Television actor Jimmy Jean Louis (from the hit television show “Heroes”), and other celebrity members of the Hollywood United Football Club joined Clark County Commission Chairman Rory Reid to dedicate the new McCarran Marketplace Park and its soccer fields. The free event took place September 22, at 5800 Surrey St., just west of Eastern Avenue off Russell Road.

The semi-pro Hollywood soccer team kicked off the first official game on the fields and a local youth league game followed immediately afterward. Hollywood United is a soccer team made up of actors and entertainers, mostly British, who are now living in Southern California. The team’s mission is to increase soccer’s popularity in the United States. A last minute addition for Hollywood United was Frank Leboeuf, a former defender with the French national soccer team who won the 1998 World Cup with the French team. He still holds the record for successful penalty kicks.

“This park is a great addition to our recreational sport facilities,” Reid said. “It’s hard to keep up with the demand for soccer fields, and McCarran Marketplace Park will fill that need and will accommodate families with small children who come to watch the games. We’re very pleased to be able to offer this beautiful new park to the public.”

Hollywood United played against the Las Vegas-based Tyneside United Soccer Club. Tyneside is the Las Vegas Premier League's reigning champions for six years in a row. In 2002, they were the first Nevada club to win the USASA Region IV National Cup Championship, and they represented the state at the National Finals. Tyneside United also established a semi-professional team, the Las Vegas Strikers, in the National Premier Soccer League in 2003. 

The soccer park was created by the Department of Aviation in cooperation with Marnell Properties, the developer of the McCarran Marketplace master-planned commercial center. The Parks and Recreation department will maintain and schedule the facility. It provides much-needed soccer fields for the nearby neighborhoods and will be used by both community soccer and flag football leagues. 

McCarran Marketplace Park is an 8.5-acre facility. Amenities include two full-sized, fenced, synthetic turf soccer fields, a covered children’s playground, restrooms, two picnic pavilions, desert landscaping and parking for about 100 vehicles.

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