Memorial Park is located in

Obetz, Ohio Obetz is a city located in Franklin County, Ohio, United States. As of the 2020 United States census, the population was 5,489. History The community (originally Obetz Junction, in honor of settler Charles Obetz) was formed in 1838 as a stagecoa ...

and stretches between the Obetz Government Center and the Street department building, which is at the western end of Orchard Lane. The Obetz Athletic Club is located in Memorial Park. Memorial Park is also home to the village's annual Zucchinifest. With a total area of 80 acres, Memorial Park is the largest of Obetz' parks. Memorial has two

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courts, three

soccer Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 Football player, players who almost exclusively use their feet to propel a Ball (association football), ball around a rectangular f ...

fields, a

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complex, two concession stands, a children's play area with playground equipment and benches, several paved parking areas, and a one-acre fishing pond stocked with

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Bluegill The bluegill (''Lepomis macrochirus''), sometimes referred to as "bream", "brim", "sunny", or, in Texas, "copper nose", is a species of North American freshwater fish, native to and commonly found in streams, rivers, lakes, ponds and wetlands ea ...

, and

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. Paved paths run through the park, and dirt nature trails are located in the wooded area around the EAS Training Center.

EAS Training Center

Long the training facility for the

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soccer team, EAS Training Center was announced, in February 2016, as the home ground for

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team the Ohio Aviators."Professional rugby team to begin play in Obetz in April"
''Columbus Dispatch'', February 10, 2016.

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