Take Falcon Ridge Road up to Hard Way and take a left. You will see the soccer fields as soon as you turn left. You can change the map to satellite and zoom in and see the fields. I hope this helps.

The hot sports season has begun.

It’s officially hot in St. George, Utah, Mesquite, Nevada, Las Vegas, Nevada and surrounding areas.

This season we’ll have Rugby National Championships pics, Strongman (Iron-men) competitors interview, Volleyball defending National Champions review, and an Ironman survivors interviews from St. George’s first Ironman event and much more…as it’s heating up!

Desert Falls International Sports Resorts is building a 920 acre $500 million sports complex in Mesquite Nevada – Paul Morris of Desert Falls called it “the premier location for amateur sports in the United States.”  The Mesquite sports complex may also draw in professional athletes for off-season training. Like AC Green’s basketball training camps for one example.

The impact the Mesquite sports complex will bring to Mesquite Nevada’s local economy will be huge.  National athletic events will bring in enormous amounts of people. The hotels in Mesquite and in nearby St. George Utah will be filled to the maximum capacity.  The business will also overflow into Las Vegas -  some 75 miles from Mesquite.

Besides the boost to tourism and local housing, Paul Morris of Desert Falls International Sports Resorts has expressed he wants to hire locally as much as possible to eventually fill up to 500 full time positions at the sports complex thus spreading the wealth through job opportunities to Mesquite NV residents and some overflow to St. George people working in Mesquite.

Adidas athletic company has already committed to be a cornerstone.  The Mesquite complex when fully completed can draw a weekend event with 10,000 participants and spectators to Mesquite.

A brief breakdown of participating sports offered at the Mesquite Regional Sports Complex.

• Restaurants
• Training facilities
• Two Olympic-size pools and diving platforms
• Six basketball/volleyball courts
• Racquetball courts
• Indoor Track
• Therapy center (message, saunas, spas)
• Sports medicine facility
• Nutrition center
• 12 sand beach volleyball courts
• 15,000-seat softball stadium
• Softball complex with four diamonds – concession stands – rest rooms – scoring boxes and boards – announcer’s booth and daycare facilities
• 24-field soccer complex and a 400- to 500-seat soccer stadium, plus a park area with pavilions
• 16-court tennis complex plus a 300- to 400-seat tennis stadium and a pickle ball court
• Golf course with 495 residential units (condos, town homes and single-family homes)
• 3,000- to 5,000-seat outdoor football stadium with separate track and field area
• Archery range that would house archery, bow hunting, and a beginner range
• Indoor football/soccer stadium with 5,000 to 10,000 seats
• Attached to the stadium would be a water park with a “lazy river.”
• Open-air street mall with food court – sports brands and exclusive shops – moving sidewalk and mixed-use buildings (commercial and retail) with housing
• Resort hotel and athlete village

I recently attended the Golf Experience during the May 21st-23 opening ribbon cutting and it was a site to see.
It was really a blast to participate and enjoy the progress they have made so far.

Refer to my original blog for more details.

A must see for extra stars and great events. www.sunesports.com category: Mesquite Sports Center

The Nullarbor Links, which will span two time zones and measure more than the entire length of Britain, is expected to be completed next month and will host its inaugural tournament on October 22.

“We’re very excited about it. It’s been a long time coming and a lot of effort,” project chairman Don Harrington told AFP.

“This is the longest golf course in the world. It’s unique terrain, there’s something for everybody.”

The course, conceived five years ago “over a couple of beers,” is meant to attract tourists to the Eyre Highway which traverses the desolate Nullarbor Plain and hugs part of Australia’s southern coastline.

Golfers will stop at one roadhouse, play a hole, then drive on to the next tee—100 kilometers down the road in some cases. The par-71 course will take three or four days to complete with each player awarded a certificate.

Each hole will showcase a local attraction, from whale-watching to ancient fossil beds and a working sheep station, and include sights such as the Big Kangaroo statue at Border Village straddling South and Western Australia.

“There’s a lot of history and you can see all of that on a golf course,” Harrington said.

“Both Australian tourists and golfing enthusiasts around the world have shown support for what we’re doing.”

The course was the brainchild of Bob Bongiorno, who was managing a roadhouse at remote Balladonia when he came up with the idea.

