The Chula Vista City Council has approved the transfer of the U.S. Olympic Training Center (OTC) and will take over the center, sitting on the city's land.
In recent years, the U.S. Olympic Committee (USOC) announced it was shifting its strategy away from operating its own buildings and fields.
Under the local center’s land agreement, the city of Chula Vista was first in line to decide if it wanted to take over its operation, which staff began researching last June.
Negotiations with the USOC led to an agreement that would transfer ownership to Chula Vista and make the USOC its primary tenant for at least four years.
The city council approved the plan to take over the center.
Originally opened in 1995, the OTC is 155-acre complex with four turf soccer fields, six volleyball courts, three BMX tracks and a 5,400 square-foot strength and conditioning center.
It has an operating budget of $8 million a year, but city officials previously told NBC 7 they may have to change the center’s operating model to make sure taxpayer money is not used.
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Chula Vista’s Deputy City Manager Kelley Bacon said they are planning to make the space more open to the public and to hold community events to get people excited about sports.
