PERRIS— On July 1, Rec-Out SoCal began rebuilding a new marina, marina store, and other facilities at Lake Perris to provide a greater range of service to the one million visitors that visit each year. Lake Perris’s first marina was built in the early 80’s and the lake has been operating with out a marina and store since 2019.
“Over time, the facility and docks became irreparable,” said John Rowe, superintendent of California State Parks Inland Empire/Perris sector in an email from June 24. “We also had a concessionaire whose 30-year contract expired, and they were unwilling to invest in making the repairs and compete for a new contract. Recently, AFY (DBA “Rec-Out SoCal “) agreed to this publicly advertised concession contract.”
Todd Matthews, owner of Rec-Out SoCal is now the lease holder for the marina facilities.
The first facility will be a very small bait, soft drink, and ice store opened on July 1 located near the entrance road to the marina.
Matthews said they won the contract to rebuild the facilities in February 2021. However, a succession of issues had to be resolved before beginning operations and building a new program. The most considerable delay was caused by the need to replace the...
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This sounds amazing. Been coming to the lake almost every weekend in the summer for the last 3 years. Would love a place to park my boat and eat.
However, not happy with jet ski rentals. The lake has become very dangerous from the jet ski riders. They drive reckless. Don’t follow the rules of the lake and almost hit my kids in the water many times. They get too close and don’t respect the orange flags that a boat has up. To remind other vessels not to come close.
How do you plan on keeping it safe?