Posts Tagged ‘Auburndale’

Hot off the press….here are some new photos of the construction going on out at the Lake Myrtle Sports Complex. We will continue to update you on the progress out there with photos and information, so be sure to keep checking back here as we get closer to the big opening day.

Here is your second (of many) updates on the progress of the Lake Myrtle Sports Complex construction. Clearing and grubbing are almost complete and construction is about to begin in several areas. I’m still not sure what grubbing is, but as you can see from the photo, it makes a big difference. This photo shows [...]

As promised, here is the first of many Lake Myrtle Sports Complex construction photos. We will keep you updated here regularly on the progress of construction at the site and show you the progression as this empty land turns into Polk County’s largest sports venue. I admit, there isn’t much to see here as it [...]

The golden shovels in the dirt today at the future site of the Lake Myrtle Sports Complex could only mean one thing: Groundbreaking! With about 100 people looking on, County Commissioners, officials from the City of Auburndale and Polk County Tourism & Sports Marketing officially broke ground to begin construction on the massive sports complex [...]

We haven’t talked a lot here about the new Lake Myrtle Sports Complex, but don’t worry, there will be a lot of details here in the coming months as things take shape and construction begins on what will be the largest sports complex in Polk County history. This past weekend, Bay News 9 did an [...]

For the sake of this post, it really isn’t a question because it is the name of the event Auburndale native and NBA superstar Tracy McGrady started 9 years ago. McGrady will return to his childhood home of Auburndale this weekend where the “What Does it Take to Be #1″ street ball tournament will take [...]

The countdown is now over and the 2008 Florida Sunshine State Games is now underway in Polk County. Florida’s only Olympic-style Sports Festival began last weekend with Flag Football and  the games continue this weekend all over Polk County.  More than 5,000 of Florida’s finest amateur athletes, between the ages of 4 and 88, will compete in over 20 sports [...]

Memorial Day Weekend is here and that means so is the Let it Fly Flag Football National Championships. Polk County has hosted this national championship event on Memorial Day weekend for the last five years and they will be back again this year. The competition will take place at Lake Myrtle Park all weekend, with [...]