Above / The community is invited to tour the WAA Sports Center during grand opening festivities on Nov. 21.
The Wheatland Athletic Association (WAA) will host the Grand Opening of the WAA Sports Center beginning at 10AM Sat., Nov. 21. Organizers are inviting volunteers, coaches, participants, staff, and the entire community to celebrate the recently renovated center, located at 2323 Liberty Street in Aurora.
The Sports Center opened for programming and rental on Nov. 2, 2015.
Above / The newly renovated Sports Center opened for programming and rental on November 2 . (Panorama photo courtesy Lisa McClellan, CEO, Wheatland Athletic Association)
Following brief remarks by WAA board President Dr. Lawrence Gentile and others, the Center officially will open with a ribbon cutting and light refreshments. Guests will have the opportunity to tour the 30,000 square foot facility, which features a state-of-the art synthetic turf playing surface and courts for basketball, futsal and volleyball.
The Center also will house WAA’s administrative offices and storage.
“This new facility will greatly enhance the participant and spectator experience for WAA families, and we are thrilled to see several months of planning and hard work finally come to completion,” said Gentile.
The WAA Sports Center is immediately adjacent to WAA’s outdoor soccer facility and walking distance from WAA’s Baseball and Softball Training Center.
WAA also partners with public agencies and private facilities to meet the needs of its participants, including local school districts, the Fox Valley Park District, Naperville Park District, and Wheatland Township.
WAA is soon to be 40
Approaching its 40th year of service as a nonprofit, the Wheatland Athletic Association serves more than 15,000 participants, both youth and adult, in soccer, baseball, softball, basketball, flag football, and other activities. The association has no specific geographic boundaries, but many participants reside in Naperville, Aurora, and surrounding suburbs.
Team Chicago travel soccer, Wheatland Ducks travel baseball, Wheatland Spikes travel softball, and Wheatland Wizards travel basketball find their home base with WAA. The association is governed by a volunteer Board of Directors, and relies heavily on volunteer coaches.
For more info, visit www.waasports.org or contact the administrative offices at (630) 978-2855.
