LTCC board concerned about SnowGlobe field

Before the Lake Tahoe Community College board of trustees agrees to allow SnowGlobe to return for a year or even three, worries about the field need to be put to rest.

The board at its meeting this week talked about the possibility of having the music festival return. With the college having a men and women’s soccer programs starting in the fall, the need to keep the field playable has taken on a greater urgency.

College President Kindred Murillo and South Lake Tahoe City Manager Nancy Kerry will be meeting next week to talk about the field. Then a presentation will be made to the college board at either the March 25 or April 8 meeting. The board would likely take action at the next meeting following the presentation.

The City Council earlier this month agreed to a three-year deal for the three-day music festival to return in late December. It has been at the community ball field for the last three years.

“There have been so many things said about the impact of SnowGlobe on our field. (The board) really wants to be clear,” Murillo told Lake Tahoe News. “The most recent articles and comments from the city are that snowload is what wears the field down faster and SnowGlobe doesn’t have that big of an impact.”

The board also wants to make sure the city has money in the bank to replace the field when that is needed in the next few years.

— Lake Tahoe News staff report