Algood Indoor Soccer Facility In Jeopardy

An indoor soccer facility in Algood could be scrapped after legal issues developed with the project.

Joseph Warlick Memorial Foundation President Anthony Warlick said after receiving approval from the Algood City Council, some unforeseen legal obligations put a halt on the project. Warlick said meantime, the foundation is exploring other options.

“We have been talking with Algood for a while now and we are on hold with them currently for various reasons,” Warlick said. “But there’s a facility that opened up that’s already built that we are already in negotiations with currently.”

Warlick said he could not disclose the exact location but did say the other facility is located in Cookeville. Warlick said if the foundation can reach an agreement with the facility in Cookeville, the Algood project would be scrapped.

Warlick said the city council has been positive about the situation and that if things do not work out in Cookeville the council would be willing to continue working on bringing a facility to Algood. Warlick said the partnership with Algood City Council has been great despite the unfortunate circumstances.

“We haven’t had any problems with them like anything dealing with government organizations it takes a lot of time,” Warlick said. “We have not had any issues with them. They are willing to work with us on getting this built and everything together and then as we run into issues we have been able to work through them without any problems so they have been very good to work with.”

Warlick said he expects to hear back from the owner of the facility in Cookeville sometime within the next couple of weeks. Warlick said the goal is to build a soccer facility for special needs children.

Warlick said if the foundation ultimately decides to build a facility in Algood it would take a few more months of developing before breaking ground.

“If we go back to the original project it’s a lot of paperwork and legal stuff to try to iron out some details with,” Warlick said. “We would probably at the soonest break ground in the spring.”