City hopes to work with county to build new soccer complex

The soccer fields at the Ybor Alvarez Sports Complex are facing removal to make way for hangars, as the fields were built on property owned by the Fernandina Beach Municipal Airport. The city commission wants to work with Nassau County government to build new facilities to be used by the 700 youth soccer players in the county. Photo by Julia Roberts
The soccer fields at the Ybor Alvarez Sports Complex are facing removal to make way for hangars, as the fields were built on property owned by the Fernandina Beach Municipal Airport. The city commission wants to work with Nassau County government to build new facilities to be used by the 700 youth soccer players in the county. Photo by Julia Roberts

The Fernandina Beach City Commission is moving ahead with a plan to ensure the 700 youth soccer players in the county will have a field to use when the Ybor Alvarez Sports Complex is developed for aer…