A controversial rally featuring election conspiracy theorists and prominent right-wing figures pardoned by former President Donald Trump is coming to Keizer's Volcano Stadium this April.
The announcement, made by leaders at The River Church on Portland Road in Salem, comes months after public scrutiny in Redmond led organizers to cancel the rally scheduled to be held at the Deschutes County Fair & Expo Center on April 1 and April 2.
The event drew controversy after the Bend Bulletin reported an event planner stated in an email that they had gotten personal assurance from Republican Deschutes County commissioners that the state’s mask mandate wouldn’t be enforced.
County officials deny that occurred, according to the Bulletin, and the county later asked event organizers to sign a contract addendum agreeing to follow the mandate.
The event in Redmond was scrapped.
Leaders with The River Church then reached out to the organizer of the event, podcaster Clay Clark, and offered to host the rally in Salem, according to reporting from the Bend Bulletin.
Volcanoes Stadium was built in 1997 on land owned by the City of Keizer. Keizer Volcanoes owner Jerry Walker paid for the stadium construction and entered into a contract with the city to lease the site.
According to the KeizerTimes, the Volcanoes renewed their contract in 2015 for another 39 years.
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