A sprawling 49-acre park in southeast Fresno is about a year from opening to the public, and Councilmember Brandon Vang said Thursday he has picked a name for the “crown jewel” of his district.
The long-awaited project will get the descriptive name of Southeast Fresno Sports Complex, which will need to go before the City Council for the approval, Vang said. It would be the fourth-largest park in the city upon completion behind Woodward, Roeding and Regional Sports Complex.
There had been a push by many members of the community to name it after a living or deceased person who was an important member of that part of town…