee comprised of folks from city council and Feather River Recs, along with the chamber and others are to be commended for making a healthy choice for our community.

[soccer mom]

Johnson, pull your head out. The soccer fields will be a great asset to the community-- and enhance our area. Kids will have healthy options. No, they won't be washed away... the fields aren't that close to the water.

[cool]

great to see this in oroville. Oroville has way more resources than chico...they just need to be tapped into

[Johnson McDoogle]

soccer mom wrote:

Johnson, pull your head out. The soccer fields will be a great asset to the community-- and enhance our area. Kids will have healthy options. No, they won't be washed away... the fields aren't that close to the water.

Apparently, I hit a nerve. Don't take it so personal when someone disagrees with you. Answer this question. With all the land in and around Riverbend park, why is it that the soccer fields are going where they are currently proposed versus adjacent to the freeway, above the existing parking lot. There must be at least 10-15 acres of vacant land up there. More than enough space for fields and parking, and you will not have to worry about the flooding of that area.
By-the-way, i am not against the soccer fields, just against that location. I never said the fields were not a good thing for the community or for children.

[Curious]

I agree. There are better spots at Riverbend park than the one chosen. But, I am very glad Oroville is going to get something for people to do. I wish they would also put in basketball courts.

Johnson McDoogle wrote:

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Apparently, I hit a nerve. Don't take it so personal when someone disagrees with you. Answer this question. With all the land in and around Riverbend park, why is it that the soccer fields are going where they are currently proposed versus adjacent to the freeway, above the existing parking lot. There must be at least 10-15 acres of vacant land up there. More than enough space for fields and parking, and you will not have to worry about the flooding of that area.
By-the-way, i am not against the soccer fields, just against that location. I never said the fields were not a good thing for the community or for children.

[batman]

cool wrote:

great to see this in oroville. Oroville has way more resources than chico...they just need to be tapped into

if only oroville had a mall it would be perfect

[Wake Up]

Johnson McDoogle wrote:

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Apparently, I hit a nerve. Don't take it so personal when someone disagrees with you. Answer this question. With all the land in and around Riverbend park, why is it that the soccer fields are going where they are currently proposed versus adjacent to the freeway, above the existing parking lot. There must be at least 10-15 acres of vacant land up there. More than enough space for fields and parking, and you will not have to worry about the flooding of that area.
By-the-way, i am not against the soccer fields, just against that location. I never said the fields were not a good thing for the community or for children.

I believe that location, above the existing parking lot, is reserved for the future aquatic facility with olympic sized pool, diving structures, etc. There's also a science tower planned. Of course, no funding has been secured for these ideas, they are just concepts.

[Bono]

What ever goes into the area will be nice. We should all be happy that something is happening here