By Victoria Spilabotte
CREATED Jun. 21, 2013
Las Vegas, NV (KTNV) — Team yellow is turning up the - heat on team red, yet it’s not the - pressure of the - basketball game that’s making the - kids sweat 00 it’s the - broken air conditioning system.
At the - Las Vegas NV Sports Park on Rampart near Vegas Drive, vandals ripped off copper wiring inside nine rooftop AC units at the - huge complex with indoor sports courts.
“We lost about half of our air conditioning units up on top,” General Manager of Las Vegas NV Indoor Soccer Kyle Zechel said. He spent the - day surveying damage with repair workers who asserted they’re seeing more metal theft throughout the - valley.
“They come in & they take the - coils out of the - units to get $50 & they cost the - customer $5,000 to $30,000,” Quality Control System technician Willis Hurley said. He had to climb a set of steep stairs to start repairing the - AC units.
The Sports Park moreover has to replace stolen copper pipes on the - side of the - building & a heavy metal door thieves 1st cut through to access the - roof.
“We get called to come replace doors & fences due to theft all the - time,” Kevin Herrmann with G&B Fence said. “That one surprised me. I had not seen in that & it keeps getting worse every year.”
All the - fans inside the - building are blowing strongly to assist rad it down. On Friday, the - thermostat inside the - indoor soccer court read 78 degrees, yet it was the - basketball court in that still had the - broken air conditioning.
“The basketball court is the - warmest,” Zechel said. “It has windows in that face east so the - sun hits it all morning. We have some extra fans in there to push air conditioning in & hot air out.”
Zechel asserted kids weren’t in danger playing in the - hot temperatures 'cause they were given plenty of water & sports drinks.
“They donate them a lot more breaks so they can drink,” parent Rana Brown said. “But it’s a hot box.”
Zechel asserted it took several weeks to get the - units fixed 'cause he had to file insurance claims. There is no price tag yet on the - damage of the - vandalism. 
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