6/21/08
Soccer and baseball together?http://www.tradingmarkets.com/.site/news/Stock%20News/1703738/The Wilson Daily Times (NC)
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As visitors to J. Burt Gillette Athletic Complex marveled at its pristine soccer fields at Friday, the vacant area some 300 yards to the east might some day draw the same type of praise.
Part of the US Youth Soccer Region III championships are being played in Wilson this week because of Gillette. With construction set to begin on a showcase youth baseball stadium and three other fields, big-time youth baseball tournaments may make Wilson a destination.
"It's neat to see that when you start building nice things like this, it goes into the next thing," said Director of Wilson Parks and Recreation David Lee. "We're going to end up with one of the best parks around. We've got a great soccer complex, one of the best playgrounds you can have and now we're going to have the best baseball complex."
Lee said that with completion of the baseball facility, there is a strong possibility for the Little League state tournament to come to Gillette.
That's great economic news for Wilson.
"The soccer complex is paying for itself with this tournament," Lee said in reference to the Region III championships.
It's not hard to imagine Gillette hosting both soccer and baseball tournaments at the same time.
"Yeah, that would be the ultimate weekend, wouldn't it?" Lee said. "I'm sure that's going to happen at some point in time."
