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America’s Park 
developers postpone project’s opening (access required)

By Mecklenburg Times staff reports
Published: September 16,2011

Four days after The Mecklenburg Times reported that America’s Park developers were lagging on a road construction project necessary to build their 25-field, $20 million baseball complex in Mooresville, developers announced Tuesday they were pushing back the opening date to 2013. Lou Presutti, one of the project’s principals, said during a press conference Tuesday that [...]


NCDOT: America’s Park developers are holding up their own project (access required)

By Sam Boykin, staff writer
Published: September 9,2011

For nearly two years there’s been a lot of talk about America’s Park. The proposed 25-field baseball complex in Mooresville has been billed as the largest youth baseball facility in the country. Backers say it is scheduled to open next year — just in time for baseball season — and will bring upwards of $35 [...]


Recession can’t compete with youth, amateur athletics (access required)

By Sam Boykin, staff writer
Published: April 22,2011

During the first weekend of May, about 1,500 people are expected to convene in Charlotte for the New South Swimming’s Long Course Invitational. The three-day event, hosted by the Charlotte-based NSS and held at the Mecklenburg County Aquatic Center in uptown, is expected to draw nearly 500 preteen swimmers who will compete in races, said [...]