The university officially dropped the plan to replace the Sports Deck with a parking lot. This win belongs to every one of the 353 people who refused to let our playing space disappear. Keep checking the campus planning board meeting minutes to ensure this victory stays permanent.
August 12, 2017
Final supporters
With its close proximity to campus the Sports Deck has provided many students and clubs with the facilities to practice and develop each of their communities. As forms of physical exercise, sports have proven positive benefits for the health and well being of students, faculty, and community members across campus. However, the current facilities available to sports on campus is very limited and both teams and clubs vie for the use of these spaces. Because the presence of the Sports Deck is crucial to helping to alleviate this, it is all the more important for this space to remain allocated for the purpose of sports and recreation.
Recently, UCSD has been very seriously considering replacing the Sports Deck with a parking lot for the UCSD Medical Center, overlooking the importance of this space to the campus community. Without this space, many students and sports clubs, including soccer, lacrosse, archery, and baseball, will lose access to a safe place for them to practice and play.
Please sign to not only show your support for keeping the Sports Deck, but also to tell UCSD that the campus needs to keep these spaces to support the programs that help students develop and grow as athletes!
Updates
Reached 250 supporters
July 16, 2017
Reached 100 supporters
July 14, 2017
July 13, 2017
We are approaching one hundred signatures and need a final push to hit this goal before we deliver our message. Post the link to your Facebook page right now. Text the link to three friends who use the Sports Deck and ask them to sign immediately.
July 13, 2017
We are gaining momentum but we need to hit the two hundred fifty mark before the administration meets again. Post the link to your Facebook feed right now to keep this momentum going. Text three friends and tell them to sign today.
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The field space is not just for UCSD students; people of all ages have come here to play sports, from adults practicing together to kids taking rec classes. Replacing the Sports Deck impacts not only UCSD students, but also the neighboring community at large.
So many of these sports attract students to your school. Without these sports, many students who would consider UCSD will no longer consider it an option. My son is an archer and for him this will be a deal breaker if their is no archery or limited practice areas.
As an archer from UC Merced, we have had our field taken away, and it was very frustrating finding a proper field to practice in for competitions. The UCSD archery team takes archery very serious, and after seeing them in various competitions, they deserve their own field to practice in.
Do not sacrifice the playing fields. The University of Colorado at Colorado Springs built a playing field on top of the parking garage. If you must build a parking lot, solve both problems!
Archery has made a huge impact on my life at UCSD. It has brought me new friends, new skills, and a new place to relax from academics. I don't know where I would be without Sun God Archery and this place.
I hope this helps! <3
Replace a rare sports facility with a common parking lot, so that those who tell us to be more active can exercise less themselves? Seems counterintuitive.
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The university officially dropped the plan to replace the Sports Deck with a parking lot. This win belongs to every one of the 353 people who refused to let our playing space disappear. Keep checking the campus planning board meeting minutes to ensure this victory stays permanent.
August 12, 2017
Final supporters
With its close proximity to campus the Sports Deck has provided many students and clubs with the facilities to practice and develop each of their communities. As forms of physical exercise, sports have proven positive benefits for the health and well being of students, faculty, and community members across campus. However, the current facilities available to sports on campus is very limited and both teams and clubs vie for the use of these spaces. Because the presence of the Sports Deck is crucial to helping to alleviate this, it is all the more important for this space to remain allocated for the purpose of sports and recreation.
Recently, UCSD has been very seriously considering replacing the Sports Deck with a parking lot for the UCSD Medical Center, overlooking the importance of this space to the campus community. Without this space, many students and sports clubs, including soccer, lacrosse, archery, and baseball, will lose access to a safe place for them to practice and play.
Please sign to not only show your support for keeping the Sports Deck, but also to tell UCSD that the campus needs to keep these spaces to support the programs that help students develop and grow as athletes!
Updates
Reached 250 supporters
July 16, 2017
Reached 100 supporters
July 14, 2017
July 13, 2017
We are approaching one hundred signatures and need a final push to hit this goal before we deliver our message. Post the link to your Facebook page right now. Text the link to three friends who use the Sports Deck and ask them to sign immediately.
July 13, 2017
We are gaining momentum but we need to hit the two hundred fifty mark before the administration meets again. Post the link to your Facebook feed right now to keep this momentum going. Text three friends and tell them to sign today.
97 Comments
The community of the women's club soccer team was pretty much the only reason I didn't transfer away from UCSD after my sophomore year. Closing this field and impacting the success of these teams would be a major loss to campus culture and camaraderie.
The field space is not just for UCSD students; people of all ages have come here to play sports, from adults practicing together to kids taking rec classes. Replacing the Sports Deck impacts not only UCSD students, but also the neighboring community at large.
So many of these sports attract students to your school. Without these sports, many students who would consider UCSD will no longer consider it an option. My son is an archer and for him this will be a deal breaker if their is no archery or limited practice areas.
As an archer from UC Merced, we have had our field taken away, and it was very frustrating finding a proper field to practice in for competitions. The UCSD archery team takes archery very serious, and after seeing them in various competitions, they deserve their own field to practice in.
Do not sacrifice the playing fields. The University of Colorado at Colorado Springs built a playing field on top of the parking garage. If you must build a parking lot, solve both problems!
Archery has made a huge impact on my life at UCSD. It has brought me new friends, new skills, and a new place to relax from academics. I don't know where I would be without Sun God Archery and this place.
I hope this helps! <3
Replace a rare sports facility with a common parking lot, so that those who tell us to be more active can exercise less themselves? Seems counterintuitive.
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The community of the women's club soccer team was pretty much the only reason I didn't transfer away from UCSD after my sophomore year. Closing this field and impacting the success of these teams would be a major loss to campus culture and camaraderie.