In July of 2023, the long neglected Berger Field got a half a million dollar upgrade to the pitch and bleachers. It's become a bustling hub especially for youth sports.
But success has been its own curse.
Now, Minister of Sports Anthony Mahler says the field has become overused and needs improvements:
Anthony Mahler - Minister of Sports
"As you can see, that field has become overused, so we were trying to curtail it. Right now we have to change the the the, the pitch already, the turf. And so we've ordered it already and then we'll go there but that has greatly tremendous excitement in Belize City and what we're doing right at The National Sports Council is looking at, real estate that is out there, whether it's a basketball court somewhere, it's a football field, softball field. And how can we go into those communities to improve them so that when you have a Rogers Stadium, then you don't have to have competitions there. You don't have to have practices there and everything. You can only have competition, and then you have practice fields where they can provide the same thing with football, same thing with basketball."