SAN ANTONIO – Bexar County officials on Tuesday opened a new sports complex that sits in an area that was devastated by the floods in 1998.
The Wheatly Heights Sports Complex was built with funds approved by voters in 2008 bond election.
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The complex sits on 66 acres of land where a neighborhood of approximately 200 homes once sat. The homes were destroyed in the floods of 1998, which prompted a federal buyout of properties in the area.
"All of these homes were flooded," Bexar County Judge Nelson Wolff said. "It was devastating and then 10 years later, Reverand E. Thurmon Walker and a group of people came together. I had appointed him to the sports team and they envisioned taking this terrible devastsation that was here and turn it in to something beautiful."
"We stood on the corner. You could still see all of the lots and all of the old streets that were there. It was really hard to envision how this would turn out, but i don't think it could have been any better."
The complex houses a soccer and football field along with a running track, stands and concessions. It is one of 13 new complexes being built by the county's Community Venues Program. The funds were approved by voters in 2008.
"We want to thank the voters of Bexar County for supporting us in this initiative," Wolff said. "I think they'd be very proud of this one if they come over here and see it."