Officials have talked to agency about facility

Baltimore County officials are considering closing the popular but unprofitable Gunpowder Falls golf course to build athletic fields, plans that could jeopardize course operators’ efforts to expand, they said.

County administrators have approached the Revenue Authority, a public-private agency that operates the county’s golf courses and parking garages, about buying the Kingsville course to build an athletic complex, according to Chief Executive George Hale. The need for fields in a growing area of the county could be a difficult trade-off for the course’s loyal golfers who enjoy it regularly, Hale said.