{"id":6654,"date":"2023-01-11T21:01:49","date_gmt":"2023-01-11T21:01:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/atswins.ai\/blog\/washington-considers-adding-lights-to-local-soccer-fields\/"},"modified":"2023-01-11T21:01:49","modified_gmt":"2023-01-11T21:01:49","slug":"washington-considers-adding-lights-to-local-soccer-fields","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/atswins.ai\/blog\/washington-considers-adding-lights-to-local-soccer-fields\/","title":{"rendered":"Washington Considers Adding Lights to Local Soccer Fields"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>WASHINGTON, North Carolina (WNCT) \u2014 Authorities are considering adding lighting to some or all of the eight soccer fields at the Susie Gray McConnell Sports Complex.<\/p>\n<p>Initial estimates for this project are approximately $520,000 to illuminate four fields and $820,000 to illuminate all eight fields. Mayor Jonathan Russell said those estimates were obtained months ago and current figures may be different. The city council on Monday gave the go-ahead to stakeholders to solicit bids on the project. <\/p>\n<p>The city can use either its fund balance or remaining American Rescue Plan funds to pay for projects. <\/p>\n<div class=\"nlp-ignore-block article-content rich-text\">\n<aside class=\"promo-link\">\n<p>\t\tWashington State Bids for Splash Pad Project<br \/>\n<\/aside>\n<\/div>\n<p>&#8220;These fields are now heavily utilized during the summer months,&#8221; said Russell.  \u201cLast fall, I think he had over 600 people in the Optimist Soccer League. With lights on those fields, all year round, after hours, or when times change, it\u2019s a little easier. It will be ready for use.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Russell said adding lighting would also be beneficial from an economic development standpoint. He said the city could host various tournaments and similar events if the field had lighting. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The use has been proven and will allow[the field]to be used more fully throughout the year,&#8221; Russell said. &#8220;We are limited in our ability to light the field.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async defer crossorigin=\"anonymous\" src=\"https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/sdk.js#xfbml=1&#038;version=v3.3\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/>[ad_2]<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/__i\/rss\/rd\/articles\/CBMiZmh0dHBzOi8vd3d3LnduY3QuY29tL2xvY2FsLW5ld3Mvd2FzaGluZ3Rvbi93YXNoaW5ndG9uLWxvb2tpbmctYXQtYWRkaW5nLWxpZ2h0cy10by1sb2NhbC1zb2NjZXItZmllbGRzL9IBamh0dHBzOi8vd3d3LnduY3QuY29tL2xvY2FsLW5ld3Mvd2FzaGluZ3Rvbi93YXNoaW5ndG9uLWxvb2tpbmctYXQtYWRkaW5nLWxpZ2h0cy10by1sb2NhbC1zb2NjZXItZmllbGRzL2FtcC8?oc=5\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] WASHINGTON, North Carolina (WNCT) \u2014 Authorities are considering adding lighting to some or all of the eight soccer fields at the Susie Gray McConnell<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6655,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":[],"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6654","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","two-columns"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/atswins.ai\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/mcconnell-sports-sign.png","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/atswins.ai\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6654","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/atswins.ai\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/atswins.ai\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atswins.ai\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atswins.ai\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6654"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/atswins.ai\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6654\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atswins.ai\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6655"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/atswins.ai\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6654"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atswins.ai\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6654"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atswins.ai\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6654"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}