According to the Los Angeles Times, there will be an announcement today that a new track and field stadium will soon be built in the Carson area. It will be part of a complex that includes a soccer stadium, a tennis stadium and a velodrome. Ground was broken in February, and the complex will be known as the Home Depot National Training Center.
The athletics stadium will have 5,000 permanent seats and can be expanded to 30,000 by using temporary seating sections that can be shifted among the center's venues. The main guy behind this deal is Tim Leiweke, who runs the Staples Center in downtown L.A. He says that the track and field facility will be pursuing bids to host the USATF Championships in 2005, the IAAF World Cup in 2006, the 2008 U.S. Olympic Trials and even the 2009 IAAF World Championships. SGMW __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Sign up for SBC Yahoo! Dial - First Month Free http://sbc.yahoo.com
