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Events Pepsi Complex Hosts Youth Soccer Tournament FARGO, N.D.— Fargo's Pepsi Soccer Complex hosted the Kohl's U.S. Youth Soccer American Cup in May. The event was one of 60 held across the country that, combined, are billed as the largest recreational youth soccer tournament in the United States. The tournament for Under-6 through Under-14 boys' and girls' teams was expected bring more than 100 teams on 16 soccer fields at the complex. annually to the area. LakePoint will feature venues for more than 20 of America's favorite sports and 5 million square feet of will be Terminus Wake Park, which is scheduled to open later this year, followed by baseball and soccer/ lacrosse venues in 2014. mixed-use development. LakePoint's South campus will be the first phase to be completed. Located on the South campus, the first venue Work Progresses On Youth Sports Megaplex WESTFIELD, Ind.— Westfield's mayor says work is progressing and excitement Venues LakePoint Breaks Ground In Georgia EMERSON, Ga.—The LakePoint Sporting Community & Town Center has broken ground on a development that is expected to be one of the largest sports-based facilities in the United States. The venue, located 40 miles north of Atlanta off U.S. Interstate 75 and Red Top Mountain Road, is expected to bring 4 million visitors www.sportseventsmagazine.com ▲ SPORTS Talk is building for Grand Park, a new 400-acre youth sports megaplex and a 220-acre, multiuse development called Grand Park Village next door. The Sports Campus at Grand Park will feature a full range of championshiplevel outdoor facilities for baseball, softball and field sports including soccer, football, rugby, field hockey and lacrosse; two indoor facilities for year-round play of field and diamond sports; common areas; and green space. The sports campus will also be surrounded by dining, retail and entertainment venues, all geared toward supporting and enhancing the family sports atmosphere and experience. Construction on Grand Park Village will start later this year. A boardwalk lined with restaurants and shops will come next, along with apartments, town homes and small homes. The sports complex will open next spring. The village construction will take at least eight years to fully develop. ■ June 2013 11