The Crescent Point Regional Field House will soon have some extra parking.

Mayor of the Foothills M.D. Larry Spilak says they're working on adding temporary parking to keep up with the crowds for larger events.

"The facility has grown to be very popular very quickly, and so the size of the events that we're putting on is larger than we anticipated right off the bat. What we're going to do we're going to do some temporary parking on the west side of the field house to accommodate another 50-60 cars."

He says hopefully the new parking will provide for the popularity of the facility.

"There is a lot of demand for this facility, and of course we don't want to start turning people because we do not have adequate parking. That's a big part of spending a weekend here for tournaments and things of that nature. We just want to accommodate our guests and we think that'll do it at least for the interim."

Spilak says the temporary parking will be in place in two weeks and hopes it can hold things over until the long term plan is completed, which will add parking for an extra 100 cars.

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