Winter Lacrosse in Duluth? Pioneer Park Opening Soon!

Great news on the winter off-season lacrosse front.  The DECC will be opening Pioneer Park soon!  There is now a great opportunity to form winter off-season lacrosse leagues and practice lacrosse year round indoors.  Opportunities for an off-season 7 v. 7 lacrosse league and other leagues are presently being explored.  The obvious concern for interested users of the park will be how much rental time will cost.

The full article from the Duluth News-Tribune follows:

Indoor soccer, other sports coming to Duluth's Pioneer Park

People soon will be able to play soccer, baseball, lacrosse and other such warm-weather sports in comfort nearly year-round in Duluth. By: News Tribune staff, Duluth News Tribune

People soon will be able to play soccer, baseball, lacrosse and other such warm-weather sports in comfort nearly year-round in Duluth.

The indoor athletic turf used in the Duluth Heritage Center’s Seitz Arena in spring and summer now will be used in the DECC’s Pioneer Hall during the winter, it was announced today at a news conference in Seitz Arena.

“The Duluth Heritage Sports Center is providing the community an excellent service by continuing its programming in Pioneer Park,” Deb Messer, DECC Board of Directors President, said.

DECC Executive Director Dan Russell estimated the turf could see 800 hours of service a winter at Pioneer Park, as Pioneer Hall will be known when the turf is there. For direct access from the DECC parking lot, a new entrance to Pioneer Park is being built across from the William A. Irvin.

The Minnesota Vikings donated the 210-by-120-foot turf to the Boys and Girls Club of the Northland in 2008 for indoor youth activities. The Heritage Sports Center has managed the turf and its programming since then. But the turf only has been available for use from April to September, when ice is put down in Seitz Arena. The DECC will have the turf available from November to March.