Fresno changes locks at Granite Park after court-backed eviction
City crews changed the locks at Granite Park, ending the nonprofit’s access after a court-backed eviction and handing Fresno control of the Cedar Avenue complex.
Granite Park Sports Complex went under new locks Tuesday, June 30, after the City of Fresno evicted the nonprofit that had operated the 20-acre Cedar Avenue site in central Fresno. Fresno now holds possession of a property that has been at the center of a yearslong dispute.
A Fresno County judge sided with the city on May 22 and found the lease had been breached, giving Fresno the right to take possession back. City Manager Georgeanne White said the parties had stipulated that the lease was violated. The city's case had been building since it terminated the ground lease with Central Valley Community Sports Foundation in November 2024, when more than $1.3 million was owed to Fresno.
The city accused the operators of unpaid rent and utilities, unpaid billboard revenue, inadequate insurance coverage, failure to get approval for concessions sales, failure to make required improvements, failure to maintain the premises, failure to indemnify the city and an unapproved license. Terance Frazier began leasing the sports complex in 2015, Granite Park opened in 2017, and the city started trying to take the park away in 2018. Assemblymember Esmeralda Soria defended the park and her husband, Terance Frazier, at a Fresno City Council meeting.
Existing baseball and soccer agreements will continue after the lease termination, and day-to-day activities will continue as the city takes control. Booking, event management and park revenue are now in city hands.
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