Tiny Toquerville wants 600 acres of public land for massive recreation destination

To build the West’s largest sports park, city officials have partnered with Utah developers with a troubling history of conflict and bankruptcy.

(Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) Land owned by the Bureau of Land Management adjacent to Interstate 15 in Washington County, Thursday, May 12, 2022. The town of Toquerville is looking to acquire the land that private developers would turn into a sprawling recreational complex, with parks, trails and a charter school.

Tiny Toquerville wants 600 acres of public land for massive recreation destination

To build the West’s largest sports park, city officials have partnered with Utah developers with a troubling history of conflict and bankruptcy.

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