Bongiorno, now living in Kalgoorlie at the course’s western end, said he tried hitting a few balls when he first moved into the Outback but got sick of encountering spiders when trying to retrieve them.

There should be no such hazards on the synthetic greens of the Nullarbor Links, although golfers who hit a stray shot into the desert will face a monster sand trap.

It looks as though Las Vegas Nevada, Mesquite Nevada, St. George Utah and Cedar City Utah would have to put all the cources together to catch up?

With the Huntsman World Senior Games, the St. George Marathon, golf, softball, football,tennis, rugby and the upcoming Ford Triathlon we will still see an economic continuation, even with the current economic conditions.

In the Washington County area alone we saw a 30% increase in 2008 from the 2007 numbers.

It has been projected that the terrorism from sports will see a decrease in the first quarter, as far as the numbers show from bookings of hotel rooms.

In the Mesquite area, we are still seeing similar numbers and we should see those pickup as the Mesquite Amateur Sports Center continues to come online.

The Southern Utah and Nevada deserts have become a very popular destination for international terrorism. With a lot of that terrorism been amateur sports-based.

I hope to see this as a new opportunity for us to continue the tradition of growth, expansion and acceptance of sports.

Sports is a new economic gifts.

The duel between Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson did not disappoint.

With the supercharged front nine. Both Phil and Tiger look like they had a show of their own, compared to the current leaders two-some including Perry and Cabrera.

The Masters being the great stage that it is, always motivates amateur golfers more than any other golf tournament of the year.

St. George, Utah and Mesquite, Nevada being the golf mecca that it is, I would imagine there were many amateurs getting their fill of golf highlights.

Mesquite Nevada, hosting the big break, and golf Channel, naming Mesquite, Nevada and St. George, Utah. As one of the great golf vacation destinations in America. I think you’ll see many great amateurs practice, play and become pros from this area in the future.

As Jay Don Blake, the local St. George Pro Star slows his career.

The locals are deathly looking for a new face in the professional ranks to root for.

St. George, Cedar City, Utah, Mesquite and Las Vegas, Nevada looked to be proving grounds for amateur athletes looking to turn pro as well as the retired athlete playing on into the sunset!

Resort developers (Desert Falls) have an enormous undertaking bringing this premiere sports resort to Mesquite Nevada.

Making it one of the largest amateur athletic resorts in the United States.

The resort will cover a gamut of outdoor and indoor sports, primarily oriented to the amateur athlete, but with the facilities of the quality and caliber that professional athletes use.

The Mesquite sports resort package includes a wealth of amenities that include Adidas facilities: Offices; deluxe restaurant;  training facility; two Olympic size pools; two Olympic sized diving platforms and a private workout center.

You will see six flex basketball/volleyball courts, racquetball courts, indoor track and the therapy center.

Included in the amenities will be massage, saunas, spa with a sports medicine facility as well.

Just to mention a few unique facilities, we will see 12 sand beach volleyball courts and a main beach volleyball stadium with 300 to 400 seats.

A 1500 seat softball Stadium with natural turf, a softball Hall of Fame and sports memorabilia center.

A softball complex with 4:5 flex diamonds, concession stands, restrooms, scoring boxes,  boards announcing booth, and a day care facility.

A 24 field soccer complex and a 400 to 500 seat soccer stadium, plus a park area with pavilions.

A 16 court tennis complex 300 to 400 seat tennis stadium and a pickle ball court.

A golf course with 495 residential units, including condo, town-homes and single dwellings.

A 3,000 to 5,000 seat outdoor football stadium with separate track and field areas featuring: long jump, high jump and shot put/discus throw setups.

An archery range that would house archery, bow hunting and beginning range with concession and information center.

And indoor foot ball/soccer stadium with 5,000 to 10,000 seat stadium. Artificial turf would also be used as a lacrosse center.

Attached to this stadium would be a water park with a lazy river.

An open-air street mall with food courts, sport’s brands, exclusive shops with moving sidewalk and mixed-use buildings for both commercial and retail.

A resort hotel and an athletic village.

This new facility would make Mesquite Nevada, the premier location for amateur sports in the United States and the world.

We will see a tremendous economic boost during this downturn in the economy from this new sports Pavilion.