Bellingham shuts down athletic field homeless camp; another immediately appears Kalie Greenberg, Eric Wilkinson Replay Video UP NEXT The City of Bellingham cleaned up a homeless encampment located at Frank Geri Field near the Civic Athletic Complex Tuesday morning. But even as people were swept out of the camp, they were setting up another less than two miles away. After crews broke down the camp, dozens of people experiencing homelessness pitched tents at Laurel Park — a neighborhood playfield bordering Western Washington University. The camp had been at Civic Athletic Complex since it moved from Bellingham City Hall in February. It has been a scene of ongoing trouble. Earlier this month a large fire broke out at the camp.