Posted January 16, 2016 2:07 am by Comments

By Justin Stakes

Amateur Trapshooting Association's (ATA)
Amateur Trapshooting Association’s (ATA)

Sparta, IL -(AmmoLand.com)- A joint public announcement made January 15 by the Illinois Department of Natural Resources (IDNR) and the Amateur Trapshooting Association (ATA) assured the nation’s target shooting community that shooting events scheduled for this summer will continue at the World Shooting and Recreational Complex, Sparta Illinois.

With 121 trap fields, the massive state owned shooting complex in Sparta Illinois is the largest of its kind and has been the home to the ATA’s annual world championship tournament, the Grand American, since it opened in 2006. In 2015, the ATA’s premier event spanned 15 days of competition in early August. 4,500 different competitors and an estimated 17,000 attendees from all over the world were on hand. Over 4,000,000 targets were thrown, making the “Grand” the largest clay target event in the world and represents a much needed annual economic impact of approximately $16 million to a region that has been beset with economic challenges for decades. It’s estimated that the direct revenues and tax dollars that the complex bring to the area make the facility a breakeven or better proposition for the state.

Due to the Illinois state budget impasse, all shooting activity was suspended at the …Read the Rest

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