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Join Food Truck Tuesday hosted by Palma de la Reina and Belmondo Condos on April 9, 2024
Del Mar youth sports venue draws controversy and a lawsuit (KPBS)
Petition against proposed sports complex gathers steam (Coalition to Preserve the Polo Fields Neighborhood)
Originally posted by Coalition to Preserve the Polo Fields Neighborhood on February 6, 2024
A petition drafted in opposition to Surf Cup Sports’ permit application (d.b.a. Pioneer Sports and Entertainment) to build a sports complex has generated nearly 500 signatures and comments in the short time since it went online. The change.org petition urges the City of San Diego to deny permission to build a huge, two-story sports complex on the 24-acre parcel and designated wetlands adjacent to the former polo fields in the San Dieguito River Valley. You can read and/or sign the petition here: https://www.change.org/p/halt-the-approval-of-site-development-for-pioneer-sports-and-entertainment
New sports complex pitched for Via de la Valle property (Del Mar Times)
Broader community funding sought to support lawsuit (Coalition to Preserve the Polo Fields Neighborhood)
Originally posted on Coalition to Preserve the Polo Fields Neighborhood on February 9, 2024
“Help Save our Rural River Valley” is the appeal for a GoFundMe campaign just launched to support the ongoing lawsuit against the City of San Diego and Surf Cup Sports. The ultimate goal of the suit, by limiting the use of the former polo fields to 25 days a year as stipulated by the grant deed that runs with the land, is to preserve the environmentally sensitive San Dieguito River Valley. Click on the link to view the GoFundMe page and/or to donate.
Surf Sports Del Mar proposes two-story sports complex for vacant parcel (Coalition to Preserve the Polo Fields)
Originally posted by the Coalition to Preserve the Polo Fields Neighborhood on November 23, 2023
Despite the pending lawsuit and past environmental transgressions, on Nov. 21, 2023, Surf Cup Sports (d.b.a. as Pioneer Sports and Entertainment) applied to the City of San Diego for a permit to build a massive, 48,000 sq. ft. sports facility and parking area on the environmentally sensitive 24-acre parcel adjacent to the polo fields in the San Dieguito River Valley. According to HED, the firm tasked with designing the project, it “consists of full-sized soccer fields, pickle-ball courts, basketball and volleyball courts, player lounge, office space, and locker rooms in addition to over 350 parking stalls.”
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