The organisation signed a lease on April 15 to occupy a vacant warehouse at 4545 Pacific Boulevard in the city of Vernon, just three miles from downtown Los Angeles.

The City of Vernon approved the proposed usage to adapt the 42,000 square foot warehouse space into a curling facility, which would be open to the public all year round.

It is hoped that the facility will serve the local population through leagues, private parties, and corporate events, as well as attracting competitions and curlers from across the world.

Southern California Curling Center, founded by local entrepreneur and former SpaceX engineer Peter Dohm, have partnered with sports club Hollywood Curling to bring the operations to the centre.

Hollywood Curling are the only curling club in Los Angeles and boost over 150 members.

The centre will provide a permanent home for the club after 13 years of renting ice at various local ice rinks.

“We are excited to bring the first dedicated curling facility to Southern California,” Dohm said.

“As a sport for all ages to play and learn, we aim to provide an inclusive, family friendly atmosphere that can introduce Angelenos to the exciting sport and culture of curling.

“We will be hosting plenty of competitions, from friendly leagues for all to participate in, to corporate leagues and events, and all the way to highest level players competing in professional events at Southern California Curling Center.

“The demand for the sport has been steadily increasing and we believe the Southern California Curling Center can be the catalyst for curling in Southern California to really explode.”

The Southern California Curling Center say they have recruited John Shuster to their advisory board.

Shuster led the United States to their first curling gold medal at the Pyeongchang 2018 Winter Olympics.

Chad McMullan of Rock Solid Productions, a USA Curling partner company, has also joined the advisory board.

The facility will be the largest in North America to make use of patented ICEGRID system from Germany based Ice Sports Solar (ISS), a leading ice rink designer and manufacturer in Europe.

The ISS became an official ice technology partner of USA Curling in 2018.

The company has installed world class ice facilities across the globe, including various Curling World Championship events and the Beijing 2022 Olympic curling facility.