Youth Soccer Complex Irks Enviromental Group

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(KCPW News) ReAL Salt Lake is dominating soccer talk with its stadium plans, but another soccer deal is stirring some controversy of its own. The proposed 200-acre soccer and baseball field complex in North Salt Lake was initiated through a 15-million dollar voter-approved bond in 2003.

But environmentalists are upset that it will be built on the banks of the Jordan River - an area they say is too sensitive to support parking lots, lights and crowds. A spokesman for the complex - to which ReAL owner Dave Checketts has promised seven million dollars - says the design will include space for habitat preservation along the river. More funding and design details are expected in the next month.

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