Two new slo-pitch fields at the Tournament Capital Ranch expected to be ready this summer

KAMLOOPS – In just a few months, two more slo-pitch fields at the Tournament Capital Ranch north of Kamloops will be ready for use.

Parks and civic facilities manager with the City of Kamloops, Jeff Putnam, says the popular ball park in the Rayleigh area will go from eight to 10 slo-pitch fields this summer.

"It was always part of our plan, the more fields you can host in one facility, the better it is for everyone," Putnam says. “It just gives us more capacity to help the local leagues grow.”

Putnam says the construction of the two new fields were roughed in to the original budget for the park, which was completed in 2010. The added cost, which Putnam says has already been budgeted for, was roughly $250,000.

"It’s been significant, we’ve been able to host national level slo-pitch events where in the past we've never had the capacity to do that," Putnam says.

A firm date on the opening of the new fields has not yet been set, but Putnam says they're expected to be ready this summer.

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