A U.S. Olympic team is calling central Pennsylvania its new home. USA Field Hockey announced that it’s moving its women’s Olympic training facility to Lancaster.
Pennsylvania produces more Olympic field hockey players than any other state. In fact, during the last Olympic games 12 of America’s 28 players on the team were from here. So this move makes sense.
Ashley Meunier of the USA Field Hockey Team says this is the right place to move. “The east coast is the hotbed of the sport. People know the sport they are familiar with it. We can grow and develop the game here a lot better than we can in California.”
USA Field Hockey announced it will join Spooky Nook Sports in Manheim to be the future of Olympic Field Hockey. The team is moving from California, something they had been considering for a while.
“It really was a match made in heaven. We had one organization that had start of the art facilities and was able to host top level athletes. And then we had one organization that was looking to bolt themselves into a great facility where they could extract the best out of themselves.” Explained Ben Halvorsen with Spooky Nook Sports.
The Spooky Nook Sports complex, when finished in the Spring, will be the largest in America and possibly even the world with nearly 1,000,000 square feet of fields and facilities. USA Field Hockey will base multiple teams out of this complex along with all the coaches and managers.
Meunier says this isn't only a great move for the team, it's great for olympic hopefuls too. “This can only grow the sport locally. I think it’s going to be very inspiring for young athletes to see Olympians complete and play and train and see what it takes to be an Olympian.”
The move to Lancaster will not be finalized until the summer, but when it does this will mean 60,000 hotel nights a year and $25.2 million in economic impact with 100 total jobs.
Pennsylvania produces more Olympic field hockey players than any other state. In fact, during the last Olympic games 12 of America’s 28 players on the team were from here. So this move makes sense.
Ashley Meunier of the USA Field Hockey Team says this is the right place to move. “The east coast is the hotbed of the sport. People know the sport they are familiar with it. We can grow and develop the game here a lot better than we can in California.”
USA Field Hockey announced it will join Spooky Nook Sports in Manheim to be the future of Olympic Field Hockey. The team is moving from California, something they had been considering for a while.
“It really was a match made in heaven. We had one organization that had start of the art facilities and was able to host top level athletes. And then we had one organization that was looking to bolt themselves into a great facility where they could extract the best out of themselves.” Explained Ben Halvorsen with Spooky Nook Sports.
The Spooky Nook Sports complex, when finished in the Spring, will be the largest in America and possibly even the world with nearly 1,000,000 square feet of fields and facilities. USA Field Hockey will base multiple teams out of this complex along with all the coaches and managers.
Meunier says this isn't only a great move for the team, it's great for olympic hopefuls too. “This can only grow the sport locally. I think it’s going to be very inspiring for young athletes to see Olympians complete and play and train and see what it takes to be an Olympian.”
The move to Lancaster will not be finalized until the summer, but when it does this will mean 60,000 hotel nights a year and $25.2 million in economic impact with 100 total jobs.