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Volcanoes Stadium available to rent on Airbnb
Airbnb from the Pensacola
BY MATT RAWLINGS
Blue Wahoos — a double-A
Of the Keizertimes
While the Salem-Keizer affi liate of the Minnesota
Volcanoes are still awaiting Twins — who made national
word on whether or not news when they made their
they can have a season, the stadium available for nightly
organization has come up rentals.
“When we fi rst saw the
with a unique way to bring
in revenue in case there’s no Wahoos do it, we knew
that this was
baseball this
something
summer.
we wanted to
Last week, “ We were
do as well,”
the Volcanoes pretty taken
Walker said.
made
their
“We got on
stadium avail- back by how
it as fast as we
able for rent many bookings
could.”
on
Airbnb,
The
or-
giving base- we got in the
ganization is
ball fans the fi rst 24 hours.”
offering the
availability to
for
rent out the
— Mickey Walker, facility
$1,000
per
entire facility
Volcanoes CEO
night and 16+
for the eve-
guests accord-
ning and play
the game they love under ing to the posting — food
and beverage packages are
the lights.
According to Volcanoes not included.
Guests will not only have
CEO Mickey Walker, once
the organization made the full access to the fi eld, but
listing, it started to attract in- also the Volcanoes clubhouse
and their 5,000 square-foot
terest almost immediately.
“We were pretty taken hitting facility that features
back by how many bookings four indoor batting cages as
we got in the fi rst 24 hours,” well as pitching machines,
Walker said. “It’s incredible helmets, bats and balls.
Walker encourages guests
how quickly this caught on.”
The Volcanoes got the
Please see SKV, Page 11
idea to use their facility as an
Submitted
The Salem-Keizer Volcanoes are offering their facility on Airbnb for $1,000 per night, giving customers exclusive access to the
entire facility.
Lopez signs with Corban
File
After receiving fi rst-team all-league recognition in his senior season, Luis Lopez will be heading
to Corban College to continue his career.
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Soccer has always been a
big part of Luis Lopez’s life
— he has been playing since
he was four years old.
Now, Lopez will get an
opportunity to play the game
he loves at the next level.
Last month, the McNary
forward offi cially signed with
Corban College to continue
his career as a student-athlete
next fall. Lopez had three
goals and fi ve assists last sea-
son and received fi rst-team
all-league recognition as he
helped lead the Celtics to
the postseason for the fourth
straight year.
“Having one of your play-
ers going to the next lev-
el and achieving their goal
is just fantastic. I’m excited
for Luis because he worked
hard in and out of the pitch
to achieve this opportunity,”
McNary head coach Miguel
Camarena said.
Lopez will be joining a
Corban team that has be-
come one of the most suc-
cessful NAIA men’s soccer
programs in the country in
recent years, qualifying for
the NAIA National Tourna-
ment in each of the last seven
seasons, and making multiple
appearances in the top-10
as an opportunity to study
national rankings.
“I was defi nitely really ex- the habits of the upperclass-
cited to get the offer. I really men.
“I was forced to take a
feel like the team is a fam-
ily and I want to be a part seat, but it helped me ob-
of the group than continues serve their behavior, not only
the string of success,” Lopez on how I could get better,
said. “They are a competi- but how I could be a leader,”
tive group of guys that work Lopez said.
By the time
hard and don’t
his junior year
let each other
“ I’m excited for
came around,
slack off.”
Lopez
was
As much Luis because he
made a team
as
Lopez
captain.
loves playing worked hard in
“I
want-
the game, he and out of the
ed to be a
hopes to be a
role
model
coach one day, pitch to receive
in large part this opportunity.” with the way
I played the
because
of
the role that
— Miguel Camarena game and set
the example
the McNary
McNary head coach
for the young-
coaching staff
er
players,”
has played in
Lopez said.
his life.
Lopez had several high-
“The coaches at McNary
have had a great impact on lights over his fi nal two sea-
me. They have made me re- sons with the Celtics, but his
alize that coaching is some- favorite one came on Oct. 4
thing I would like to do in of last year in a game against
Summit, a top-fi ve team in
the future,” Lopez said.
Lopez has been playing the state.
In the fi fth minute of the
on the McNary varsity team
since his freshman year. De- contest, Lopez received a
spite not getting much play- through ball after racing past
ing time in his fi rst season, the Summit back line and
and spending the majority fi red a dart in the top right
of his sophomore year on in- corner of the net for the goal.
jured reserve, Lopez took this It was the only score that
McNary needed as the Celt-
ics knocked off Summit 1-0.
“Something was just in
the air that game. Everyone
was so locked in,” Lopez
said. “I was just in awe af-
ter I scored. The crowd was
screaming and I was rushed
by my teammates. I knew we
weren’t losing that game.”
Lopez plays soccer year-
round and has had a success-
ful tenure with Cascade Fút-
bol Club. Last spring, Lopez’s
club team won the state cup
for their division. But for the
fi rst time in his life, Lopez is
currently not playing soccer
due to the COVID-19 pan-
demic.
“It’s been diffi cult. Soccer
has been all I have known for
most of my life. But I’m still
staying in shape and fi nding
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