By News Director Jared Atha
Elk City has encountered a good problem to have: attracting out of town visitors to visit the baseball / softball 5-plex fields in Ackley Park West. The problem? Parking.
City Manager Tom Ivester says currently Kids Inc., who conducts league play at the fields, currently has about 140 teams combined for this season’s baseball and softball leagues, and says nearly every weekend, tournaments are being conducted at the venues – which creates issues with parking.
Ivester says last weekend was no exception.
Ivester says despite the inconvenience of having to walk a littler farther, the parking lot between the two complexes are big enough to handle the anticipated amount of vehicles.